At Juniper, we’ve always believed in developing products built on open standards. This philosophy allows our innovations and insights to be the starting point for a much deeper series of developments and advances. We encourage partnership with the best and the brightest companies and individuals in our business; through this approach, we’re seeing a growing list of innovations coming from some of the most innovative companies on the planet.

Run Junos®, develop on Junos, license Junos. We want to put Junos everywhere. Why? Well, one reason is that no one in the industry has yet to develop a more powerful, more cost-saving, more simplified or more developable platform for network applications. Junos is truly one of a kind. The more people who get the opportunity to create on it and put it through its paces, the more Junos will improve and enable the innovations of tomorrow.

The demand for Junos continues to be the greatest validation we can think of. Companies like AT&T, Harris Stratex, Triveni Digital and Lockheed Martin are developing new solutions and applications using Junos, and companies like IBM, NSN, Dell and Blade Network Technologies are licensing Junos and Juniper solutions as part of custom, branded solutions that combine the best of our technology with theirs.

The result? Innovation, network diversity and a common ecosystem. Junos will help to rethink everyone’s notion of network development. The technological advances it enables for Juniper are impressive. But the real opportunity lies in third-party innovation on those new technologies, as well as the ability to develop and integrate across platforms. Junos satisfies this equation like nothing else. Partners can adopt, develop, innovate and deploy game-changing technologies alongside Juniper solutions (like our new MX3D edge routing solution) quickly and efficiently because they run on Junos—a common system that works everywhere.

It’s this holistic, open approach to network innovation that makes the Junos philosophy so appealing to so many. Which is why we’ve started the Junos Partner Program. It’s not a flash-in-the-pan corporate initiative, but rather our commitment toward enabling the next decade of innovation and development on the network.

IBM is a member, AT&T is a member, Ankeena Networks is a member—and you should be too. Companies large and small have joined the Junos Partner Program and are doing amazing things with the technology.

“Software is critical to driving innovation on our network,” said Tim Harden, AT&T President of Supply Chain and Fleet Operations. “By using AT&T-developed applications based on Junos SDK, we’re able to create new services for our customers, further differentiating AT&T in a highly competitive market.”

Together, Junos and the Junos Partner Program are building the new network. These partnerships will enable incredible growth and opportunity for all who participate.

The future of the network looks bright, and it’s all because of partnership.