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Rubrik: World-wide News/Products & News Juniper
Networks Selects IBM for Juniper
Networks to be one of the First Tenants in IBM's New "Green" (22.07.08)
- IBM and Juniper Networks announced they have signed a five-year, data
center hosting agreement with IBM to support Juniper's global operations. As
part of the agreement, IBM will provide Juniper with a next-generation,
global hosting environment to support its enterprise resource planning (ERP)
and customer relationship management (CRM) application deployments worldwide.
IBM will host Juniper's operations from its new energy efficient "green"
data center in
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center features leading-edge technologies and services, including high
density computing systems utilizing virtualization technology, along with
energy efficient power and cooling technologies. Juniper will utilize IBM's
latest microchip technology, System p servers, BladeCenter technology and
enterprise storage, along with Juniper Networks high-performance network
infrastructure including routing, switching and security elements, all
powered by JUNOS™ software. In addition to the "In
tandem with our continuous focus on addressing the high-performance
networking requirements of our global customers, we remain equally focused on
achieving operational excellence in each and every aspect of our own
business," said Michele Goins, chief information officer, Juniper
Networks, Inc. "We turned to IBM for an innovative and environmentally
friendly solution to scaling our IT infrastructure and business-critical
application deployments in-line with the escalating demands of our business." "By
partnering with IBM, Juniper will have access to energy efficient data center
technology and hosting services freeing them to focus on serving their
customers," said Bronwyn Guthrie, IBM vice president, Strategic
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