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Juniper Gaining Ground Among Networking Pros as an Exciting Vendor — New Research From TheInfoPro

Juniper Gaining Ground Among Networking Pros as an Exciting Vendor — New Research From TheInfoPro
Thursday May 22, 2008 3:26 pm. ET Percentage of Organizations Naming Juniper as an Exciting Vendor Has Doubled Over the Past Nine Months

NEW YORK, NY–(MARKET WIRE)–May 22, 2008 — TheInfoPro (TIP), an independent research network and leading supplier of market intelligence for the Information Technology (IT) industry, today announced its Networking Wave 4 Exciting Vendors List. This list is compiled on the basis of feedback from Networking professionals regarding which of the Networking vendors and products they consider to be the most exciting.

To view a rich media presentation of findings, visit: http://www.brainshark.com/theinfopro/Netwrkng_pr4

Highlights of the Exciting Vendors List include:

– Cisco, Juniper, Riverbed, HP, and Foundry Networks round out the top five most exciting Networking vendors.

– From a time-series perspective, Juniper saw the largest jump in the percentage of organizations considering it an Exciting Vendor, nearly doubling from 10% in the Networking Wave 3 Study, which was published in the summer of 2007, to almost 20% in Wave 4.

– In order of ranking, the following vendors were included in the Wave 4 Exciting Vendors List: Cisco, Juniper, Riverbed, HP, Foundry Networks, Nortel, Force 10, Packeteer, AT&T, Motorola, Microsoft, F5 Networks, Check
Point, and Apple.

– Organizations that also received exciting vendor mentions — and that in Wave 4 are making a first appearance — include: 3Com, AeroScout, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, ANDA Networks, Bluesocket, Ciena, Cogent, Fortris, IDC Global, Interactive Intelligence, Intuitive Labs, Lancope, NetQoS, Nevis Networks, Packeteer, Positive Networks, SecurActive, and TAZZ Networks.
“In Wave 4 of our Networking Study, we saw for the first time a significant shift in the organizations that Networking professionals consider exciting,” says Bill Trussell, Managing Director of Networking research for TheInfoPro. “Traditionally, Cisco dominates the list. In Wave 4, we saw two considerable shifts. Juniper gained significant ground as an exciting vendor and extended its lead over key rivals, and Nortel experienced a resurgence and jumped in position, indicative of its change in focus to VoIP technologies and its dealings with Microsoft.”

Trussell adds, “Though Cisco still leads the pack, Networking pros feel that innovation in the Networking market seems to have temporarily halted. This is having an effect on where they are looking to obtain the Networking solutions they need.”

About The Study

Over 130 one-on-one hour-long interviews were conducted with Fortune 1000 (F1000) and Midsize Enterprise (MSE) end users for the Wave 4 Networking Study, providing commentary and insight on their Networking adoption plans, management strategies, and vendor performance with regard to technologies such as: WAN Data Compression and Acceleration, 10 Gbps Ethernet Backbone or Core, VPNs — based on SSL, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), 802.11a/b/g Wireless Networks, Ethernet LAN Switching Hardware, Internet VPN (LAN to LAN), Wide Area File Services (WAFS). TIP repeats this structured interview process in six-month intervals — “waves” — for the sectors of investigation, providing unmatched historical reference, trend analysis, and pattern recognition.

Networking Technology providers that were mentioned throughout the study include: 3COM, AirDefense, AirMagnet, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, American Fiber Systems, ANDA Networks, Apple, Aruba Networks, AT&T, Attachmate, Blue Coat, Bluesocket, BMC Software, CA, Check Point, Cisco, Cogent, Crescendo Networks, Dell, EMC, Enterasys, Expand Networks, Extreme Networks, F5 Networks, Fluke Networks, Fortinet, Foundry Networks, HP, IBM, IDC Global, Intel, Ipswitch, Juniper, Level 3, McAfee, Microsoft, Mitel, Motorola, NetApp, NetQoS, NetScout, Nokia, Nortel, NTT, OPNET, Packeteer, Positive Networks, Radware, RIM, Riverbed, Secure Computing, Siemens, SolarWinds, SonicWALL, Sourcefire, Sprint, Startseeker, Symantec, TAZZ Networks, Telenor, Verizon, Xythos, and Yipes.

About TheInfoPro

TheInfoPro (TIP) is the only independent research network for the Information Technology (IT) industry. Created in 2002 by alumni of Gartner, EMC, Giga, and Bell Labs, TIP investigates key IT sectors — Networking, Information Security, Servers, Storage, and Sourcing — via a comprehensive in-depth interview process. Through a peer network of over 1800 of the world’s largest buyers and users of IT — including Citigroup, FedEx, McGraw-Hill, MasterCard, and Harvard University — TIP delivers detailed budget, vendor performance and technology roadmap data without spin or bias. Known as the voice of the customer, TIP helps IT professionals, technology providers, and institutional investors make sound decisions on technologies, vendor relationships and investments. To learn more, visit www.theinfopro.net or call 1-212-672-0010.

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