Join us as we celebrate nearly 30 years of innovation, transformation, and leadership at Juniper. This Lookbook invites you on a journey through our remarkable history while offering a glimpse into the exciting new chapter ahead with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
. Inside, you’ll find a curated collection of key milestones and achievements that have made Juniper what it is today, laying the groundwork to become the “best networking business on the planet!” From our founding in 1996 by Pradeep Sindhu—who set out to boldly disrupt the networking world—to going public and experiencing extraordinary growth, to the ongoing pursuit of excellence with the NOW way to network, each era of Juniper has propelled us forward.
But this is just the beginning. Together with HPE, we're charging into the future—ready to shape the next era of networking.
Here’s to the next bold chapter of Juniper, where the best is yet to come!
The .net Era: Where it All Began
Juniper Networks is founded by Pradeep Sindhu
The First Logo
Certificate of Incorporation with California Seal Articles of Incorporation
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HOW DID JUNIPER GET ITS NAME? It all started while Pradeep was on vacation with his family... CLICK HERE
Scott Kriens is named Juniper's first CEO. Pradeep Sindhu is named CTO and CFO.
OUR VISION
To best connect billions of potential Internet users...
SEPTEMBER
JUNIPER NETWORKS ATTRACTS INVESTORS, by the end of the year, Juniper raised $40M in a round that included four of the five largest telecommunications equipment manufacturers: Siemens, Nortel, Ericsson and 3Com.
JUNIPER SHIPS ITS FIRST PRODUCT, the M40 Internet backbone router (nicknamed Martini). The innovative packet forward engine (PFE) technology enabled the M40 to forward an unheard of 40 million packets per second.
JUNIPER PATENTS
FAST REROUTE, bringing greater reliability and resiliency to connectionoriented internet traffic.
THE M40 WINS BEST NEW PRODUCT RECOGNITION along with PC Magazine's UK 1999 Technology Innovation Award. At this point in time, the M40 was being used by 50 telecommunications companies, with agreements from Ericsson and Alcatel to distribute internationally.
APRIL
1999: JUNIPER GOES PUBLIC!
Juniper filed its IPO in April and debuted on the NASDAQ in June declaring "The NEW Network is Here!" The stock set a record in first-day trading in the tech sector by jumping 191% to a market cap of $4.9B, becoming a "Darling of Wall Street".
JUNIPER RELEASES
JUNOS OS, the network operating system based on FreeBSD, allowing for more stability and robust functionality. The M40 would run on Junos OS.
JUNIPER'S FIRST HQ MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and the company would remain there until 2000. In 1999, Juniper established HQ's in the UK and Hong Kong, along with a subsidiary in Japan and offices in Korea.
In the first three years of Juniper's foundation, the company grew from 260 employees to 650. HERE'S EMPLOYEE #32 AND FUTURE JUNIPER CEO, RAMI RAHIM.
The New Era: Whoever Grows The Fastest Wins
WHOEVER GROWS THE FASTEST WINS:
The M-160 makes it’s debut, on March 28, 2000, the latest in the M-series to launch to industry-leading status .
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to a new 144,000 sq ft corporate headquarters at 1194 North Mathilda Ave in Sunnyvale, CA
JUNIPER ACQUIRED UNISPHERE NETWORKS, enchancing their broadband infrastructure and edge routing capabilities.
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JUNIPER HITS $1 BILLION IN REVENUE
Juniper opens its India Excellence Center in Bangalore.
JUNIPER ACQUIRED NETSCREEN TECHNOLOGIES for $4 billion. Netscreen, a leader in firewalls, brought advanced network security solutions into Juniper's portfolio.
JUNIPER ACQUIRES SEVERAL COMPANIES in an effort to expand its product portfolio, including Peribit Networks, Redline Networks, Kagoor Networks, and Acorn Packet Solutions, broadening its offerings in WAN optimization, application acceleration, and voice-over-IP.
THE MX SERIES ROUTERS MAKES THEIR DEBUT, setting a new benchmark for Ethernet servicesespecially focusing on high-performance environments - and launched Juniper into edge routing.
JUNIPER LAUNCHES THE EX SERIES ETHERNET SWITCHES, marking its entry into the switching market and expansion beyond routing and security.
JUNIPER LAUNCHES THE SRX SERIES OF GATEWAY PRODUCTS with a focus on scalability for enterprise and service provider environments.
Juniper’s first CEO, Scott Kriens became chairman and former Mircosoft executive KEVIN JOHNSON APPOINTED CEO.
2005 2006
2008 2008
JULY
Juniper forms a strategic partnership with NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS to offer an end-to-end networking solution to meet the needs of some 200 joint service provider customers worldwide.
JUNIPER RINGS THE OPENING BELL AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
On that same day, Juniper launches the New Network at an event at the NYSE, unveiling our new corporate brand and identity.
2009
JUNIPER ACQUIRES ANKEENA NETWORKS to strengthen it's capabiltiies in media and content delivery solutions.
Juniper ends the decade with a NEW corporate identity and begins to NVISION a new state-of-the-art headquarters in Sunnyvale.
The “Nvision” Era: A Tale of Innovation, Expansion and Excitement
NEW JUNIPER HEADQUARTERS OPENS IN SUNNYVALE, CA CLICK HERE
Juniper acquired Contrail Systems, a provider of software-defined networking (SDN) solutions, to bolster its SDN and cloud capabilities
Juniper launches first out-of-home advertising through "TAKE OVER MANHATTAN" campaign.
Rami Rahim becomes CEO OF JUNIPER NETWORKS
JUNIPER CELEBRATES 20 YEARS!
Juniper India Excellence Center (IEC) expands to accommodate more than 2000 employees with the opening of its Elnath Building in Bangalore.
Since its inception in 2000, the Juniper Foundation has crossed a milestone of donating over $12M globally.
The title of Junivators is born along with the Juniper Life Culture Program
Juniper Life gives Junivators the opportunity to create moments that matter, capture our culture, connect with our community and embody the Juniper Way and inspire commitment to our success through stories, discussions, events and more.
Juniper Networks sponsored customer, Joe Gibbs Racing, in the NASCAR circuit.
Juniper #1 in Service Provider Routing CLICK HERE
Juniper Networks Announces Intent to Acquire AppFormix
2017
Juniper unveils a new look and feel to our core values and beliefs as JUNIVATORS.
MX Series 5G Universal Routing Platform:
Juniper Networks introduced the MX Series routers optimized for 5G services and applications to support the evolving needs of service providers. CLICK HERE
Unveilling of the Junivator Walls in Sunnyvale, CA Headquarters and the IEC, Beguluru, India
a provider of wireless networking technology and AI-driven networking solutions, to enhance its enterprise networking portfolio. CLICK HERE
2018
JUNIPER LAUNCHES ENGINEERING. SIMPLICITY. our new vision for networking, at our customer and partner event, NXTWORK WATCH VIDEO
Juniper is recognized as one of America’s Most JUST Companies CLICK HERE
The Science of Brand Juniper Goes Green
Juniper hosts a Hackathon at NXTWORK. Little did we know, it would be one of the last events for a few years before we could MAKE EVERY CONNECTION COUNT in person with our customers again. CLICK HERE
The Now Era: We Make Every Connection Count
March 2020:
Juniper Networks, along with most of our industry peers, close offices around the world and move to a fully remote workforce in response to the global pandemic, COVID-19.
Say Hi to Marvis!
Juniper's Virtual Network Assistant (VNA) driven by Mist AI, takes the next step in the journey to the Self-Driving Network™ with its latest innovation, a conversational interface.
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JUNIPER CELEBRATES 25 YEARS!
JUNIVATORS
"Come Together" via a virtual jam session to kick off the all-virtual Company Meeting during the pandemic.
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JUNIPER ACQUIRES APSTRA for its intent-based networking software that automates Day 0 - 2+ data center operations.
Juniper reimagines the Metro Network with Cloud Metro.
JUNIPER BECOMES THE OFFICIAL NETWORK OF THE ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO F1 (AMF1) TEAM.
Beginning in 2023, Juniper technology will be used trackside at each race and in the AMF1 team’s new state-of-the-art factory that opened in July 2023.
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Juniper returns to the office and later this year will adopt a hybrid working environment for its over 11,000 employees worldwide.
We always knew Juniper was a great place to work, but in 2023, Juniper became Great Place to Work Certified in the U.S. (for a second consecutive year), India, U.K., Netherlands, France and Germany, and took home multiple "best place to work" awards.
Gartner showers Juniper with accolades throughout this period, naming Juniper a Leader in the Enterprise Wired & Wireless LAN Infrastructure MQ for 4 consecutive years and a Leader for the Indoor Location Services MQ for 3 consecutive years.
2023
2020 - 2024
Juniper Launches the "AI-Native Networking Platform" and the NOW way to network. Because "new" isn't tried and tested and "next" can't solve today's problems. That's why we're about NOW and how it will take us into the FUTURE.
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2023
The Now into the Future Era: To NFINITY and Beyond
JANUARY 9, 2024:
We announce that Juniper Networks has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) with the goal to create the "best networking business on the planet".
Here's Rami Rahim with Antonio Neri, CEO, HPE.
Watch this video from Rami Rahim as he remembers all of Juniper's eras and talks about the exciting road ahead. WATCH VIDEO
