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Juniper Networks

applications and benefits, but it also
will fundamentally change how
networks need to run – many more
endpoints and many more sessions to
connect and to secure.

◗◗5G is happening: We will start to see
a ramp in deployments in 2019, starting
in Asia and the U.S. And most mobile
operators will be deploying by 2021. 5G
will bring a new level of throughput and
low latency to wireless. It will mark the
first time where wireless can truly be
an access replacement for wireline. It
will fundamentally change how metro
networks are built.

◗◗AI/ML, Automation and Analytics:
AI will be a critical differentiator for
businesses. 72 percent of business
leaders believe this because they know
that data is the new currency. The
companies that figure out how to
harness the vast volumes of data they
have access to, will have a competitive
advantage because they’ll make
smarter and faster product decisions
and be able to deliver a differentiated
customer experience. And companies
that figure out how to monetize that
data will be much more valuable than
their competitors (for instance, Google,
Amazon, Apple)

How is Juniper Networks
developing a more scalable,
reliable, secure and cost-effective
solutions to their customers?
Juniper Networks brings simplicity
to networking with products, solutions
and services that connect the world.
Through engineering innovation, we
remove the constraints and
complexities of networking in the cloud
era to solve the toughest challenges our
customers and partners face daily for
instance using a common operating
system and a single, open orchestration
platform, Juniper solutions help our
customers manage the complexity of
operating in different environments.
Our strategy is about enabling cloud
transformation around the four pillars.
Firstly, Power public or private cloud
data centers by using QFX, Contrail,
SRX, PTX products and Enterprise
Multi-cloud.

Secondly, connect users and devices

securely to the cloud and each other-

we build the best core, edge and metro

network infrastructure for connecting

users to the cloud using PTX, MX, ACX,

SRX products.

Thirdly, by building and managing

distributed clouds whereby we build

SaaS deployment models for our

Enterprise offerings. We offer them

directly and enable service providers to

offer them, enabling them to transform

from connectivity providers to cloud

service providers using MX and

Contrail products.

Fourthly, we build the cloud

delivered enterprise whereby we

enable enterprises to consume cloud

infrastructure and services securely

using EX, SRX, NFX and CSO offering.

Juniper recently acquired Mist

systems, provider of cloud-

managed wireless networks

powered by Artificial Intelligence

(AI). How has this acquisition

enhanced Juniper’s enterprise

networking portfolio?

Juniper Networks and Mist have

joined forces to automate several key

elements of the IT stack, creating a

powerful, cohesive solution that ensures

a superior end-user experience—from

the wireless edge, across the wired

LAN, to the WAN. Working together,

Juniper and Mist deliver end-to-end

visibility, simplicity, and exceptional

performance to streamline IT operations

powered by AI.

What is your road map for the rest

of 2019 and early 2020?

We are actively open sourcing some

of our technology like contrail via

Tungsten Fabric, and building open

source communities around various

automation mechanism for Juniper

products like healthbot, JET etc.

We are also enabling partner as well

as open ecosystem software like SONiC

etc. on Juniper platforms while

enabling pieces of Juniper technology

on third party hardware.

The biggest differentiator for us has

been the assurance with which we

have delivered these solutions to the

production. Contrail is the classic proof

of that, and we are replicating the same

at a rapid pace as we take it to SDWAN,

SDEnterprise. We have partnered with

seasoned solution providers like

RedHat, Nutanix couple with our

powerful professional services arm to

ensure our solutions reach the

deployments with the assurance that

customers have traditionally come to

expect from Juniper.

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PEOPLE HAVE AN INSATIABLE

DESIRE FOR NEW

APPLICATIONS, VIDEO, ETC.,

AND ENTERPRISES ARE

SEEING THEIR NETWORK

TRAFFIC GROW RAPIDLY

WHILE THEIR IT BUDGETS ARE

FLAT (IF THEY ARE LUCKY).

THIS PUTS A SEVERE STRAIN

ON EXISTING NETWORKS,

AND THIS IS WHERE JUNIPER

INNOVATES TO HELP ITS

CUSTOMERS KEEP UP WITH

THIS TRAFFIC GROWTH WHILE

NOT BREAKING THE BANK