NEWS
Juniper Networks
‘Recommended’
for data centre
security gateway
offering
uniper Networks, a leader in
secure, AI-driven networks, has
announced that it has received a
‘Recommended’ rating in the 2019 Data
Center Security Gateway (DCSG) Test
Report conducted by NSS Labs, a world
leading information security research and
advisory company.
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Juniper’s SRX5400 with one SPC3 card,
running AppSec and IDP, was assessed
by NSS Labs on security effectiveness,
performance, stability, reliability and Total
Cost of Ownership (TCO).
‘Juniper is back,’ is the first bullet point
listed by NSS Labs under ‘Key Takeaways’
within the DCSG Security Value Map
Comparative Report. Notable results
from the report include Juniper’s scores
of 100% on evasion block rate, 99.62%
on exploit block rate and a demonstrated
average secured throughput of 13.962
gigabits per second.
Juniper believes its ratings in security,
performance and TCO as tested by NSS
Labs demonstrate the effectiveness of the
SRX Series Security Gateway in protecting
the data centre. The SRX, combined with
a central policy engine, cloud-based
advanced threat software and distributed
security intelligence, are crucial parts of
Juniper’s Connected Security strategy
to safeguard users, applications and
infrastructure by extending security to all
points of connection on the network.
Liquid Telecom inaugurates
METISS subsea cable landing
station in KwaZulu-Natal
iquid Telecom South Africa,
part of the leading pan-
African telecoms group
Liquid Telecom, together with a
consortium of telecommunication
companies, has officially
inaugurated the landing station
of the Melting Pot Indianoceanic
Submarine System (METISS) at
Umbogotwini in KwaZulu-Natal. The
Project is expected to be completed
and operational by July 2020.
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Dr Angus Hay, General Manager for
Africa Data Centres’ Southern Africa,
said: “Everything we do is driven
by a simple yet powerful belief that
everyone in Africa has the right to
be connected. The METISS subsea
fibre optic cable underscores the
company’s commitment to provide
high-speed connectivity to every
African on the continent.”
Following an agreement in 2018
with a consortium of telcos
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including Canal+ Télécom, CEB
Fibernet, Emtel, SRR, Telma, Liquid
Telecom South Africa has provided the
landing station in KwaZulu-Natal. It
will host and manage the submarine
cable whilst also providing fibre
backhaul to Teraco.
“This partnership with Liquid Telecom
is an important step for connecting
people and economies of the Indian
Ocean islands to South Africa which
is among the major Internet hubs
in Africa,” added Xavier Hemesse,
METISS Chairman.
Liquid Telecom has been investing
heavily across the continent where it
operates Africa’s largest independent
fibre network, spanning almost
70,000km. In South Africa, the
company recently unveiled its new
core network that offers 99.999%
uptime, responding to customer
demand for extra bandwidth and
vastly improved reliability.
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