NETWORKING
It's probably flattering to be dubbed a Cisco killer - unless it's your job to downplay those charges. "Conflict makes for interesting reading," says Scott Kriens, president and CEO of Juniper Networks. "But when the market's growing at 400 to 500 percent a year, no one needs to waste time stealing market share."
With US$62 million in private financing, Juniper can afford to take its time while pumping out new products designed to reinvent public data networking. This summer saw the release of command-and-control software called Junos. And this fall comes a router that "guarantees predictability." The goal is to build an infrastructure that combines the precision of phone networks with the adaptability of data networks. "We're going to transform the Net from a hobby to a real business system," Juniper's numero uno boasts.
But isn't it already a viable business system? According to Kriens, the persistence of private networks - like those run by large financial institutions - means that the existing Net infrastructure is incapable of meeting the expectations of what people believe the Net should become. "There's so much private networking because people don't trust the public Internet," he surmises. Lest you view his statements as a dig at the competition, he adds, "When the market for public data networking matures to the point of the voice network, then you'll need to steal market share."
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