Expands Unite architecture with New EX2300 and EX3400 access switches combined with Junos Fusion to streamline management across enterprise networks
Juniper Networks has announced two new EX Series access switches that are expected to enable secure, simplified management for campus and branch networks, regardless of size and complexity. The EX2300, an entry-level switch, and EX3400, a mid-range switch, offer new options for companies to leverage Juniper Networks Unite for a cloud-enabled enterprise, including Junos Fusion Enterprise and Juniper Networks Virtual Chassis technology to streamline network provisioning through a single point of management. The new solutions are expected to also further Juniper’s Software-Defined Secure Networks (SDSN) framework by serving as additional enforcement points throughout the network.
According to the release, as part of Juniper Unite the new EX2300 and EX3400 switches provide small and mid-market organizations with an easy-to-manage network solution, liberating overextended IT resources to concentrate on high-impact projects. The new access switches also give large enterprises greater flexibility needed to significantly scale operations and implement resource-intensive IT projects. These switches enhance the EX Series switching portfolio, offering customers more choice while maintaining the same Junos-based EX feature set, including the endpoint functionality for Junos Fusion Enterprise. Additionally, by building enforcement capabilities into these new switches, companies can stop potential security threats closer to where they originate and help the network defend it.
The Juniper Networks Professional Services team and its authorized Professional Services Partners can provide network assessments, customer on-boarding, design, deployment, and education services to help enterprise customers evolve their network architectures to meet cloud-based application and services requirements. The EX2300 and EX3400 are covered by Juniper’s Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (eLLW). Additionally, Juniper’s highly trained Professional Services Partners offer their own unique brand of service offerings to help customers better integrate Juniper technologies into their environments, the release said.
Jennifer Blatnik, VP of Cloud, Security and Enterprise Portfolio Marketing, Juniper Networks remarked, “As enterprises of all sizes are undergoing major IT networking transformations, Juniper is committed to continuing to provide a solution that makes it easier to manage network operations. Expanding the Unite architecture with the new EX switches offers our customers more choice, flexibility and investment protection. These new platforms also support Junos Fusion Enterprise – empowering IT teams to spend less time provisioning and more time delivering an innovative IT experience – and, by serving as enforcement points throughout the network, they also enhance Juniper’s Software-Defined Secure Networks framework by keeping the network and its users secure.”
