Juniper Networks has
been selected by BT to provide routers and security solutions for
theUK Defence Fixed Telecommunications
Service(DFTS) project.
DFTS is being delivered by BT in partnership with the Ministry
of Defence (MoD) Defence Communications Service Agency (DCSA).
Connecting over 240,000 users at over 1,500 sites across the UK
and overseas, DFTS has consolidated all existing defence networks
to deliver unified voice, data, Lan interconnectivity and Wan
services for the Royal Navy, British Army, the Royal Air Force and
MoD Centre.
The new network is now live, with the first services being
delivered in September 2006.
To ensure the network could continue to meet MoD requirements
for network flexibility, security and operational efficiency, BT
re-evaluated its vendor partners for the project as part of a
recent contract extension negotiation.
“The performance and reliability targets for the revised
contract were ambitious, and given the mission-critical nature of
defence there is no room for compromise - this is why we chose to
work with Juniper Networks,” said Tony Reeve, DFTS programme
director at BT Global Services.
The MoD has transferred traffic to the new network based on
Juniper routers, including M-series multiservice routing platforms
and J-series service routers.
BT has also deployed NetScreen-5200 high-performance integrated
firewall/IPSec VPN security systems to provide network protection
and defence.
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