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Juniper Networks Announces Changes to Its Board of Directors; Appoints Michael Lawrie.


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 NASDAQ
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:JNPR JNPR Juniper Networks, Inc. (stock symbol) ) today announced the appointment of Michael Lawrie Michael Lawrie (17th of April 1968) is a computer security expert.

Lawrie was head of Commercial Security at British Telecom. Along with DEC and the FBI, he took part in the investigations about Kevin Mitnick.
, chief executive, Misys plc, to the Juniper Networks board of directors effective immediately. Mr. Lawrie will replace Frank Marshall, who joined the board in connection with the April 2004 completion of the NetScreen Technologies, Inc. acquisition.

"We are very pleased to have Mike join Juniper's board of directors," said Scott Kriens, Juniper Networks' Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "With nearly 30 years of industry insight and expertise Mike will be a strategic contributor to the board and a valued advisor to the management team."

"Frank joined the Juniper board three years ago as part of the NetScreen acquisition to represent NetScreen shareholders through the integration process," continued Kriens. "I'd like to personally thank Frank for his many insights and the positive impact his contributions have made in strengthening our ability to effectively address the requirements of our customers."

Mr. Lawrie, 53, joined Misys plc, a UK-based provider of industry-specific software products and solutions, as chief executive in November 2006 after serving as a partner of ValueAct Capital from October 2005 to November 2006 and chief executive officer of Siebel Systems, Inc. from May 2004 to April 2005. A 26 year IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries)  veteran, Lawrie held executive assignments that included senior vice president and group executive responsible for sales and distribution of all IBM products and services world wide from May 2001 to May 2004 and general manager of operations across Europe, Middle East and Africa. An MBA MBA
abbr.
Master of Business Administration

Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business
Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
 graduate from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA with a B.A. from Ohio University, Lawrie also serves as a National Trustee for the Ohio University board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. .

About Juniper Networks, Inc.

Juniper Networks develops purpose-built, high performance IP platforms that enable customers to support a wide variety of services and applications at scale. Service providers, enterprises, governments and research and education institutions rely on Juniper to deliver a portfolio of proven networking, security and application acceleration solutions that solve highly complex, fast-changing problems in the world's most demanding networks. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net.

Juniper Networks and the Juniper Networks logo are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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