Government super fund deploying Juniper network in major overhaul

Peter Dinham
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 07:07

IT Industry - Deals

“As such, its data is highly sensitive. To comply with superannuation legislation, the organisation required a solution that enabled rapid, secure access to sensitive data.”

The director, ethernet switching, for Juniper Networks APAC, Greg Bunt, said Juniper’s approach “significantly reduces network complexity and total cost of ownership for organisations such as ComSuper, who characteristically require a reliable, scalable, virtualised and highly resilient network core.

“The network foundation built for ComSuper will not only allow for easy integration of a new PABX technology down the line, but it will also provide a platform for future unified communications deployments, streamlined network operations processes and increased productivity.”

Bunt says that each of the EX4200 Ethernet switches deployed at ComSuper deliver wire-speed performance on all ports, and that “by leveraging Juniper’s Virtual Chassis technology, up to 10 EX4200 switches can be interconnected and managed as a single, logical device, delivering the scalability and manageability of traditional chassis-based systems in a cost–effective, compact platform.”

According to Bunt, UAC granularly and dynamically controls network and application access based on user identity, device security state and network location information. UAC applies access policy at Layer 2 using the EX Series switches as policy enforcement points, and he says that “the tight integration of UAC and the EX Series switches not only provides ComSuper with increased security benefits at the network layer, but also enables secure, consistent, identity-based access control to be deployed across the organisation.

“The application control features of the EX Series switches support eight QoS queues per port, ensuring proper prioritization of control plane, voice, video and multiple levels of data traffic, with room to converge other networks.

“At the same time, the architecture of the switches reduce cost and complexity through unified management and automation tools which consolidate system monitoring and maintenance, saving ComSuper time and money.”