Juniper Networks, a leader in the business of network innovation, tooted its own horn a bit at being recognized as the Best Channel Vendor for 2011 by Business Solutions Magazine’s (BSM’s) readership. The company has won the award by thousands of votes from IT solution providers. The votes were calculated by Penn State University for the award given to the vendors who score within top 5 percent of their respective technology category.

Juniper has received this award for its exceptional marks in attributes like product features, product reliability & product innovation, service and support, channel friendliness and adequate VAR margins. This award is a great achievement by Juniper that provides it a good rating for its channel strategy, products and partner program.

“Juniper prides itself on leading the market in technology innovation and usability, as well as delivering high-value resources and support services that we believe ensure our channel partners’ value proposition and overall market expertise,” says Frank Vitagliano, senior vice president of Partners-America at Juniper Networks. “The honor of Best Channel Vendor speaks volumes to the ongoing success of our channel efforts and the commitment we’ve maintained to our channel partners year after year.”

Throughout the year 2010, Juniper kept making several product innovations and developments. One of the recent development made by it is the involvement of Targus Technologies in its Elite J-Partner Program. Targus is an ISO-9001: 2000 certified company and a leading IT solution provider in the industry dealing in network and infrastructure design and solutions for connectivity, messaging, storage, audio/video, office automation and facility management.

Col. (retd.) Balwinder Singh, Director, Targus Technologies Pvt. Ltd. said, “We are proud to enter into the Elite J-Partner Program of Juniper Networks. With this we have achieved a new milestone in our journey of excellence. In the recent past, Targus Technologies has been one of the top-ranked systems and network integrators in the country and has been implementing high-end solutions across the nation. We are sure that this partnership with Juniper Networks will take us to the next level of technology & integration.”

Besides this recent development, Juniper has done several other significant deals this year. It opened up a new sales office in Pittsburgh that immediately led to jump in its share prices. It also completed an all-cash acquisition deal of Trapeze Networks in $152.1 million. In nutshell, it was a great year of Juniper Networks in terms of deals as well as self-developments. Let’s us hope to see the same trend next year as well!