Juniper Networks signed a strategic alliance agreement with NEC Corporation, expanding upon an existing reseller relationship and paving the way for an OEM agreement. NEC has resold Juniper Networks routing platforms in Japan since August 2000.
Scott Kriens, chairman and CEO of Juniper Networks, said, "this agreement provides a framework for joint cooperation in IP infrastructure closely focused on the continuing transformation of the already highly progressive Japanese networking market. It also underscores our commitment to working with our key application and infrastructure partners to make our infranet vision for an intelligent high performance infrastructure for all services a reality."http://www.juniper.net
- In May 2003, Lucent Technologies and Juniper Networks unveiled a non-exclusive, strategic partnership focused on delivering joint core, data, broadband and metro optical network solutions to service providers. Juniper Networks has previously entered into sales and distribution deals with Ericsson, Siemens and Nortel Networks.
