(MyHostNews.com) Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced it has been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of Gartner’s recently released report: Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers, 2007.1 A leading worldwide IT research and advisory firm, Gartner evaluated vendors according to a strict set of criteria focused on the company’s ability to execute and completeness of vision in the WAN optimization market.

According to Gartner, “This Magic Quadrant reviews vendors that address the common need to make more efficient and effective use of wide-area connections, regardless of the type of traffic or application.” In the report, Gartner states, “Leaders exhibit an ability to shape the market by introducing additional capabilities in their product offerings and by raising awareness of the importance of these features. We expect a Leader to be growing the market as a whole, and to have solutions that resonate with an increasing number of enterprises. Leaders in the WOC market need to have a broad feature set, including QOS, generic compression, protocol acceleration and file system acceleration, with the majority of features proven in substantial real-world implementations. They also need to be able to offer sales and support on a global basis.”

“We believe our placement in the Leaders quadrant for our application acceleration platform, on the heels of our Leaders placement in Firewall and SSL VPN serves to demonstrate the depth of Juniper’s market understanding,” said Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager of Service Layer Technologies at Juniper Networks. “With a focus on continuous innovation, Juniper maintains an ongoing commitment to broadening the feature set of the WXTM platform, which enables high-performance businesses to accelerate the deployment of applications and services to drive competitive differentiation and business advantage. And as we design, develop and deliver more functionally integrated solutions, we will offer our customers greater choice and control in quickly meeting their business requirements.”

To view a copy of “Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers, 2007,” go to http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/juniper/vol3/article2/article2.html.

For more information about Juniper Networks visit www.juniper.net.

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