Juniper Networks enhances its Junos Pulse remote access and NAS solutions

BANGALORE, INDIA: Juniper Networks announced enhancements to its Junos Pulse remote access and network access control (NAC) solutions and new technology partnerships with leading Mobile Device Management (MDM) companies.

These new enhancements and partnerships enable enterprises and service providers to simplify and better secure Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) efforts. Through partnerships with leading MDM providers AirWatch and MobileIron, Juniper Networks Junos Pulse Secure Access Service and Junos Pulse Access Control Service solutions can leverage these and other popular MDM platforms.

IT organizations and service providers will benefit from this initiative by being able to leverage mobile device attributes such as device-location, device status and compliance easily across both Juniper solutions to create highly granular and intelligent security policies.

The integration will also consolidate policy management views into common dashboards, reducing ongoing operational complexity and improving policy visibility. For end-users, it will mean no-touch deployment and configuration of Junos Pulse clients.

Junos Pulse Access Control Service and Junos Pulse Secure Access Service now support KVM-based virtual deployments, in addition to VMware, enabling the Junos Pulse NAC and SSL VPN solutions to work over the widest range of IT environments.

Junos Pulse client support now includes Apple OS X Mavericks, iOS 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT client platforms for even broader mobile platform and BYOD support. Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 versions will include Junos Pulse client connectivity built in, easing deployment efforts on these platforms.

Tamir Hardof, senior director, security product marketing, Juniper Networks, said: "More needs to be done to help IT embrace BYOD by both enabling users to work everywhere, anytime on any device, while keeping the network secure.

"Integrating and linking VPN, NAC and MDM solutions reduces complexity, functional silos and provides a better BYOD experience for both IT and end-users. By working together with our partners, Juniper Networks can simplify the user experience and provide IT peace of mind that they are not compromising security, privacy or control."