Juniper Networks has announced its next-generation, mid-range, 10 Gigabit-enabled multiservice edge router. With advanced applications driving a more comprehensive set of sophisticated requirements at the edge, Juniper is delivering the M120, offering architectural innovations and superior redundancy, interface scalability and performance.
The M120 Multiservice Edge Router offers 10 Gigabit density with a flexible and cost-effective service configuration that enables traditional and mobile telecommunications providers, cable operators and large enterprises to more efficiently migrate to next-generation, converged IP business and residential services.
The versatile platform is ideal for a wide variety of deployments, including:
-- Scalable Multiservice Edge - Optimized for smaller to medium-sized points of presence (POPs) and central offices.
-- Small and Medium Core Networks - Ideal for Internet peering and route reflector applications, delivering sophisticated routing capabilities with multiple 10 Gigabit links.
-- Collapsed POP Router - Capable of providing both edge services and backbone routing on a single platform with both 10 Gigabit uplinks and a wide range of customer-facing interfaces.
-- Ethernet Aggregation at the Multiservice Edge - Includes support for up to 128 Gigabit Ethernet subscriber ports, two 10 GB uplinks, and full support for Ethernet, VPLS, MPLS, IP, Frame Relay and ATM VPNs.
-- Large Enterprises - Provides a powerful WAN gateway solution for large enterprises and data centers. Offers support for Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs, including enterprise MPLS and VPLS with the advanced Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities required to support voice, video and a variety of data services.
By increasing scalability with enhanced application and user-specific quality of service features, M120 enables providers to increase the number of services and customers supported per platform without decreasing performance. This not only increases service flexibility but can also drive down costs per subscriber.
"This is a terrific product introduction for Juniper Networks," said Eve Griliches, research manager, IDC. "With the M120, Juniper has delivered today's multiservice requirements on a new platform upon which carriers can build IPTV and triple play networks, as well as converge older connection-oriented networks."
M120 introduces new levels of high availability and reliability features to the multiservice edge market. It supports a wide range of configurations including 1+1 and 1:N redundancy and provides operators the flexibility to optimize the platform to best meet customers' unique reliability requirements.
"As part of our service provider Infranet vision, we are committed to technology innovation that enhances our multiservice edge routers to offer increased performance, reliability and scale with the flexibility to leverage the current infrastructure to support evolving multiplay services such as video, wireless and gaming," said Karen Livoli, director, infrastructure product marketing. "By combining new technology with our proven JUNOS operating system in a compact platform, the M120 delivers the functionality our customers require as they scale their networks to support the next generation of business and residential service offerings."
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