Juniper was in Minneapolis with their demo truck and we were there to capture it. I met with Juniper a couple of days before we went out to the truck for completely different reasons. Being that I am an IT super hero by day I actually activley work with networking gear. We're an all Cisco shop here, not because we are tied to Cisco but because it's what we know. I never knew Juniper was in the enterprise/SMB markets, I always assumed that they focused on high-end ISPs with uber fast bandwidth connections and backbone routers. Boy was I wrong, and I don't think I'm the only one who makes this assumption. The meeting was so interesting that I took a video crew out and got an interview in their truck.
Traditionally networking gear is pretty yawn intensive. Finding a new provider that has a single unified operating system with a modular design may not excit most, but for those of us in a Cisco IOS world it's a compelling concept. Check out this Juniper video and remember that there is a choice in the marketplace.
1. Posted by: Corey Donovan on September 24, 2007 7:50 AM:
Impressive video from the J-Truck! I can attest that Juniper is making inroads in the networking world due to activity in the secondary market. I work with a reseller of refurbished IT gear and we're seeing an uptick in used equipment sales for both Juniper and Extreme Networks and also signs of life from Nortel Networks.
Cisco still pwns the market, but I'm rooting for companies like Juniper to push them to keep their customers in mind.