United States : Juniper Networks makes its move; Rolls out processor, router, network operating system revamp.Byline: Mamta03 Juniper Networks on Thursday unveiled an armada of new gear, software and chips that it hopes will ding Cisco Systems while positioning the company well in the next generation data center. The networking company will roll out its strategy at the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. later today (statement). Juniper s strategy positions the company s network operating system An operating system that is designed for network use. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ran under the OS; for example, LAN Server required OS/2, and LANtastic required DOS. , Junos, as a centerpiece of the enterprise network while surrounding it with a bevy bevy a flock of birds. of new systems including processors that offer 3D Scaling. In a nutshell, 3D Scaling is expected to allow for more subscribers, services and bandwidth to be squeezed into the network. For Juniper, the product overhaul represents a repositioning as the center of the network. Juniper 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. Kevin Johnson called the repositioning a historic day for the company that highlights the vision for the next decade of networking. Juniper believes it s time for a new approach to networking. An approach based on smart systems and open software platforms. An approach that adapts to changing business dynamics. An approach that embraces partnership and unleashes innovation, said Johnson. Juniper s biggest brother in this adventure is 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) , which has an original equipment manufacturer (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ) partnership. The companies said that IBM is now shipping to customers a suite of Ethernet networking products to customers. In addition, Juniper has surrounded itself with a bevy of other partners such as Dell. The game appears to position Juniper as a Switzerland type neutral and open figure as larger players vie to become the dominant data center architecture. Among the moving parts from Juniper: The company unveiled new Junos software platform. Junos, a network operating system that runs behind the scenes, is Juniper s answer to Cisco s Internetwork Operating System (IOS (1) (Internetwork Operating System) An operating system from Cisco that is the primary control program used in its routers. IOS is widely used and robust system software that supports the common functions of all products under Cisco's CiscoFusion architecture. ). Junos has been updated to program layers of the network for rich user interfaces. Juniper s platform consists of the Junos operating system, a Junos Space network application platform and Pulse, a network client. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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