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• Juniper Networks tried to sell enterprise assets: report

  Juniper Networks reportedly shopped around its enterprise assets to rivals last year but found no takers for properties such as the NetScreen security business it acquired in 2004.

• Juniper security products use device-fingerprinting as way to detect, block attacks

  Juniper Networks today rolled out a battalion of security products and services to protect corporate networks, stating that when it comes to defensive measures, security attacks can be better prevented by determining device-fingerprinting rather than blocking attacks based on IP address.

• Juniper adds SDN to mobile networks

  Juniper Networks this week unveiled software-defined networking products for service providers, designed to enable them to more quickly scale capacity and provision services.

• Juniper bolsters security assets with $10M buyout of anti-DDoS firm

  Juniper Networks has acquired the assets of Webscreen Systems, a developer of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation products, from Accumuli of the United Kingdom.

• Juniper finally talks SDNs

  Juniper Networks at long last has laid out its software-defined networking (SDN) strategy, which includes a revamped software licensing plan that the company says will change its business model and differentiate it from competitors.

• Juniper exec gets into nitty-gritty of SDN plan

  Front-and-center in Juniper's SDN strategy is a new software business model that will emphasize variable packaging and licensing of software to implement the company's software-defined networking design. Bob Muglia, executive vice president of Juniper's Software Systems Division, shared some finer points of the company's plan with Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy.

• Brocade taps industry veteran Carney as CEO

  Brocade has named former Xsigo Systems CEO Lloyd Carney as its new top executive effective immediately.

• Juniper CEO Johnson talks software, the company's recent challenges and key future directions

  Juniper Networks had a challenging 2012 as new product cycles were slow to take hold and global economic conditions took a toll on sales. The company also undertook a restructuring that saw 500 positions cut and the departure of four executive vice presidents. As the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company looks to re-energize its business, particularly with an eye towards enterprises and data centers, CEO Kevin Johnson shared his lessons learned in leading Juniper since 2008, as well as what's ahead for the company in a discussion with IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant and Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Johnson also shared his thoughts on the hot topic of software-defined networks (SDN), Juniper's role in enabling cloud and competing against the industry's 800-pound gorilla, Cisco.

• Juniper buys SDN startup for $176M

  Juniper Networks this week acquired Contrail Systems, a startup that makes controllers for software-defined networks, for $176 million in cash and stock.

• How IT can become a driver of business growth

  IT departments don't live up to business-driving potential.

• Cisco, VMware and OpenFlow fragment SDNs

  Juniper Networks Executive Vice President Bob Muglia spelled it out succinctly: the nascent software-defined networking market is morphing into three camps - OpenFlow/open source, Cisco and VMware.

• Cisco acquires network planning company for $141M

  Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately held Cariden Technologies, a Sunnyvale, Calif., developer of network planning, design and traffic management software for service providers.

• OpenFlow start-up Big Switch lands another big funding round

  OpenFlow controller start-up Big Switch Networks this week said it closed a $25 million Series B funding round to continue the expansion of the engineering, sales and marketing operations.

• Juniper Networks removes another top exec

  A management shake-up at Juniper Networks continues, as Stefan Dyckerhoff has been replaced as executive vice president of Juniper’s Platform Systems Division by Rami Rahim, who currently leads the company’s edge and aggregation routing business unit.

• Verizon Wireless outage outraging customers

  Verizon Wireless customers have taken to the carrier's support forums and social media sites such as <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/052610-twitter-quiz.html">Twitter</a> to complain about what appears to be a nationwide 3G/4G wireless data outage.