Juniper Networks expands Bangalore R&D center

Bangalore

May 8, 2008

Juniper Networks has doubled the size of its research and development
(R&D) center in Bangalore. The center at the Embassy Prime and Bagmane Tech
Park, now has capacity for over 1,200 staff.

The expansion, to over 2,50,000sq ft of floorspace, comes after five years
its first R&D center began operations with a staff of 30 engineers. Today,
900 engineers and support staff are based there, using 750 racks of equipment
and a laboratory with system, interoperability, solution, scale and performance
test beds.

“The Bangalore facility is now Juniper's largest R&D center outside
the US and it continues to grow rapidly as the company invests in R&D,”
said Sridhar Sarathy, MD-India operations, Juniper Networks. “A quarter of
Juniper's engineers are based here, and they contribute to all stages of
product development and to all product lines,” added Sarathy.

A dedicated switching team, which started working in June 2006 and
contributed significantly to the EX-series of Ethernet switches launched in
January this year, is also based in the Bangalore facility.

“Our combined sales and engineering teams here have grown from 650 in 2006
to over 900 to date and with the increased capacity of the facility in
Bangalore, we expect that steady growth to continue,” said Nagendra Venkaswamy,
MD-India and SAARC, Juniper.