Juniper Networks Wins Four Awards at Interop Tokyo 2025

The EX4000 and SRX4700 won Grand Prix runner-up awards, alongside other Juniper products that earned the Special Prize and ShowNet Contribution award – underscoring Juniper’s commitment to exceptional operator and end-user experiences through AI-native networking

TOKYO -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Juniper Networks, a leader in secure, AI-native networks, today announced that it has won two “Best of Show” awards at Interop Tokyo 2025, maintaining its impressive winning streak of continuous wins at the prestigious industry conference since 2007. The latest awards recognize Juniper’s commitment to ensuring an exceptional client-to-cloud operator and end-user experience through Juniper’s industry-leading Mist™ AI-native networking platform.

Juniper received four awards across four categories this year, including the Special Prize award:

• “Best of Show” Grand Prix      Runner-Up Award (Network Infrastructure – Enterprise): EX4000      Ethernet Switch

• “Best of Show” Grand Prix      Runner-Up Award (Security – High Performance): SRX4700      Firewall

• Special Prize (Network      Infrastructure – Carrier/ISP): Juniper’s      800G Linear Pluggable Optics Transceiver (OSFP-800G-DR8-PL)

• Special Prize (ShowNet      Contribution): Ultra Ethernet Interoperability Testing (QFX5240      Switch)

The “Best of Show” awards regularly receive hundreds of nominations from across the industry, evaluated by a judging panel of industry experts and executives. "We are honored to once again be recognized at Interop Tokyo with several 'Best of Show' and other awards," said Tomohiro Furuya, VP & Country Manager, Japan, Juniper Networks. "This continued recognition reflects the strength of our Mist AI-native networking platform and the dedication of our teams in helping customers in Japan and globally deliver exceptional experiences by leveraging networks built with AI and for AI."

With a rich tradition since 1994, Interop Tokyo has grown into one of the largest internet technology trade shows in Asia, noted for being a leading showcase of cutting-edge networking products, solutions and services on a global stage. Attracting over 150,000 attendees each year, it features an extensive agenda of keynotes, seminars, conferences and live product demonstrations by leading networking companies from across the world.

Award-Winning Product Highlights:

Category: Network Infrastructure (Enterprise)
EX4000 Ethernet Switch

• The EX4000      switch line, with Juniper Wired      Assurance and Marvis      AI, delivers AI-Native automation, insight and assurance to more      enterprises. Delivering exceptional user and operator experiences for      L2/L3 deployments, the cloud-native, Wi-Fi      7-enabled EX4000 redefines what’s possible at the access layer through      innovations in AI-driven operations – enabling seamless deployments across      branch and remote offices, in retail, K-12, and more. Tap into the power      of Juniper’s proven AIOps      that leverages the right data and the right responses to unlock      simplified, compromise-free switching at the edge.

• Multiple fixed form factors      are available in 8, 12-, 24- and 48-port configurations, with optional PoE      and multigigabit ports, and fanless models for deployment at the edge.      This flexibility enables customers to deploy in more use cases while      realizing the benefits of Marvis AI for seamless experiences and reduced      operational costs.

Category: Network Infrastructure (Carrier/ISP)
Juniper’s 800G Linear Pluggable Optics Transceiver (OSFP-800G-DR8-PL)

• Delivering high-density      800GbE connectivity and engineered for high-performance networks for AI      workloads, the Linear Pluggable Optic (OSFP-800G-DR8-PL) reduces power      consumption, addressing key sustainability challenges in large data      centers, and is qualified for use across Juniper’s 800GbE-capable PTX      and QFX      product families.

Category: Security (High Performance)
SRX4700 Firewall

• The SRX4700 next-generation      firewall is designed for service providers, cloud providers, and large      enterprises. The 1 R-U device delivers the industry’s highest firewall      throughput per rack unit, up to 1.4 Tbps. It supports 400 Gbps interfaces      with wire-speed MACsec to safeguard data in motion.

• The SRX4700 integrates      networking and security into a single platform. It features zero-trust      capabilities, EVPN-VXLAN fabric integration, and AI Predictive Threat      Prevention for ultra-high security efficacy. Centrally managed by Juniper      Security Director Cloud, it delivers IPsec VPN, Carrier-Grade Network      Address Translation (CGNAT), and unified policy management for securing      your network reliably.

• The SRX4700 Firewall is      integral to Juniper’s      Connected Security Distributed Services Architecture and empowers      organizations to operationalize zero trust across their networks.

Category: ShowNet Contribution
Ultra Ethernet Interoperability Testing

• Juniper Networks, Spirent      Communications, and TOYO      Corporation collaborated on a technical proof-of-concept as part of      the ShowNet network infrastructure project at this year’s Interop Tokyo.      The initiative marked Japan’s first functionality testing of Ultra      Ethernet, a next-generation Ethernet technology.

• The test focused on      interoperability in a mixed environment comprising Ultra Ethernet      Transport (UET) and RoCEv2 (RDMA over Converged Ethernet v2). The results      demonstrated that in network infrastructures optimized for AI workloads      and High-Performance Computing (HPC), Ultra Ethernet enables effective      congestion management, along with low latency, high throughput, and low      CPU overhead data transmission.

• Test Equipment: QFX5240      Switch (QFX5240-64OD)

• The QFX5240 Switch,       powered by Broadcom Tomahawk 5 silicon, delivers high-density 800GbE       connectivity in a compact 2U form factor, doubling the capacity of its       predecessor to support large-scale AI/ML clusters.

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