Focal in Router Deal With Juniper
Focal will deploy more than 70 Juniper M20 Internet backbone routers in its Focal Internet eXchanges (FIXs) across the country
August 31, 2000
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- JuniperNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR), a leading provider of IP infrastructuresystems, announced today that Focal CommunicationsCorporation (Nasdaq: FCOM) will deploy more than 70 Juniper Networks®M20T Internet backbone routers in its Focal InterneteXchanges (FIXs) across the country. The first deployment will takeplace in Chicago this September.
"Focal selected Juniper Networks because theyprovide solutions purpose-built to meet the scalability, reliability,and capacity challenges of the Internet," said Michael Mael,president of Focal Data Communications, a business unit of Focal. "Inparticular, Juniper Networks leads the industry in advancedhigh-speed packet filtering. Their breakthrough packet filteringtechnology enables us to do something previously notpossible, that is, to provide wire-rate services while still maintainingnetwork security."
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