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SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - Aug 13, 2012) - Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, with the AT&T Foundry®, today announced a university workshop and software development hackathon being offered through the AT&T Foundry® and Juniper's OpenLab - The Junos® Center for Innovation. The week-long event will be hosted at the AT&T Foundry® in Texas, in conjunction with the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Dallas starting on August 13, 2012.

The workshop and competitive challenge is designed to provide next-generation software developers access to the tools and guidance needed to design new innovations for programmable networks. The workshop will give university students hands-on experience with concepts around software defined networking (SDN) and channel their interest in technology to help solve real-world challenges in the networking industry and unlock new opportunities.

News Highlights

• The SDN-themed workshop, utilizing elements from Juniper Networks' Academic Alliances (JNAA) Program, will be the first of two workshops that will focus on giving students an overview of the AT&T Foundry® and a corporate overview of Juniper Networks in addition to providing them with several days of training on Juniper's programmable network assets such as the Junos SDK and Junos Space Platform.
• During the workshop students will build an application on top of the Juniper Networks® Junos Space SDK to monitor real-time traffic, aggregate and produce data for operator reports, in addition to dynamically provision network elements based on the mined data.
• At the end of the workshop, students will compete in a hackathon, presenting and demonstrating their application to AT&T and Juniper representatives. Prizes will be awarded to the students based on solution innovation.
• The University of Texas at Dallas will play a prominent role via the delivery of entrepreneurial content with the objective of fostering the spirit of innovation among students and promoting an entrepreneurial culture.
• A second workshop and competitive challenge with a similar agenda will be held at Juniper's OpenLab facility in New Jersey in the fall.

Supporting Quotes

"AT&T Foundry® is focused on generating new ideas and we foster a culture of innovation. We are excited to join with Juniper Networks and co-sponsor these workshops, which we believe will help students get first-hand insight on the inner-workings of the networking industry and broaden their knowledge on software-defined networking."

-Mike Berry, director of operations, AT&T Foundry®

"At Juniper, we are deeply committed to innovation and we understand that the impact of software-defined networking stretches beyond the network to applications that depend on them. Through these workshops we hope to drive and facilitate collaboration and education, accelerate new network-integrated applications for our connected society and build software intensive applications that can help overcome some of the shortcomings in today's legacy networks."

-Judy Beningson, general manager and vice president, Management and Virtualization Platforms Group, Juniper Networks

"We are pleased to have joined with leading technology companies such as Juniper Networks and AT&T to help us develop next-generation leaders. We strongly believe that workshops such as these, which are competitive in nature, provide students a chance to improve their skill set, understand their strengths and encourage team work while working on today's leading technologies."

- Dr. Joseph C. Picken, executive director, The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Dallas