Juniper Networks (News - Alert) agreed to provide a bundle of routers and security solutions for BT, as the telecom prepares to deploy an IP
network for the U.K.'s Defense Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) project.
DFTS is being delivered by BT as agreed with the Ministry of Defense (MoD) Defense Communications Service Agency (DCSA). The project hooks up over 240,000 users at over 1,500 sites across the UK and overseas. DFTS links all existing defense networks, as it delivers unified voice, data, LAN interconnectivity and WAN services for the Royal Navy, British Army, the Royal Air Force and MoD Center. The companies' new network and services have been live since September.
"The performance and reliability targets for the revised contract were ambitious, and given the mission-critical nature of defense there is no room for compromise, this is why we chose to work with Juniper Networks," said Tony Reeve, DFTS program director, BT Global Services. "Juniper has proven it can provide highly resilient, secure and reliable networks for some of the world’s largest and most sensitive organizations and now the project is live it has proved that it can deliver these same results for the MoD."
The MoD has been transferring traffic to the new network based on Juniper's routers, including M-series multiservice routing platforms and J-series service routers. The deployment also included the integration of BT's NetScreen-5200 with firewall/IPSec VPN security systems for network protection.
"Juniper's technology already plays an integral role in numerous military and homeland security networks around the world," said Juniper's vice president of operations, EMEA Gert-Jan Schenk in a statement. "To be selected by BT for this deployment is gratifying and we are enjoying working with BT to ensure the British military is equipped with best-in-class communication services going forward."
Juniper's M-series platforms will provide the DFTS network with IP/MPLS edge routing, future multiple services—including VPNs, network-based security, "real-time" voice and video, bandwidth-on-demand, rich multicast and IPv6 services. The company's supporting J-series service routers will connect to remote and branch offices, and are ready for the future rollout of VoIP services.
Today's news comes on the heels of Juniper's announcement about it introducing a new product suite for the enterprise branch, dubbed the Juniper Branch Office Strategy. The suite is comprised of standards-based application acceleration, IP telephony, routing and security technologies, which can be integrated with customers' existing networks.
Included in the new Juniper Branch Office Strategy are Juniper's previously-announced Secure Services Gateways (SSG) security platforms with integrated branch routing and full Unified Threat Management (UTM) capabilities and new J4350 and J6350 J-series enterprise routers, which integrate technology from the Secure Services Gateway (News - Alert) 500-series platforms.
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