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The Ethernet switch market grew almost 20% sequentially during the fourth quarter, with Cisco, HP and Juniper Networks adding almost $600 million in incremental revenues, according to a recent study by Dell'Oro Group.Cisco's share actually declined for the full year, however, and at a quicker pace than the 1% drop in 2008, according to separate research from investment firm UBS.

Juniper Networks has set up a new division to explore new opportunities in what the company calls 'New Network' demands.

Juniper Networks has reportedly agreed to pay $US169 million to settle a 4-year-old lawsuit over backdating stock options, a practice that entrapped and embarrassed many high-tech firms over the past decade.

Networking integrator, 3D Networks, is building a partnership with unified communications vendor, Mitel, as part of efforts to realign its business to core solutions areas.

The two biggest router companies are focusing their attention on mobility this week with products to address operator needs for rich 4G multimedia services.

Juniper Networks has always been about high performance and, since it straddles the carrier and enterprise markets, has an interesting perspective on where these worlds intersect. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix caught up with Kim Perdikou, EVP and GM of the Infrastructure Products Group, and David Yen, EVP and GM of the Fabric and Switching Technologies Business Group, to discuss converging needs, tech trends and the company's Stratus project, a single-layer network architecture.

Networking solutions partner, ICT Networks, has become a top-tier Elite Enterprise Partner with Juniper.

Juniper Networks and Symantec said Thursday that they were investigating a widespread cyber-espionage incident that has hit dozens of technology companies, including Google and Adobe.

After a glacially slow start to 2009 in the mergers and acquisitions market, tech companies started buying again in the second half of the year and analysts expect the resurgence in takeover activity to continue in 2010.

Juniper Networks' wide-ranging announcements last week, billed as the most significant since its founding in 1996, included a sweeping array of software, silicon, systems and partnerships designed to take the company and its customers into the next decade of networking.

Unwired claims the need for traditional Internet access will provide the driving force behind uptake of its forthcoming 4G services.

Juniper partner, Netsolutions, has opened a Research and Development Centre in Port Melbourne to showcase new products and proof-of-concepts to customers.

WA-based Avaya reseller, Total Connect, has been placed into administration.

Networking vendor, Juniper Networks, and IBM have signed an OEM agreement to bring the former’s products into the latter’s offerings.