Editing Juniper Networks (section)

==Acquisitions and investments==
{{Main|List of acquisitions by Juniper Networks}}
By 2001, Juniper had made only a few acquisitions of smaller companies, due to the leadership's preference for organic growth.<ref name="fifteen"/> The pace of acquisition picked up in 2001 and 2002 with the purchases of [[Pacific Broadband Communications|Pacific Broadband]] and [[Unisphere Networks]].<ref name="multichannel">{{cite news|title=Juniper acquisitions yield small-system CMTS gear|last=Stump|first=Matt|newspaper=Multichannel News|date=October 7, 2002|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/orphan-articles/juniper-acquisitions-yield-small-system-cmts-gear/148732|access-date=April 20, 2015}}</ref> In 2004 Juniper made a $4 billion acquisition of network security company [[NetScreen Technologies]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Network World|title=Juniper acquires NetScreen|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/879576/wireless-juniper-acquires-netscreen.html|first=Jim|last=Duffy|access-date=December 20, 2014|date=February 9, 2004}}</ref> Juniper revised NetScreen's channel program that year and used its reseller network to bring other products to market.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper launches new unified partner program|first=Jennifer|last=Hagendorf|newspaper=CRN|date=July 5, 2004}}</ref>

Juniper made five acquisitions in 2005, mostly of startups with deal values ranging from $8.7 to $337 million. It acquired application-acceleration vendor [[Redline Networks]], VOIP company [[Kagoor Networks]], as well as [[wide area network]] (WAN) company [[Peribit Networks]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper CEO Urges End to Status Quo|url=http://www.crn.com/news/networking/163101040/juniper-ceo-urges-end-to-status-quo.htm|first=Jennifer|last=Hagendorf|newspaper=CRN|date=May 16, 2005}}</ref> Peribit and Redline were incorporated into a new application products group and their technology was integrated into Juniper's [[infranet]] framework.<ref>{{cite news|title=Acquisitions take Juniper to enterprise|first=Loring|last=Wirbel|newspaper=Electronic Engineering Times|date=May 2, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Acquisitions Could Revamp Enterprise Nets|first=Curtis|last=Franklin|newspaper=Network Computing|date=May 12, 2005}}</ref> Afterwards, Juniper did not make any additional acquisitions until 2010.<ref name="vault"/>

From 2010 to September 2011, Juniper made six acquisitions and invested in eight companies. Often Juniper acquired early-stage startups, developing their technology, then selling it to pre-existing Juniper clients.<ref name="cross"/> Juniper acquired two digital video companies, [[Ankeena Networks]] and Blackwave Inc., as well as [[wireless LAN]] software company [[Trapeze Networks]].<ref name="cross"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/715668/wireless-juniper-buys-wlan-pioneer-trapeze-for-152-million.html |title=Juniper buys WLAN pioneer Trapeze for $152 million |author=Jim Duffy |date=Nov 16, 2010 |publisher=Network World |access-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref> In 2012, Juniper acquired Mykonos Software, which develops security software intended to deceive hackers already within the network perimeter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Networks Buys Mykonos Software for $80 million|first=Fahmida|last=Rashid|date=February 22, 2012|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Juniper-Networks-Buys-Mykonos-Software-for-80M-424128/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141223214854/http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Juniper-Networks-Buys-Mykonos-Software-for-80M-424128/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 23, 2014|access-date=December 22, 2014|newspaper=eWeek}}</ref> and a developer of software-defined network controllers, Contrail Systems.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper buys SDN startup for $176M|first=Jim|last=Duffy|newspaper=Network World|date=December 12, 2012|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/667217/data-center-juniper-buys-sdn-startup-for-176m.html|access-date=December 22, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Juniper acquired the [[software-defined networking]] (SDN) company WANDL.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper broadens SDN for carriers|first=Jim|last=Duffy|newspaper=Network World |date=February 23, 2014|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/687340/lan-wan-juniper-broadens-sdn-for-carriers.html}}</ref>

In April 2016, Juniper closed its acquisition of BTI, a provider of cloud and metro network technology, in an effort to beef up its data center interconnect and metro packet optical transport technology and services.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Closes BTI Acquisition to Beef Up DCI|url=https://www.lightreading.com/data-center/data-center-interconnect-/juniper-closes-bti-acquisition-to-beef-up-dci/d/d-id/722377|first=Mitch|last=Wagner|newspaper=Light Reading|date=April 4, 2016}}</ref> Juniper acquired cloud operations management and optimization startup AppFormix in December 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Networks acquires cloud optimization service AppFormix|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/01/juniper-networks-acquires-cloud-optimization-service-appformix/|first=Frederic|last=Lardinois|newspaper=TechCrunch|date=December 1, 2016}}</ref> In 2017, Juniper bought Cyphort, a Silicon Valley startup that makes security analytics software.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper to buy security software startup Cyphort|url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/juniper-to-buy-security-software-startup-cyphort/|first=Natalie|last=Gagliordi|newspaper=ZDNet|date=August 31, 2017}}</ref> Juniper acquired cloud storage company HTBASE in November 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Networks buys cloud storage company HTBASE|url=https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/juniper-networks-makes-a-move-cloud-htbase-buy|first=Mike|last=Robuck|newspaper=Fierce Telecom|date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> In April 2019, Juniper acquired wireless LAN (WLAN) startup Mist Systems to bolster its software-defined enterprise portfolio and multicloud offerings.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Networks buys Mist Systems for $405 million|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/juniper-networks-buys-mist-systems-for-405-million/|first=Natalie|last=Gagliordi|newspaper=ZDNet|date=March 4, 2019}}</ref> In February 2022, it was announced Juniper had acquired WiteSand, a specialist cloud-native zero trust [[network access control]] (NAC) solutions company.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-16|title=Juniper acquires cloud networking start-up WiteSand|url=https://www.itpro.co.uk/business-strategy/acquisition/362247/juniper-acquires-cloud-networking-startup-witesand|access-date=2022-02-17|website=TechCentral.ie|language=en-GB}}</ref>