Juniper Networks becomes first networking vendor to offer wired, wireless campus access for Microsoft Lync

BANGALORE, INDIA: Juniper Networks, the industry leader in network innovation, announced that it is has received Microsoft Lync qualification for both its wired and wireless campus portfolio. As organizations continue to derive business value from their unified communications (UC) deployments, they must architect their networks to support the convergence of wired and wireless technologies.

To make it easier for customers to deploy Microsoft Lync with the assurance of seamless interoperability, Juniper Networks has worked closely with Microsoft to achieve Microsoft Lync qualification for its campus networking solutions. Because of this qualification, Milestone AV Technologies, a leading designer and manufacturer of branded audiovisual products, selected Juniper Networks wired, wireless and security products for its campus and data center environments to power its Microsoft Lync-based UC deployment.

Enabling a positive UC user experience was the primary objective for Milestone AV and given management's desire to increase business agility through real-time collaboration, deploying Lync presented the ideal solution. Juniper's Microsoft Lync qualification for both wired and wireless access networks presented a number of benefits to the customer, such as assured performance, easier network management and significant cost savings.