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• OpenFlow start-up Big Switch lands another big funding round

  OpenFlow controller start-up Big Switch Networks this week said it closed a $25 million Series B funding round to continue the expansion of the engineering, sales and marketing operations.

• Juniper Networks removes another top exec

  A management shake-up at Juniper Networks continues, as Stefan Dyckerhoff has been replaced as executive vice president of Juniper’s Platform Systems Division by Rami Rahim, who currently leads the company’s edge and aggregation routing business unit.

• Juniper vs. Palo Alto: Next-gen firewall legal brawl

  <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2011/enterprise6/120511-cloud-computing-juniper-253313.html">Juniper Networks</a> says that <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/112911-security-theinfopro-253538.html">Palo Alto Networks</a> is infringing on its next-generation firewall technology, which was invented by Palo Alto's founders but for which Juniper holds the patents.

• Kmart to replace LAN with Ethernet switches

  Kmart Australia will replace its local area network infrastructure with Ethernet switches, with the project set to support some 180 stores across Australia and New Zealand.

• Android malware explodes, jumps five-fold since July

  Malware targeting Google's Android mobile operating system exploded in the last several months, its volume quintupling since July, Juniper Networks said today.

• Juniper at the root of Internet outage?

  Juniper routers are reportedly behind an Internet outage that affected service providers and Web sites around the globe Monday morning.

• Juniper brings security software to Samsung devices

  Juniper Networks' suite of mobile security and device management tools is coming to three Samsung Electronics devices, marking the first time the company has provided its SSL VPN software for Google's Android OS.

• Disruptive technologies and BYO devices are top customer worries: Juniper

  Disruptive technologies and the rise of bring-your-own (BYO) devices are two of the biggest challenges facing IT managers, Juniper has claimed.

• Juniper adds OpenFlow to its routers, switches

  Juniper Networks this week said it is making the source code of its OpenFlow application accessible to developers of applications for its Junos networking operating system software.

• Cisco comes out swinging after cutbacks

  Cisco Systems emerged from 150 days of restructuring on Tuesday as an aggressive competitor, laying out some of the problems that led it to make changes, while saying its rivals are in even worse predicaments.

• Harris Farm Markets improves customer service, reduces operational costs

  In a move to improve its customer service, Harris Farm Markets had deployed a network to support its point of sale and inventory management.

• 50 more Australian staff to be hired as Juniper gears up for NBN

  Another 50 Australian staff will be hired for Juniper Network's Melbourne office as the company anticipates National Broadband Network (NBN) growth in its service provider business as well as expansion into the financial sector.

• Juniper's disappointing quarter not due to switching

  No one can blame enterprise switching for Juniper's disappointing second-quarter results. Sales of Juniper's EX switches were up 18% year-over-year, switching overall was up 33%, and enterprise sales were up 9% due to strength in enterprise switching and routing products.

• HP, Juniper win as switch sales drop during Q1, says Canalys

  Though price competition and a weak public sector made the first three months of 2011 difficult for Ethernet switch vendors, Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks still managed to increase sales and market share, according to data from market research company Canalys.

• Industry agrees on security vulnerability reporting format

  Three years after its founding, the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI) is starting to bear fruit with the launch of version 1.0 of its framework designed to allow tech vendors to more easily share data on software vulnerabilities.