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Juniper Networks announced today the general availability of the EX 3200 and EX 4200 Ethernet switches. The new high performance Ethernet Switch platform had been announced in January.

Juniper EX 3200:
- fixed-configuration simple, cost-effective and standalone Ethernet platform
- 24- and 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T chassis
- Optional four-port GbE and two-port 10GbE uplink modules with pluggable optics
- Full and partial Power over Ethernet (PoE) options available
- field-replaceable power supply and fan tray

Juniper EX 4200:
- Virtual Chassis technology
- 24- and 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T chassis
- Optional four-port GbE and two-port 10GbE uplink modules with pluggable optics
- Full and partial Power over Ethernet (PoE) options available
- up to 10 EX 4200 series switches can be interconnected over a 128 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) backplane
- redundant, hot-swappable internal power supplies and field-replaceable, multi-blower fan trays

The list price for the EX 3200 series starts at USD $4,000 while the list price of the EX 4200 series starts at USD $6,000.

The EX 8200 series remains on schedule for availability in the second half of 2008.

The rumours which were spreading since a few days have been confirmed today: Juniper has hired David W. Yen. In a press release, Juniper provides details about the role Yen will have at Juniper. As Executive VP, Emerging Technologies, Yen will assemble a talented engineering team and lead the company’s emerging technology initiatives. Before joining Juniper, Yen served as executive vice president of the Microelectronics group at Sun overseeing the company’s developments in network, cryptography and high-performance computing. On the bad side, Yen has been linked to some of the delay of some UltraSPARC projects and also wasn’t very successful in improving Sun’s role in the storage business during hsi time as head of that division.

At Juniper, Yen will be a member of the executive management team, reporting directly to Scott Kriens (Chairman and CEO).