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Juniper Systems company history timeline

1996

Juniper established a technology relationship in July 1996 with IBM, to produce all the application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) designed by Juniper for its Internet platforms.

“Pradeep had to narrow down the list from five names to one in a hurry when one day the Wilson Sonsini lawyers called to file the incorporation papers for the company" back around the start of 1996, a company spokesperson says.

1997

Founded in 1997, Layer Five was a group of advanced developers of network hardware architectures and related software.

1998

• Sycamore Networks, a maker of telecom service provider equipment that started in 1998 and went public a year and a half later.

1999

Juniper announced a three-for-one stock split on November 16, 1999, entitling each stockholder at the close of business on December 31, 1999 to receive two additional shares for every outstanding share of common stock held on the record date.

Novell and Microsoft -- and Banyan itself -- got the better of the company in the network operating system market, and by 1999 Banyan was renamed the very un-treelike ePresence.

The M40 won industry recognition for the best new product, including PC Magazine UK's 1999 Technology Innovation Award.

1999: Company secures Ericsson investment and OEM agreement.

2000

On April 13, 2000, Juniper announced a two-for-one stock split.

In December 2000, Juniper added talent to its team by acquiring Micro Magic, Inc. (MMI), an integrated circuit solutions company, for $260 million.

The metropolitan Internet edge routing market was estimated at $1.2 billion in 2000.

2001

In April, despite robust earnings, Juniper announced that its 2001 earnings and revenues would fall below Wall Street's expectations.

2004

• Mapletree Networks, a vendor of multiservice network access products that was snapped up by Performance Technologies in 2004.

2022

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