Stories about: Unisphere Networks

Juniper Networks has shuffled upper management and filled a six-month void in its top marketing position, part of what the company claims is a "structured succession plan."

Juniper Networks claims it has overtaken Cisco Systems in the local high-end routing segment achieving 64 percent market share.

Siemens continues to deepen its ties with Chinese rival Huawei Technologies. The engineering and manufacturing conglomerate agreed Friday to resell routers and switches from Huawei's Quidway product line just eight months after the two companies formed a joint venture for manufacturing new mobile broadband systems in China.

Siemens AG has no regrets about its decision to sell edge router manufacturer Unisphere Networks Inc. to Juniper Networks Inc., even if some critics interpreted the move as a retreat from a router market dominated by Cisco Systems Inc.

Worldwide router sales in the second quarter declined 6 percent sequentially to US$1.5 billion, according to the latest figures from Dell'Oro Group. Declines in higher end routers - those greater than or equal to 1G bit/sec - offset gains in the lower end.

Worldwide router sales in the second quarter declined 6 percent sequentially to US$1.5 billion, according to the latest figures from Dell'Oro Group'Inc. Declines in higher-end routers -- those greater than or equal to 1G bit/sec -- offset gains in the lower-end.

Juniper Networks Inc.'s latest router line, which bowed in April in the form of the T640 router for the core of service provider networks, moves toward the edge with the smaller T320 platform announced Tuesday.

Juniper Networks Inc. last week beat Wall Street expectations for its second quarter 2002 results, posting revenue of US$117 million and pro forma earnings of $421,000 or $0.00 per share.

Taking a page out of Cisco Systems Inc.'s book, Juniper Networks Inc. on Tuesday went the acquisition route, announcing it had completed its purchase of Siemens AG's Unisphere Networks Inc. division Monday at the close of the market. Juniper believes the deal will bolster its portfolio of edge routers and increase its overall market share in the switch and router markets.

A new generation of programmable network processors coming out this year may have a better shot than previous such chips at getting into switches and routers, allowing vendors -- as well as service providers and enterprises -- to tackle new requirements with software instead of hardware upgrades.

On the official second day of one of the largest annual communications and information technology conferences in the U.S., exhibitors were receiving a less-than-optimal amount of foot traffic through their booths. Attributing it to the down economy and a lack of service provider customers attending the show, many exhibitors think this year's SuperComm isn't so super.