Editing Juniper Networks (section)

==Products==
Juniper Networks designs and markets IT networking products, such as routers, switches and IT security products.<ref name="annualreport"/> It started out selling core routers for ISPs, and expanded into edge routers, data centers, wireless networking, networking for branch offices and other access and aggregation devices.<ref name="annualreport"/>

Juniper is the third largest market-share holder overall for routers and switches used by ISPs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Carrier Router and Switching Market Worth $12.8 billion|first=Sean|last=Kerner|date=February 23, 2011|url=http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/datacenter/Carrier-Router-and-Switching-Market-Worth-128-billion-3925856.htm|newspaper=Enterprise Networking Planet|access-date=January 10, 2015|archive-date=September 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912043814/http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/datacenter/Carrier-Router-and-Switching-Market-Worth-128-billion-3925856.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Demand for service provider routers weakens in third quarter 2014, according to Dell'Oro Group|date=December 2, 2014|url=http://www.delloro.com/news/demand-service-provider-routers-weakens-third-quarter-2014-according-delloro-group#sthash.ATblibBP.dpuf|publisher=Dell'Oro Group|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-date=July 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731014545/http://www.delloro.com/news/demand-service-provider-routers-weakens-third-quarter-2014-according-delloro-group#sthash.ATblibBP.dpuf|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to analyst firm Dell'Oro Group, it is the fourth largest for edge routers<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.delloro.com/news/service-provider-edge-router-and-switch-market-reaches-record-levels-according-to-delloro-group|title=Service Provider Edge Router and Switch Market Reaches Record Levels, According to Dell'Oro Group|access-date=January 10, 2014|date=September 3, 2013|publisher=Dell'Oro Group|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303100429/http://www.delloro.com/news/service-provider-edge-router-and-switch-market-reaches-record-levels-according-to-delloro-group|url-status=dead}}</ref> and second for core routers with 25% of the core market.<ref>{{cite news|title=Core router market grows for fourth consecutive quarter says Dell'Oro Group|publisher=LightWave|url=http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2014/06/core-router-market-grows-for-fourth-consecutive-quarter-says-delloro-group.html|date=June 6, 2014|access-date=January 10, 2015}}</ref> It is also the second largest market share holder for firewall products with a 24.8% share of the firewall market.<ref>{{cite news|title=Enterprises are feeling the 'need for speed' in network firewalls|date=August 7, 2013|first=Fred|last=Donovan|url=http://www.fierceitsecurity.com/story/enterprises-are-feeling-need-speed-network-firewalls/2013-08-07|publisher=Fierce IT Security|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311112732/http://www.fierceitsecurity.com/story/enterprises-are-feeling-need-speed-network-firewalls/2013-08-07|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Carrier Network Firewalls|publisher=Gartner, Competitive Landscape: Carrier-Class Network Firewalls|first1=Deborah|last1=Kish|first2=Lawrence|last2=Pingree|date=October 2014}}</ref> In data center [[security appliance]]s, Juniper is the second-place market-share holder behind Cisco.<ref>{{citation|title=Data Center Security Products|date=May 2014|first=Jeff|last=Wilson|publisher=Infonetics}}</ref> Juniper provides technical support and services through the J-Care program.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper revving support services|last=Greene|first=Tim|newspaper=Network World|date=June 9, 2008}}</ref>

As of February 2020, Juniper's product families include the following:
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!Technology<ref name="annualreport">{{citation|title=2014 Annual Report|publisher=Juniper|access-date=January 10, 2015|url=http://d1lge852tjjqow.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001043604/35e16fe4-a9c2-46a4-b459-4fec489300c5.pdf?noexit=true}}</ref>
!Product families<ref name="annualreport"/>
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| Routing ||
* [[Juniper T-Series|T-series]]: Multichassis IP/MPLS Core Routers
* [[Juniper MX-Series|MX Series]]: Edge routers
* [[Juniper M Series|M Series]]: Combined IP/MPLS edge routers
* [[PTX Series]]: Packet transport routers
* [[ACX Series]]: Universal access routers
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|Switching||
* [[Juniper EX-Series|EX Series]]: Enterprise Ethernet switches
* WLAN Products: Controllers, access points and software
* [[QFX Series]]: Datacenter switches
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|Security||
* SRX Series: Security products for data centers and branch locations
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|Software||
* [[Junos OS|Junos Operating System]]
* Junos Space: [[Service Oriented Architecture]] development environment for network applications
* Contrail: Brand of software defined networking software and networking controllers
* [https://www.mist.com/documentation/category/marvis/ Marvis]: Mist's AI Network Assistant that is also compatible with Juniper's switches through its Wired Assurance feature.
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|WLAN
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* AP41: The most popular enterprise-grade Access Point available through Mist. Tailored for WiFi, BLE, and IoT.
* AP43: An upgraded AP41 with [[IEEE 802.11ax|WiFi 6]]
* AP61: A long-range access point ideal for outdoor use like college campuses
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[[File:Juniper Networks PTX3000 packet transport router.jpg|thumb|PTX3000 packet transport router|100px]]<br />
[[File:Juniper Networks QFX5100 ethernet switch.jpg|thumb|QFX5100 Ethernet switch|150px]]<br />
[[File:Juniper Networks SRX3400 service gateway and security appliance.jpg|thumb|SRX3400 service gateway and security appliance|150px]]
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===Routers and switches===
Juniper Networks' first product was the [[Junos]] router operating system, which was released on July 1, 1998.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=July 1, 1998|title=Juniper Networks Inc. Launching Product, Software for Internet}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Infoworld|first=Stephen|last=Lawson|date=July 6, 1998|title=Juniper unveils Junos routing code for Net}}</ref> The first Juniper router was made available that September and was a core router for internet service providers called the M40.<ref name="Pavlichek2002">{{cite book|author=Doris E. Pavlichek|title=Juniper Networks Reference Guide: JUNOS Routing, Configuration, and Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZAQR-_TJJcC|year=2002|publisher=Addison-Wesley Professional|isbn=978-0-201-77592-1}}</ref>{{RP|8}}<ref name="eleven"/> It incorporated specialized [[application-specific integrated circuit]]s (ASIC) for routing internet traffic that were developed in partnership with IBM.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 16, 1998|title=Juniper ships speedy router|first=Ben|last=Heskett|url=http://news.cnet.com/Juniper-ships-speedy-router/2100-1033_3-215617.html|publisher=CNET|access-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Start-Up One-Ups Cisco With Its 'Internet Router'|last=Lee|first=Yvonne |newspaper=Investor's Business Daily|date=September 23, 1998|page=A11}}</ref> It had ten times the throughput of comparable contemporary Cisco products.<ref name="eleven">{{cite news|title=Juniper hopes to boost 'Net with massive M40 router|first=Jeff|last=Caruso|newspaper=Network World|date=September 21, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper: Worth the price?|last=Schaff|first=William|newspaper=InformationWeek|date=August 23, 1999}}</ref> The M40 was followed by the smaller M20 router in December 1999<ref name="one"/> and the M160 in March 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-238503.html&tag=st.ne.1002|title=Juniper trumps Cisco at its own game|date=March 28, 2000|publisher=CNET News  |access-date=February 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper to Introduce System For Faster Net Switching|first=Seth|last=Schiesel|date=March 28, 2000|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/28/business/juniper-to-introduce-system-for-faster-net-switching.html|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref>

By 2000, Juniper had developed five hardware systems and made seven new releases of its Junos operating system.<ref name="Inc2001">{{cite book|author=IDG Network World Inc|title=Network World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DBwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56|date=April 23, 2001|publisher=IDG Network World Inc|pages=56–|issn=0887-7661}}</ref> That April, Juniper released the second generation of the internet processors embedded in its core routers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Networks to upgrade all its routers to Internet Processor II|last=Wirbel|first=Loring|newspaper=Electronic Engineering Times|date=April 17, 2000}}</ref> In April 2002, Juniper released the first of the T-series family (originally known under the code-name Gibson), which could perform four times as many route lookups per second as the M160.<ref name="unveil">{{cite news|title=Juniper unveils 'Gibson' core router|first=Jim|last=Duffy|newspaper=Network World|date=April 29, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Staying Competitive -- Juniper Rolls Out Routers|first=Sandra|last=Rufolo|newspaper=VARBusiness|date=July 26, 2004}}</ref> The first products of the TX Matrix family, which could be used to combine up to four T-series routers, was released in December 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper's, Cisco's Products Face Off in Core Router Space|first=Ed|last=Gubbins|newspaper=Telephony|date=December 13, 2004}}</ref>

By 2003, Juniper had diversified into three major router applications: core routers, edge routers and routers for mobile traffic.<ref name="Pavlichek2002"/>{{RP|9}} Juniper's first major diversification from core routers was when it entered the market for edge routers, by acquiring the e-series product family (originally known as ERX) through the purchase of Unisphere in 2000.<ref name="fifteen"/><ref name="cautious">{{cite news|title=Networking Gear Firm Takes Cautious Route; Things Are Better, But...; Company execs hopeful about a recovery, though they"re "not convinced"|first=Mike|last=Angell|date=July 24, 2003|page=A10|newspaper=Investor's Business Daily}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Nabs Unisphere for $740M|publisher=Light Reading|date=May 20, 2002|url=http://www.lightreading.com/ethernet-ip/juniper-nabs-unisphere-for-$740m/d/d-id/580524|access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref> By 2002, both Cisco and Juniper had increased their focus on edge routers, because many ISPs had built up abundant bandwidth at the core.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anticipated routers stir up a new core-edge debate|last=Suppa|first=Carly|newspaper=Network World Canada|date=April 19, 2002|url=http://www.itworldcanada.com/article/anticipated-routers-stir-up-a-new-core-edge-debate/24617}}</ref> Several improvements to Juniper's software and its broadband aggregation features were released in late 2003. At this time, Juniper had the largest market-share (52%) of the broadband aggregation market.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper enhances edge offerings|first=Jim|last=Duff|newspaper=Network World|date=July 7, 2003|url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2334843/lan-wan/juniper-enhances-edge-offerings.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112062148/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2334843/lan-wan/juniper-enhances-edge-offerings.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2015|access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref> In 2003, Juniper entered the market for cable-modem termination systems with the G-series product family after the acquisition of Pacific Broadband.<ref name="multichannel"/> The product family was discontinued later that year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper terminates G-series|newspaper=Network World Canada|date=August 22, 2003}}</ref>

Juniper's first enterprise switch product was the EX 4200, which was released in 2008. In a comparative technical test, ''Network World'' said the EX4200 was the top performer out of network switches they tested in latency and throughput, but its multicast features were "newer and less robust" than other aspects of the product.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper switch proves to be credible choice|first=David|last=Newman|newspaper=Network World|date=July 14, 2008|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/797306/lan-wan-juniper-switch-proves-to-be-credible-choice.html|access-date=January 10, 2015}}</ref> Juniper Networks announced the T1600 1.6 Terabits per second core router in 2007 and the newer T4000 4 Terabit router in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Expands Core Routing Power with T4000|author=Sean Michael Kerner |date=November 15, 2010|url=http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3913216/Juniper-Expands-Core-Routing-Power-with-T4000.htm|newspaper=Enterprise Networking Planet}}</ref> In 2012, it released the ACX family of universal access routers.<ref>{{cite news|title=New ACX Routers Usher in Universal Access|first=Sean|last=Kerner |date=February 8, 2012|url=http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/datacenter/new-acx-routers-usher-in-universal-access-.html|publisher=Enterprise Networking Planet|access-date=January 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper launches ACX Universal Access router range|first=Jim|last=Duffy |date=February 8, 2012|url=http://www.techworld.com/news/networking/juniper-launches-acx-universal-access-router-range-3335891/#sthash.LgMkXLlG.dpuf|access-date=January 10, 2015|newspaper=Network World}}</ref> In 2013, the company made several new releases in the MX family of edge routers: it introduced a smaller version of its core routers called PTX3000, and several new enterprise routers were released.<ref name="SWOT"/><ref>{{cite news|title=PTX3000 aimed at metro networks, Tier 2/3 providers|first=Jim|last=Duffy|date=March 18, 2013|newspaper=Network World|access-date=January 10, 2015|url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2164485/lan-wan/juniper-unveils-smaller-core-router.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809061734/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2164485/lan-wan/juniper-unveils-smaller-core-router.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2015}}</ref> Seven months later, Juniper acquired WANDL, and its technology was integrated into the NorthStar WAN controller Juniper announced in February 2014.<ref name="nwww"/>

In February 2011, Juniper introduced QFabric, a proprietary protocol<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2228952/cisco-subnet/trill---spb---fabricpath---qfabric---flat-network-confusion-.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612143418/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2228952/cisco-subnet/trill---spb---fabricpath---qfabric---flat-network-confusion-.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=June 12, 2016|title=Trill? SPB? FabricPath? QFabric? Flat Network Confusion!|publisher=Network News |access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> methodology for transferring data over a network using a single network layer. Several individual products for the QFabric methodology were released throughout the year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper to Unveil New Networking System|first=Cari|last=Tuna|date=February 23, 2011|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703529004576160690841809326|access-date=December 23, 2014|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> In October 2013, Juniper introduced another network architecture called MetaFabric and a new set of switches, the QFX5100 family, as one of the foundations of the new architecture.<ref name="dafbdjna">{{cite news|title=Juniper Launches MetaFabric Network Architecture, Switches|first=Jeffrey|last=Burt|newspaper=eWeek|access-date=January 10, 2015|url=http://www.eweek.com/networking/juniper-launches-metafabric-network-architecture-switches.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150414174031/http://www.eweek.com/networking/juniper-launches-metafabric-network-architecture-switches.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2015|date=October 29, 2013}}</ref>

In February 2014, several software and hardware improvements were introduced for Juniper routers, including a series of software applications ISPs could use to provide internet-based services to consumers.<ref name="nwww">{{cite news|title=Juniper broadens SDN for carriers|first=Jim|last=Duffy|date=February 23, 2014|newspaper=Network World|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/687340/lan-wan-juniper-broadens-sdn-for-carriers.html|access-date=December 22, 2014}}</ref> In December 2014, Juniper introduced a network switch, OCX1100, that could run on either the Junos operating system or the [[Open Compute Project]] open-source software.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Networks Embraces Open Source Hardware with Newest Switch|url=http://www.crn.com/news/networking/300075010/juniper-networks-embraces-open-source-hardware-with-newest-switch.htm|newspaper=CRN|date=December 4, 2014|first=Kristin|last=Bent|access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper unbundles switch hardware, software|first=Jim|last=Duffy|newspaper=Network World|date=December 3, 2014|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/933322/juniper-unbundles-switch-hardware-software.html|access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref>

===Security===
[[File:Juniper Networks SRX5800 service gateway and security appliance.jpg|thumb|Juniper Networks SRX5800 service gateway and security appliance]]
Juniper Networks introduced the JProtect security toolkit in May 2003. It included firewalls, flow monitoring, filtering and [[Network Address Translation]] (NAT).<ref>{{cite news|title=Tool Kit Extends Router Security; Juniper lets users determine features|last=Fisher|first=Dennis|newspaper=eWeek|date=June 2, 2003|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Tool-Kit-Extends-Router-Security/|access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Dubowski|first=Stefan|newspaper=ComputerWorld Canada|date=Jun 27, 2003|url=http://www.itworldcanada.com/article/juniper-branches-out-with-secure-routers/20537|title=Juniper branches out with secure routers|access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref> Through the 2004 acquisition of [[NetScreen Technologies]], Juniper acquired the Juniper Secure Meeting product line,<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Appliance Guards Conferences|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Juniper-Appliance-Guards-Conferences/|access-date=May 3, 2015|newspaper=eWeek|date=May 3, 2004|first=Michael|last=Caton}}</ref> as well as [[Remote desktop software|remote desktop access software]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/SSL-VPNs-Start-Making-Sense/|newspaper=eWeek|first=Andrew|last=Garcia|access-date=December 20, 2014|date=May 10, 2004|title=SSL VPNs Start Making Sense}}</ref> The NetScreen-5GT ADSL security appliance was the first new NetScreen product Juniper introduced after the acquisition<ref name="twentyfour"/> and its first wireless product.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper scores with WLAN protector|first=Joel|last=Snyder|newspaper=Network World | date=Mar 7, 2005|url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2319026/network-security/juniper-scores-with-wlan-protector.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505063521/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2319026/network-security/juniper-scores-with-wlan-protector.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 5, 2015|access-date=December 21, 2014 }}</ref> The first Juniper product intended for small businesses was a remote access appliance that was released in August 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Does SSL for SMBs; Juniper Networks Inc. made a bid last week to dominate the Secure Sockets Layer VPN space among small and midsize businesses with a new line of low-cost appliances|first=Paula|last=Musich|newspaper=eWeek|date=August 23, 2004|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Juniper-Does-SSL-for-SMBs/|access-date=May 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper zeroes in on SMBs, seeks more partners|last=Villano|first=Matt|newspaper=CRN|date=August 16, 2004}}</ref> An open interface for the development of third-party tools for the appliance was made available that September.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Incorporates Third-Party Security; Options focus on endpoint integration|first=Paula|last=Musich|date=September 6, 2004}}</ref>

In September 2004, Juniper entered the market for enterprise access routers with three routers that were the first of the J-series product family. It used the channel partners acquired with NetScreen to take the routers to market.<ref name="twentyfour">{{cite news|title=Juniper Networks' J-Series|first=David|last=Greenfield|newspaper=Network Magazine|date=July 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper J-series could challenge Cisco|first=Jennifer|last=Hagendorf|newspaper=CRN|date=June 21, 2004}}</ref> Juniper released its first dedicated NAC product in late 2005, which was followed by the acquisition of [[Funk Software]] for its NAC capabilities for switches.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper to Acquire Funk|last=Roberts|first=Paul|newspaper=eWeek|date=November 21, 2005|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Juniper-to-Acquire-Funk/|access-date=December 21, 2014}}</ref> According to a 2006 review in ''Network World'', Juniper's SSG 520 firewall and routing product was "the first serious threat" to competing products from Cisco.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper/NetScreen deal bears fruit|first=Joel|last=Snyder|newspaper=Network World | date=February 6, 2006|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/846172/lan-wan-juniper-netscreen-deal-bears-fruit.html|access-date=December 22, 2014}}</ref> Juniper released the SRX family of gateway products in 2008. The gateways sold well, but customers and resellers reported a wide range of technical issues starting in 2010, which Juniper did not acknowledge until 2012, when it began providing updates to the product software.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Partners On SRX Issues: Forgiven But Not Forgotten|date=January 19, 2012|first=Chad|last=Berndtson|url=http://www.crn.com/news/security/232500101/juniper-partners-on-srx-issues-forgiven-but-not-forgotten.htm|newspaper=CRN|access-date=January 10, 2015}}</ref>

In August 2011, Juniper and AT&T announced they would jointly develop the AT&T Mobile Security application based on Juniper's Pulse security software.<ref>{{cite news|title=ATandT Partners With Juniper Networks for Mobile Security Platform|first=Fahmida|last=Rashid|date=August 11, 2011|url=http://www.eweek.com/networking/ATandT-Partners-With-Juniper-Networks-for-Mobile-Security-Platform/|newspaper=eWeek|access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref> In May 2012, Juniper released a series of new features for the web security software it acquired from Mykonos Software that February. Mykonos' software is focused on deceiving hackers by presenting fake vulnerabilities and tracking their activity.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper packs 30 new features into Web security software|first=Jim|last=Duffy|date=May 30, 2012|newspaper=Network World|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/710174/security-juniper-packs-30-new-features-into-web-security-software.html|access-date=December 22, 2014}}</ref> In January 2014, Juniper announced the Firefly Suite of security and switching products for [[virtual machines]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/685587/virtualization-juniper-announces-firefly-suite-for-virtual-machine-security.html|newspaper=Network World|date=January 16, 2014|access-date=March 27, 2015|first=Ellen|last=Messmer|title=Juniper announces Firefly Suite for virtual-machine security}}</ref> The following month Juniper Networks released several products for "intrusion deception", which create fake files, store incorrect passwords and change network maps in order to confuse hackers that have already penetrated the network perimeter.<ref>{{cite news|date=February 26, 2014|title=Juniper Networks urges companies to be active on cyber defence|first=Hannah|last=Kuchler|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2cfd21ee-9e8d-11e3-b429-00144feab7de.html#axzz3MfMPoC5c|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211141240/https://www.ft.com/content/2cfd21ee-9e8d-11e3-b429-00144feab7de#axzz3MfMPoC5c|archive-date=December 11, 2022|url-access=subscription|newspaper=Financial Times|access-date=December 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Juniper networks backdoor admin password hidden in code.png|thumb|Marked in yellow: backdoor admin password hidden in the code]]
An analysis of Juniper's [[ScreenOS]] firmware code in December 2015 discovered a backdoor key using [[Dual EC DRBG]] allowing to passively decrypt the traffic encrypted by ScreenOS. This backdoor was inserted in the year 2008 into the versions of ScreenOS from 6.2.0r15 to 6.2.0r18 and from 6.3.0r12 to 6.3.0r20<ref>{{Cite web|title = Researchers confirm backdoor password in Juniper firewall code|url = https://arstechnica.com/security/2015/12/researchers-confirm-backdoor-password-in-juniper-firewall-code/|website = Ars Technica|date = December 21, 2015|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref> and gives any user administrative access when using a special master password.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Zagrożenia tygodnia 2015-W52 - Spece.IT|url = https://spece.it/bezpieczenstwo/zagrozenia-tygodnia-2015-w52|website = Spece.IT|date = December 23, 2015|access-date = 2016-01-16|language = pl-PL}}</ref> Some analysts claim that this backdoor still exists in ScreenOS.<ref name="wired-secret-code-in-junipers-firewalls">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/2015/12/juniper-networks-hidden-backdoors-show-the-risk-of-government-backdoors | title=Secret Code Found in Juniper's Firewalls Shows Risk of Government Backdoors | author=Kim Zetter | magazine=Wired | date=2015-12-18 | access-date=2015-12-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604101834/https://www.wired.com/2015/12/juniper-networks-hidden-backdoors-show-the-risk-of-government-backdoors/ | archive-date=2016-06-04 | url-status=live }}</ref> Stephen Checkoway was quoted in Wired that "If this backdoor was not intentional, then, in my opinion, it's an amazing coincidence."<ref name="wired.com">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/01/new-discovery-around-juniper-backdoor-raises-more-questions-about-the-company/|title=New Discovery Around Juniper Backdoor Raises More Questions About the Company|date=8 January 2016|magazine=WIRED}}</ref>

In December 2015, Juniper Systems announced that they had discovered "unauthorized code" in the ScreenOS software that underlies their NetScreen devices, present from 2012 onwards. There were two vulnerabilities: One was a simple root password backdoor, and the other one was changing a point in Dual_EC_DRBG so that the attackers presumably had the key to use the preexisting (intentional or unintentional) [[kleptographic]] backdoor in ScreenOS to passively decrypt traffic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2015/12/on-juniper-backdoor.html|title=A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering|author=Matthew Green|date=December 22, 2015}}</ref>

===Software defined networking===
According to a 2014 [[SWOT analysis]] by MarketLine, in recent history Juniper has been focusing on [[software-defined networking]] (SDN).<ref name="SWOT"/> It acquired SDN company Contrail Systems in December 2012. The following month Juniper announced its SDN strategy, which included a new licensing model based on usage and new features for the Junos operating system.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper finally talks SDNs|first=Jim|last=Duffy|newspaper=Network World |date=January 15, 2013|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/668177/lan-wan-juniper-finally-talks-sdns.html}}</ref> In February 2013, Juniper released several SDN products, including the application provisioning software, Services Activation Director and the Mobile Control Gateway appliance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper adds SDN to mobile networks|first=Jim|last=Duffy|newspaper=Network World|date=February 21, 2013|url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2163592/lan-wan/juniper-adds-sdn-to-mobile-networks.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216105414/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2163592/lan-wan/juniper-adds-sdn-to-mobile-networks.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2016|access-date=February 16, 2015}}</ref>

In May 2013, Juniper announced an SDN controller called JunosV Contrail, using technology it acquired through Contrail Systems.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Network World|date=May 6, 2013|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/673068/lan-wan-juniper-closer-to-cisco-in-shipping-sdn-brains.html|title=Juniper closer to Cisco in shipping SDN brains|access-date=December 23, 2014|first=Jim|last=Duffy}}</ref> A series of SDN products were released in February 2014, such as a network management software product, Junos Fusion, and an SDN controller called NorthStar. Northstar helps find the optimal path for data to travel through a network.<ref name="nwww"/>

Every year, since 2009, Juniper holds SDN Throwdown competition to encourage students from universities across the world to access NorthStar Controller and build a solution around it to optimize network throughput. In the 2019 competition, team led by Sumit Maheshwari (Rutgers University) took first place.<ref>{{cite news|date=Feb 26, 2019|url=https://soe.rutgers.edu/story/rutgers-team-wins-junipercomcast-sdn-throwdown-competition|title=Rutgers Team Wins Juniper Comcast SDN Throwdown Competition|access-date=March 13, 2019|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329025200/https://soe.rutgers.edu/story/rutgers-team-wins-junipercomcast-sdn-throwdown-competition|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jialu Sun (Santa Clara University) led his team to a second-place finish.<ref>{{cite news|date=Feb 26, 2019|url=https://www.scu.edu/engineering/alumni/five10-report/archives/may-2019-five10-report/|title=SCU Team Wins 2nd place Juniper Comcast SDN Throwdown Competition|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref>

===Recent updates===
In March 2015, Juniper announced a series of updates to the PTX family of core routers, the QFX family of switches, as well as updates to its security portfolio.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Product Blitz Pushes Network Performance to Challenge Cisco|first=David|last=Needle|date=March 12, 2015|url=http://www.eweek.com/networking/juniper-product-blitz-pushes-network-performance-to-challenge-cisco.html#sthash.1tDju0RL.dpuf|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150414174002/http://www.eweek.com/networking/juniper-product-blitz-pushes-network-performance-to-challenge-cisco.html%23sthash.1tDju0RL.dpuf|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2015|newspaper=eWeek|access-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper rewires the data center|first=Jim|last=Duffy|date=March 12, 2015|newspaper=Network World }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Juniper Unleashes New Networking Products, Boosts Security|first=Mark|last=Haranas|date=March 11, 2015|url=http://www.crn.com/news/networking/300076095/juniper-unleashes-new-networking-products-boosts-security.htm|newspaper=CRN|access-date=March 25, 2015}}</ref> According to a report published by technology consulting firm [[LexInnova Technologies|LexInnova]], as of June 2015 Juniper Networks was the third largest recipient of network security-related patents with portfolio of 2,926 security-related patents.<ref name="CSO 2015">{{cite web | title=Australia is world's fourth-largest holder of network-security patents, analysis finds | website=CSO | date=July 3, 2015  | url=http://www.cso.com.au/article/578941/australia-world-fourth-largest-holder-network-security-patents-analysis-finds/ | access-date=July 3, 2015}}</ref>

In October 2018, Juniper announced a new offering called EngNet, which is a set of developer tools and information meant to help companies move toward automation, and replace the typical command-line interface.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/12/juniper_engnet_plans/|title=Juniper shows its intent with Dev, er, no, sorry, make that... EngNet|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en}}</ref>