Juniper Networks and IBM sign an OEM agreement

Mumbai: Juniper Networks announced that Juniper and IBM are continuing to broaden their strategic relationship by entering into an OEM agreement that will enable IBM to provide Juniper's Ethernet networking products and support within IBM's data center portfolio of products.

The addition of Juniper's products, to IBM's data center networking portfolio provides customers with a best-in-class networking solution and accelerates both companies' shared vision of advancing the economics of networking and the data center by reducing costs, improving services and managing risk.

“With Juniper's Ethernet technologies added to our data center portfolio, IBM is able to offer customers more choice and flexibility in their networking solutions to address the growing demands being placed on their IT environments,” said Jim Comfort, VP-Enterprise Initiatives, IBM “This agreement with Juniper will help support IBM's data center networking initiatives through unparalleled network scalability, carrier-class reliability and operational simplicity, accelerating the deployment of our customers' virtualized applications and services, and extending the value of their networks,” he added.

Said Hitesh Sheth, Executive VP and GM-Ethernet Platforms Business Group, Juniper Networks, “Our focus on delivering fast, reliable, secure, simplified networks fits perfectly into IBM's dynamic infrastructure initiative to help customers accelerate growth and innovation, while creating operational efficiencies and overall savings,” he added.

The OEM agreement allows IBM's System and Technology Group (STG) to brand, label and sell select Juniper EX Series Ethernet switches and MX Series Ethernet services routers.