Mumbai: Juniper Networks, Inc (Nasdaq: JNPR) has announced that it continues to be ranked the market leader in the Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network (SSL VPN) market, based on Infonetics Research, Inc's. recent report titled, Network Security Appliances and Software Quarterly: Worldwide Market Share and Forecasts for 4Q04.

According to the report, Juniper Networks has a 42 per cent revenue market share within the SSL VPN product category during the fourth quarter of 2004 and 46 per cent revenue market share for the full year. The report forecast the SSL VPN market to reach US$554 million by calender year 2008.

Jeff Wilson, senior analyst at Infonetics Research says, "Juniper holds a strong first place position and has been the SSL VPN leader throughout 2004. The industry is abuzz with customer demand for SSL VPNs, especially in EMEA and Asia-Pac. World-wide SSL VPN gateway revenue will grow 99 per cent by 4Q05. New SSL VPN product offerings for small-to-medium enterprises, including localisation features, are signs that both the technology and the market are maturing. With the most mature and proven product, Juniper is well placed in this burgeoning market."

According to the report Juniper Networks is also the leader with 30 per cent market share of unit shipments in network-based in-line 'intrusion detection and prevention systems' (IDS/IPS), which, in a single device, detects and prevents application-level attacks in real-time before they reach the intended victims.

Adam Judd, Juniper Networks¡¦ vice president for APAC, said, "The global adoption rate for our products has been steadily growing, allowing us to hold strong as the number one SSL VPN provider world-wide and the leader in IDP."