Juniper Networks WX Application Acceleration Platforms Win Key Award

UK Readers of Network Computing Vote High-Performance WAN Acceleration Platform as the Best Product in the Industry

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced that readers of Network Computing, the longest established networking magazine in the UK, voted the Juniper Networks WX Application Acceleration platforms as the “Product of the Year 2008” in its annual awards scheme. The Juniper Networks WX platforms are best-in-class application acceleration solutions that provide fast and consistent application response across the WAN to help ensure uncompromised and consistent access to mission-critical applications and services.

Network Computing’s award winners were made public at a ceremony in London on 13th March. The magazine is aimed at technical professionals who manage networks. Ray Smyth, Editor of Network Computing, said: “More than 4,000 readers voted for their favorite products this year and thus the Network Computing team congratulates Juniper on this well-deserved recognition.”

“Dynamic commercial objectives demand that high-performance businesses need to provide fast, reliable and secure access to critical applications. Employees, partners and customers will not tolerate the disruption caused by slow, unpredictable application performance,” said Gert-Jan Schenk, senior vice president of operations, EMEA, Juniper Networks. “This award validates our leadership in delivering application acceleration platforms that allow businesses to accelerate large volumes of traffic across a broad range of applications, to support high-performance networking.”