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Juniper Networks (News - Alert) has announced BELNET plans to build its next-generation research network based upon Juniper Networks T1600 Core Routers and M-series Multiservice Edge Routers.
The high-performance networking comapny, along with its partner Telindus, part of the Belgacom (News - Alert) Group, said the Juniper infrastructure will enable BELNET to cost-effectively deliver a range of high-speed, flexible IP-based services to universities, research centers and government agencies across Belgium.
Jan Torreele, CTO at BELNET, said Juniper's single-image approach to JUNOS will enable the company to introduce multi-terabit performance with the T1600 without back-tracking on previous investment in other Juniper platforms.
"The new BELNET research network is designed to ensure we continue to meet customer demand for bandwidth-intensive, mission-critical services, which enable numerous national and international research and academic projects to flourish," said Torreele.
The network will be complemented by Telindus' deployment expertise, while Juniper's best-in-class technology will enable BELNET to meet reliability, performance and functionality goals, Torreele added.
BELNET plans to deploy the T1600s throughout its core network and M120s at access points of presence throughout Belgium. Because both platforms will run a single, consistent JUNOS image, BELNET will be able to support advanced services and applications–such as IPv4 and IPv6 inter-working, multicasting and MPLS VPNs–with consistent performance from edge to core.
"The Belgian academic and research communities and governmental agencies served by BELNET rely on high-performance networking for the rapid exchange of ideas and information," said Gert-Jan Schenk, senior vice president of operations for EMEA, Juniper Networks.
And the T1600 is expected to supply an energy efficient core router, consuming 30 percent less power and requiring 30 percent less cooling than competitive platforms, which reduces total cost of ownership. The T1600 core router is expected to be generally available for deployment in the current quarter (Q407).
"By committing its core networking to the Juniper Networks T1600, once deployed, BELNET will be able to leverage unrivalled performance, industry-leading capacity and future-proof scalability, and will be able to meet the needs of its customers for many years to come."
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