Juniper Networks could develop his position in the leader's quadrant further.....

Remote access creates continuous market demand for new virtual private network (VPN) products and services. Every company is working through upgrade and replacement cycles that bring opportunities to replace legacy remote-access VPNs, as well as in-between cycle projects, such as business continuity and telework. IPsec VPNs are still popular for remote access, but the most interesting and visible market innovations continue to center on using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPNs as replacements or augmentations for legacy VPNs. IPsec VPN products have never caught up with SSL in terms of ease of implementation, policy and network access controls, and the ability to deliver security protections on demand. SSL VPNs are easy to set up in their default role as application portals, and offer decent performance for tunneled Layer 3 traffic. SSL VPNs are evaluated in a Magic Quadrant because they have, for many years, been the focal point for innovations in remote access. Clients cite SSL and browser-based VPNs as key decision factors in new VPN investments, and the market revenue and product penetration can be differentiated and tracked.

Gartner ranks vendors in the SSL VPN Magic Quadrant (see Figure 1) based on performance for calendar year 2008 through the end of September 2009, and on client reviews received up to October 2009. The Magic Quadrant considers which vendors likely will dominate remote-access VPN sales and influence technology directions through 2014, as well as which vendors are most visible among clients, generate the greatest number of requests for information and contract reviews, and account for the most new and ongoing installations in Gartner's client base.

After reading this Magic Quadrant report:

• Consider the merits of all the vendors in the report. All the vendors that Gartner tracks in the SSL VPN market have products that will meet the needs of most buyers.
• Consider your incumbent networking and application delivery vendors. There can be benefits for not adding another contract, avoiding a new console and conducting new training. If an additional vendor is the best choice, then be prepared to justify your claims.
• If you plan to use both IPsec and SSL VPNs, then weigh the administrative convenience of a single vendor against differentiating and superior features from a second vendor.
• Look for differentiating features based on your business requirements, such as network access control (NAC), high-end scalability, SSL acceleration and load balancing, management interfaces, security certifications, endpoint security, smartphone support, business continuity management strategies, and partnerships.
• Consider vendor ratings, strengths and challenges in adjacent markets, such as WAN optimization, application delivery, Web conferencing, Web access management (WAM) and enterprise single sign-on (ESSO).
• Ask for and contact customer references.
• Demand a comprehensive working demonstration in the RFP phase. SSL VPNs are easy to set up. Make the vendors prove their worth, and you may get the first prototype of your eventual production system for free in the bargain.
• Decide what you are willing to pay. Negotiate your initial purchase price based on a future commitment, and include no-penalty escape clauses in case the product and the vendor fail to deliver service levels.
• When pricing SSL VPNs, consider the ease of setup and administration, on-demand security, granular access policies, and other features that characterize products in this market. These aspects will lower the cost of ownership — even if your initial purchase is more expensive than a default IPsec VPN.

More information you will find here: http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/juniper/vol6/article1/article1.html
Or:
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/company/innovation/recognition/

http://www.juniper.net/us/en/company/press-center/press-releases/2010/pr_2010_01_11-08_00.html

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