A sporting start with Juniper solution

Peter Dinham
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 02:42

IT Industry - Deals

Sports footwear and performance apparel company, ASICS, has successfully deployed a highly-integrated security, routing and switching solution in its Australian business running the Juniper Networks Junos operating system.

Alphawest, a wholly owned subsidiary of Optus, provided ASICS with Juniper's SRX240 services gateways and EX2200 Ethernet switches to create what ASICS says is a cost-effective, secure and highly-reliable branch business network.

ASICS Australia IT manager, Andrew O'Neill  said the deployment enables ASICS to support continued business growth, improve operational efficiency and comply with ASICS global security requirements.

'It is critical our network is secure and is based on best-in-class IT infrastructure to support our growing business. The Juniper Networks solutions we have deployed bring our infrastructure up to the standard of the global corporate IT environment and increase operational efficiency by enabling us to maximise the benefits of secure remote access.'

O'Neill said that due to its rapid growth in the local sportswear market, ASICS Australia recently relocated to a larger office in Eastern Creek, New South Wales taking the opportunity to upgrade its network, with particular emphasis on security.

Ian Smith, chief executive officer at Alphawest said the Juniper SRX Series are well suited for companies like ASICS because they 'pull everything together in a very neat and manageable package while providing serious enterprise security, functionality and reliability.'

Smith said that at ASICS, Alphawest implemented Juniper Networks SRX240 Services Gateways in a high-availability cluster to deliver load-balanced performance and operational continuity. 'As well as handling switching, routing, firewalling with role-based remote access, the SRX240 Services Gateways also provide network-wide threat visibility and control.

'The Juniper Networks SRX240 integrates security with fast, highly-available switching and routing and application capabilities in a single device, which enables ASICS Australia to economically deliver new services, safe connectivity and a satisfying end user experience.'

ASICS manages its new networking environment with Junos, Juniper Networks high-performance network and security operating system, and has invested in training its staff under the Juniper Networks certification program.