Juniper Networks Repeats Top Sponsorship of Anita Borg Institute’s Women of Vision Awards Banquet

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — March 31, 2008 — Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, announced today that for the second year the company will be a gold sponsor of the Women of Vision Awards Banquet, which will be held on May 8 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California. Sponsored by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI), the annual Women of Vision Awards honor women who are making significant contributions to technology in three categories: innovation, leadership, and social impact.

“Juniper Networks is pleased to return as a gold sponsor,” says Steven Rice, Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Juniper Networks. “At Juniper we recognize that the continued development of our company requires a diverse group of leaders. By supporting Women of Vision we are helping provide role models to future technical leaders around the world.”

“By being a gold sponsor of our Women of Vision Awards for the second year, Juniper Networks is clearly demonstrating its support for the Anita Borg Institute’s mission to recruit, retain and advance technical women,” says Telle Whitney, CEO of ABI. “Juniper Networks is providing role models not only for its own employees but also for students and technical women across the Bay Area who join in the celebration of these women of vision.”

The Women of Vision Awards Banquet will begin at 6 p.m. on May 8, 2008 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California. Tables and tickets may be purchased online at http://anitaborg.org/wov. Event sponsorship opportunities are also available.

About Juniper Networks, Inc.
Juniper Networks, Inc. is the leader in high-performance networking. Juniper offers a high-performance network infrastructure that creates a responsive and trusted environment for accelerating the deployment of services and applications over a single network. This fuels high-performance businesses. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net.

Juniper Networks, ScreenOS and the Juniper Networks logo are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. JUNOS is a trademark of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI)
In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, the Anita Borg Institute provides resources and programs to help industry, academia and government recruit, retain and develop women leaders in high-tech fields, resulting in higher levels of technology innovation. ABI programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing tools to help them develop their careers. ABI is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization. ABI Partners include Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Google, IBM, Intel, Cisco, Juniper Networks, National Science Foundation, Symantec, NetApp, and Capgemini. For more information, visit www.anitaborg.org.

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Media Contacts:
Anita Borg Institute
Jerri Barrett
650-857-6095
[email protected]

Juniper Networks
Robin Andrews
Internal Communications
408-936-8509
[email protected]

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