NYSE Euronext signed up with Juniper Networks for a core network for its consolidated data centers.

NYSE Euronext's two new data centers in London and New York will be the primary operational infrastructure following its global data center consolidation project which will slash its footprint from 10 to four sites.

The two centers are due to begin operation next year.

Juniper's Data Center Infrastructure Solutions and advanced data center fabric technology will support an internal latency of 50 microseconds roundtrip, currently it stands at 150 microseconds. By collapsing the multiple switching layers present in traditional network architectures, the new simplified NYSE Euronext network design requires fewer devices and interconnections, leading to improved efficiencies in space, power, cooling and management, the company said.

"Juniper's simplified data center approach will allow us to deploy a complete 10 Gigabit Ethernet network with ultra-low latency at a substantial cost savings," said Steve Rubinow, executive vice president and co-global CIO of NYSE Euronext. "Juniper has developed truly unique and innovative technologies that help us to deploy a very high capacity, low latency network that meets the stringent demands of the new data center. With Juniper, we are able to dramatically cut the cost and complexity of managing our data center network today, while continuing to enhance our competitive position with a next-generation data center fabric that will enable us to scale to tens of thousands of 10GbE ports. With such an elastic and efficient infrastructure, we can provide enhanced functionality to our customers at unmatched scale while minimizing total cost of ownership."

The system will be built around Juniper's EX Series Ethernet Switches and MX Series Ethernet Services Routers.

"Competitiveness in the global financial markets is measured in microseconds and the NYSE Euronext trading platform is one of the world's premiere high-performance networks, supporting billions of transactions each day," said Kevin Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Juniper Networks.

This is the second major networking contract signed by NYSE Euronext for its New York and London data centers. Earlier this year the company signed Ciena to supply a core network.