Customers who were expecting Juniper Networks to evolve the EX8200 for higher bandwidths and next-generation technologies are in for a disappointment. Juniper this week said it will continue to sell the EX8200, but will no longer invest in its hardware platform. Instead, it's launching a new line of higher-capacity switches that are based on its MX series of carrier-class routers.

Juniper is positioning the new switch, dubbed the EX9200, as a campus and data center core platform. The EX9200 and MX