Benihana Serves up Success With Juniper Networks Security Solution.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) is an information technology company based in Sunnyvale, California and founded in 1996. The company designs and sells Internet Protocol network products and services. , Inc. (Nasdaq:JNPR JNPR Juniper Networks, Inc. (stock symbol) ) today announced that Benihana Inc., the leading Asian restaurant chain in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , has deployed the Juniper Networks firewall and virtual private network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) solution to provide a secure networking experience. The security solution will protect the company's network infrastructure and securely connect stores back to the Miami, FL headquarters for point of sale (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ) information. With its complex requirements for a secure networking experience, Benihana engaged Solunet, the leader in identifying innovative network solutions, evaluating the direction of technology and identifying opportunities to provide customers leading-edge solutions. "We have worked with many security vendors, but given the security and ease of use needs that Benihana had, we knew that Juniper Networks was the perfect vendor for them," said Theo Thomidis, senior solution consultant at Solunet. "With the rollout of our new and mission-critical POS system, we needed to provide our restaurant managers with easy to use network access that would allow them to electronically upload information to corporate headquarters," said Juan Carlos Juan Car·los Born 1938. King of Spain (since 1975) who acceded to the throne on the death of Francisco Franco and helped restore parliamentary democracy. Noun 1. Campos Campos (käm`p  s), city (1996 pop. 391,299), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River near its mouth. , director of
information services See Information Systems. , Benihana Inc. "The Juniper Networks security
products are so easy to use and reliable."
Juniper Networks NetScreen-204s are located at Benihana's corporate headquarters in Miami, FL and are providing firewall and VPN protection. The NetScreen-204 offers up to 400 Mbps of firewall performance and up to 200 3DES IPSec VPN performance with support for up to 128,000 sessions. Juniper Networks NetScreen-5GTs are located at Benihana restaurants and offer firewall and route based IPSec VPN access for store managers to upload POS data back to corporate headquarters. The NetScreen-5GT offers up to 75 Mbps of firewall performance and up to 20 Mbps of 3DES IPSec VPN performance. With embedded antivirus and Deep Inspection firewall protection against the entry of viruses, worms and other network- and application-level attacks, the NetScreen-5GT effectively secures Benihana's network. Juniper Networks NetScreen Security Manager is allowing the Benihana IT professionals located in Miami, FL to centrally manage all Juniper Networks security devices that are being used by restaurant managers throughout the United States. For more information about Juniper Networks security products, visit: http://www.juniper.net/solutions/security/ About Benihana Inc. Benihana (NASDAQ: BNHNA and BNHN), now in its 41st year and one of the nation's largest chains of Asian restaurants, currently operates more than 70 restaurants nationwide, including 55 Benihana teppanyaki restaurants, six Haru sushi restaurants, eight RA Sushi Bar Noun 1. sushi bar - a bar where sushi is served bar - a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar" Restaurants and one Doraku restaurant. In addition, a total of 23 franchised Benihana teppanyaki restaurants are now open or under development in the U.S. and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . About Solunet Since 1992, Solunet has offered its expertise and knowledge of a wide variety of networking and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for operators and enterprises. Over the last 10 years, Solunet has maintained its leadership in the identification of innovative network solutions, analyzing technological trends and identifying opportunities to enable next-generation solutions for our customers. With its main office in Palm Bay, Florida Palm Bay is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The city estimated its population at 107,538 on 28 July 2007;[3]; it is the most populous city in the county. , Solunet is also located in several other US cities and presently extends its activities through the Caribbean and Latin America. For further information, e-mail us at sales@solunet.com. About Juniper Networks, Inc. Juniper Networks is the leader in enabling secure and assured communications over a single IP network. The company's purpose-built, high performance IP platforms enable customers to support many different services and applications at scale. Service providers, enterprises, governments and research and education institutions worldwide rely on Juniper Networks to deliver products for building networks that are tailored to the specific needs of their users, services and applications. Juniper Networks' portfolio of proven networking and security solutions supports the complex scale, security and performance requirements of the world's most demanding networks. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net. Juniper Networks, the Juniper Networks logo, NetScreen, NetScreen Technologies, the NetScreen logo, NetScreen-Global Pro, ScreenOS, and GigaScreen are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Juniper Networks NetScreen-204, -5GT and Security Manager are trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. |
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