SCSC ScanSource Inc

-Catalyst Telecom, a value-added distributor of communications solutions including voice, video and data equipment, has signed an agreement with Juniper Networks, a leader in enabling secure and assured communications over a single IP network, to distribute the company's networking, security, and application acceleration solutions. By offering Juniper's products, in addition to Avaya's communications solutions, Polycom's video products and Extreme Networks' data networking equipment, Catalyst is able to offer industry-leading video, voice and data solutions to its reseller partners. No other distributor can deliver a broader, more complete converged solution. Juniper Networks' premier line of networking and security products include solutions sized for the small branch office up to the largest enterprise. Juniper's comprehensive IP infrastructure product portfolio offers a wide variety of high-performance, reliable routing platforms, ensuring an efficient and predictable IP infrastructure, and enabling a secure, dependable user experience. Juniper also provides innovative security technologies to mitigate the risks associated with connecting and delivering critical network services and business applications. Juniper's security products include integrated firewall/IPSec VPN devices purpose-built to perform essential security functions, SSL VPN appliances to cost-effectively extend secure access to mobile users, and intrusion prevention products for identifying and stopping network and application-level attacks before they inflict any damage. Additionally, Juniper Networks now offers application acceleration platforms for the WAN and the data center that ensures faster and more reliable response times for branch-office, remote and mobile workers, as well as enables key IT initiatives such as data center consolidation, server centralization, webification of applications, and new application deployments. "By working with Catalyst, data, voice and video resellers are able to help their customers upgrade their networks and deliver a more robust, complete converged solution," said Buck Baker, senior vice president of merchandising, Catalyst Telecom. "Running voice and video over one network brings cost savings and increased functionality to the user. Juniper Networks' products are an integral part of this offering, helping to ensure a proficient, secure solution." "By adding Juniper Networks' best-of-class networking, security and application acceleration portfolio of products to their offering, coupled with their longstanding relationship with Avaya and Extreme Networks, Catalyst Telecom can deliver a comprehensive secure and assured convergence solution to our reseller customers," said Donna Grothjan, vice president of channels, Juniper Networks. Catalyst Telecom is a sales unit of international specialty technology distributor ScanSource, Inc. For more information, visit www.catalysttelecom.com or call a Catalyst Telecom salesperson at 1.800.790.2029. About Juniper Networks, Inc. Juniper Networks is the leader in enabling secure and assured communications over a single IP network. The company's purpose-built, high performance IP platforms enable customers to support many different services and applications at scale. Service providers, enterprises, governments and research and education institutions worldwide rely on Juniper Networks to deliver products for building networks that are tailored to the specific needs of their users, services and applications. Juniper Networks' portfolio of proven networking and security solutions supports the complex scale, security and performance requirements of the world's most demanding networks. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net. About ScanSource, Inc. ScanSource, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCSC) is a leading international distributor of specialty technology products, including automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) and point-of-sale (POS) products through its ScanSource sales unit; Avaya communications products through its Catalyst Telecom sales unit; communications products from Intel and NEC through its Paracon sales unit; and electronic security products through its ScanSource Security Distribution unit. The Company serves the North America marketplace and has an international segment, which sells AIDC and POS products in Latin America and Europe. Founded in 1992, the Company markets products from more than 100 technology manufacturers to over 16,000 value-added technology resellers and is committed to empowering them with tools and services designed to help them grow. For more information, call the toll-free sales telephone number at 800.944.2432 or visit www.scansource.com.