Meru Networks Partners with Juniper Networks to Deliver Secure and Assured Wireless VoIP Solutions

Joins the Juniper Networks J-Partner Infrastructure Alliance to Co-Market and Position into Enterprise and Service Provider Wireless VoIP Opportunities

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire --

Meru Networks, the global leader in wireless VoIP infrastructure, today announced that it has signed an alliance agreement with Juniper Networks (Nasdaq: JNPR) to co-market solutions that enable pervasive, secure wireless Voice over IP (VoIP). Meru has joined Juniper's J-Partner Infrastructure Alliance program as a preferred member, and will immediately begin collaborating with Juniper on several fronts, including joint sales engagements and other co-marketing activities.

This expanded relationship between the two companies combines Juniper's global market leadership in IP routing and security with Meru's Air Traffic Control technology that delivers a cellular approach to WLANs, enabling wireline-quality IP voice for mobile enterprise users. The combined solution includes wireless LAN products that enable best-in-class security including end-to-end network security zones. Network security policies will have common enforcement, regardless of whether users are accessing the network via wireless or wireline. This approach to wireless security is becoming more important with the emergence of new wireless LAN-enabled devices such as WLAN phones, dual-mode handsets and WLAN-enabled PDAs.

"We are pleased to welcome Meru Networks to the Juniper Networks Infrastructure Alliance," said Tony Scarfo, vice president, Partner Management at Juniper Networks. "Juniper's advanced IP and security solutions combined with Meru's wireless LAN portfolio provides a unique, best-in-class solutionfor the growing wireless VoIP market."

"Meru Networks believes strongly in a best-of-breed partnership strategy to give our customers a complete solution that meets their needs," said Jim Ciociolo, vice president of business development at Meru Networks. "Our partnership with Juniper is a perfect illustration of this strategy, and allows our customers to benefit from our partnership with one of the market leaders in IP routing and network security."

About Meru Networks
Meru Networks is a global leader in Wireless Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions. With its innovative, award-winning Air Traffic Control technology that brings the benefits of the cellular world to the wireless LAN environment, Meru's WLAN System is the only solution on the market that offers the reliability, scalability, and security necessary to deliver converged voice and data services over a single WLAN infrastructure. Meru's Wireless LAN System provides major Fortune 500 enterprises, universities, and healthcare organizations with the predictable bandwidth and over-the-air Quality of Service required to support a wide range of current and future wireless applications. Founded in 2002, Meru is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information on Meru Networks and its products, visit.

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