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Rania Aouad
Cedarcom SAL
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CEDARCOM DEPLOYS
COMPREHENSIVE JUNIPER SOLUTION TO ENABLE CORE IP NETWORK
Leading
Telecommunications Provider in Lebanon Deploys Juniper
Routing Platforms, Security Solutions and SDX Service
Deployment System
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and Beirut, Lebanon, June 28th,
2006 Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) today
announced Cedarcom, the leading Lebanese
telecommunications provider, is deploying a
comprehensive Juniper Networks solution as the first
phase of a major network upgrade across Lebanon.
Cedarcom is deploying Juniper Networks E- and M-series
routing platforms, the SDX-300 Service Deployment
System, and Integrated Security Gateway (ISG) series
firewall and virtual private network (FW/VPN) systems
with Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP).
The routing
platforms, in conjunction with the SDX, create an agile,
open and customizable network, with the scalability and
flexibility to accommodate new and advanced services at
scale. Cedarcom is also using Juniper’s unique Dynamic
Threat Mitigation solution, which integrates Juniper’s
powerful routing platforms, Intrusion Detection and
Prevention (IDP) capability and SDX Service Deployment
System, to provide real-time protection from network
attacks, and to provide immediate assistance to users
who have been affected. The security solutions protect
Cedarcom’s corporate network infrastructure against
worms, trojans, spyware and other emerging threats, as
well as application layer threats.
“Lebanon is
about to experience a boom in the ADSL market, and our
IP network infrastructure must provide the performance,
scalability and reliability to accommodate this growth,
and provide a mission-critical connectivity resource for
a wide range of business and residential customers
throughout the country,” said Imad Tarabay, CEO at
Cedarcom. “Juniper offered a comprehensive,
high-performance solution that combines reliability and
scalability in the core with best-in-class security,
providing our customers with high-quality, secure and
assured broadband services. The Dynamic Threat
Mitigation further differentiates our services by
enabling our network to automatically alert customers to
a problem, and direct them to where they can get
help—unlike other ISPs which would automatically drop
the connection without explanation to the customer."
Cedarcom
will extend and scale IP connectivity to provide a
diverse range of services including video and data
services to its customers throughout Lebanon. The
network also serves as an IP backbone for the entire
country of Lebanon, to be primarily used for the
deployment of DSL services.
“The
security and performance assurance of the underlying IP
network infrastructure is crucial to the success of this
advanced, high profile project, and we are very proud to
play such a key role in Cedarcom’s network,” said Gert-Jan
Schenk, vice president of operations, EMEA, Juniper
Networks. “Using our routing and broadband platforms,
Cedarcom has built an agile and open network that can
easily deliver the scale, performance and flexibility to
enable the delivery of advanced network services. The
Dynamic Threat Mitigation solution is just one example
of the many possible value-added services customers can
deliver using a combination of our routing platforms,
security solutions and service deployment system.”
Juniper
Networks E-series Broadband Services Routers and
M-series multiservice routing platforms together deliver
a comprehensive portfolio of advanced features that
uniquely combines best-in-class IP/MPLS capabilities
with unmatched reliability, security and performance.
Both platforms are deployed in the world’s largest
networks and consistently support a wide range of
advanced service offerings, including IPTV, video on
demand, VoIP and online gaming.
The Juniper
Networks SDX-300 Service Deployment System is a robust,
customizable application that enables the rapid creation
and deployment of new IP services in a scalable
architecture. The SDX is tightly integrated with Juniper
Networks routing platforms, security solutions and
third-party OSS/BSS systems, and delivers policies into
the IP network, enabling Service Providers to offer
premium, end-to-end, QoS-based services and increasing
the potential for value-added services.
The Juniper
Networks ISG 1000 platform can be operated as a single
firewall/VPN service or with IDP as an elective add-on
to provide carrier customers with increased levels of
delivery and threat control. Carriers utilize the ISG
and IDP appliances to protect its networks against
worms, trojans, spyware and other emerging threats, as
well as application layer threats. Juniper Networks was
the first vendor able to offer daily signature updates
for IDP customers, critical in maintaining effective
threat coverage and attack response. The Juniper
Networks IDP can be quickly and confidently deployed
inline without affecting performance to effectively
identify and stop network- and application-level attacks
before they inflict any damage, minimizing the time and
costs associated with intrusions.
About
Cedarcom SAL
Cedarcom is
the first and only Fixed Broadband Wireless Data
Provider in Lebanon, providing a breadth of data
communication, secure access and last mile solutions to
the local industry. Cedarcom holds a wireless data
networking license under decree number 10172, allowing
the deployment and operation of a country-wide wireless
data network with the advanced Broadband technology.
Cedarcom has licensed spectrum in the 2.6 GHz, 3.5 GHz
and 7.5 GHz frequency bands, and provides secure
wireless access, data networking and last-mile solutions
to banks, ISPs, ASPs, insurance companies, universities,
multi-branch offices, etc. The company is the first
wireless operator to deploy MPLS based services and MPLS
VPN in the Middle East. For more information on
Cedarcom, go to www.cedarcom.net.
About
Juniper Networks, Inc.
Juniper Networks is the leader in enabling secure and
assured communications over a single IP network. The
company's purpose-built, high performance IP platforms
enable customers to support many different services and
applications at scale. Service providers, enterprises,
governments and research and education institutions
worldwide rely on Juniper Networks to deliver products
for building networks that are tailored to the specific
needs of their users, services and applications. Juniper
Networks' portfolio of proven networking and security
solutions supports the complex scale, security and
performance requirements of the world's most demanding
networks. Additional information can be found at
www.juniper.net.
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