Joel Conover High Quotations

The SSG gives Juniper a high performance and highly flexible platform to challenge competitors in the security/unified threat management market, while opening up opportunities to compete for business in branch office environments where customers are revisiting the concept of converged data and security, competing head-to-head with Cisco's Integrated Services Routers.

The new SSL VPN functionality also comes with a price. SSL VPN is no longer a free feature on Cisco platforms; instead, it is now a licensed feature. Cisco also introduced Anti-X services for the ASA-5500 platform via a new content security module on the ASA platform. However, this functionality is mutually exclusive of Cisco's advanced IDS support, diminishing the competitive impact in the highly competitive UTM market.

One of the primary difficulties in deploying WLAN technology in branch offices and retail stores is the lack of onsite IT expertise to manage the network. In order to be successful, branch and retail WLAN solutions must deliver several capabilities; strong centralized management, wide-ranging integrated functionality for security and voice, a highly reliable implementation, and competitive pricing for cost-effective deployment to a large number of sites. Aruba's new additions to the Mobile Edge portfolio meet all of these needs.