Whether Juniper truly has its act together remains to be seen, but it undeniably proved it has delicious snacks.

Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading

March 27, 2015

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Juniper Innovation Showcase -- After a 2014 to forget, starting with a shareholder uprising and ending with the CEO falling on his corporate sword, Juniper Networks brought analysts and journalists to its offices recently to show off the company's future direction.

Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) executives talked about the company's future direction, including renewed focus on custom silicon. But the main aim was to show that the company has its act together and it's fair to say that Juniper's executives managed to hit that target. But although 2014's snafus are behind it, Juniper still faces the tough job of staying relevant in a highly competitive market.

Light Reading was at the company's Innovation Showcase -- see links to our coverage and other Juniper articles below -- so we snapped a few pictures to share with you. Click the photo below to start the slideshow.

Figure 1: Morale Booster After 2014's shenanigans, Juniper might have a morale problem. Fortunately, the company has this small refrigerator outside its networking lab. Ice cream makes everything better. 
After 2014's shenanigans, Juniper might have a morale problem. Fortunately, the company has this small refrigerator outside its networking lab. Ice cream makes everything better.

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About the Author(s)

Mitch Wagner

Executive Editor, Light Reading

San Diego-based Mitch Wagner is many things. As well as being "our guy" on the West Coast (of the US, not Scotland, or anywhere else with indifferent meteorological conditions), he's a husband (to his wife), dissatisfied Democrat, American (so he could be President some day), nonobservant Jew, and science fiction fan. Not necessarily in that order.

He's also one half of a special duo, along with Minnie, who is the co-habitor of the West Coast Bureau and Light Reading's primary chewer of sticks, though she is not the only one on the team who regularly munches on bark.

Wagner, whose previous positions include Editor-in-Chief at Internet Evolution and Executive Editor at InformationWeek, will be responsible for tracking and reporting on developments in Silicon Valley and other US West Coast hotspots of communications technology innovation.

Beats: Software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), IP networking, and colored foods (such as 'green rice').

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