Is Juniper's new EX switch a me-too device when compared to those from the competition? Analysts reckon that Juniper's home-grown version of network-access control, called Unified Access 
Control (UAC) could be its strong selling point, according to a story by Network World's Tim Greene. UAC gives its NetScreen Security Manager a starring role as a central policy-control platform. Users would set policies centrally and have them distributed throughout the network infrastructure. This will put UAC in perspective as an element of a coordinated network-security deployment that takes into account users' machines, identities, roles and access methods. This feature is somewhat similiar to Cisco's TrustSec architecture identity- and role-aware networks that impose access policies, according to Greene's story.
Is Juniper NAC a unique selling point?
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