Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the {industry} chief in community innovation, as we speak at its NXTWORK 2015 Customer Summit introduced an enlargement of its Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) portfolio that permits service suppliers to create and mechanically deploy new providers sooner than ever earlier than at industry-leading scale. Juniper’s new Cloud CPE, a completely automated, end-to-end community capabilities virtualization resolution, builds on the confirmed skill of Juniper Networks Contrail Networking to scale throughout all fashions – whether or not on-premises or within the cloud – to make service supply from an finish person’s perspective as simple as downloading a brand new app.
Customers now anticipate networks to be on-demand, customized, and to ship providers in close to real-time. Today’s inflexible, hardware-centric community infrastructures, nevertheless, make this not possible; it may be months earlier than a buyer receives an ordered service. As such, world service suppliers want to software-defined networking (SDN) and NFV to automate cumbersome guide duties and enhance agility in rolling out nearly managed providers on the contact of a button, leading to larger revenue-generating alternatives, decrease prices and enhanced buyer satisfaction.
To make this a actuality, Juniper as we speak is increasing its NFV portfolio with Cloud CPE. This resolution consists of Contrail Service Orchestration, a complete administration and orchestration platform that delivers and manages virtualized community providers comparable to digital safety, and the NFX250, the primary in a collection of community providers platforms that may function as safe, on-premises gadgets working a number of digital community capabilities, from Juniper and third events, concurrently.
Built with an eye fixed towards open requirements for which Juniper is thought, Contrail Service Orchestration is designed to function in multi-vendor community environments and might orchestrate all the service lifecycle – from service design to activation – to dramatically enhance the person expertise and allow new service income
The NFX250, when used as a part of Juniper’s Cloud CPE resolution, eliminates the operational complexities related with deploying a number of containers on the buyer web site. Capable of working myriad digital capabilities on a single software-driven machine, the NFX250 considerably reduces prices and provides service suppliers the flexibility to replace community capabilities with out having to buy new {hardware}.
Juniper’s expanded expertise portfolio builds upon different not too long ago introduced options, together with Contrail Networking, Juniper Networks vSRX Virtual Firewall and the Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller, all unveiled in 2013, in addition to the Juniper Networks vMX digital router and Contrail Cloud Platform each introduced in 2014. With these developments, Juniper is delivering the {industry}’s most complete virtualization portfolio, enabling service scale and agility in probably the most open manner attainable.
News Highlights
To assist prospects transition to software-centric networks that may create new providers in minutes versus months, Juniper is saying the next merchandise:
– Contrail Service Orchestration is an built-in set of design, automation and orchestration software program options constructed on an open framework, which is designed to allow third-party digital community capabilities (VNFs) to be simply supported and built-in with no disruption to present functions. As a part of Juniper’s full NFV resolution, which incorporates Contrail Networking, the Contrail Cloud Platform and VNFs comparable to vMX, this software program permits service suppliers to simply roll out new, personalized providers to prospects. Contrail Service Orchestration is anticipated to be obtainable in December.
– NFX Series Network Services Platforms function as safe, software-driven, on-premises gadgets, delivering the identical high-performance performance as different bodily CPE gadgets with added automation and the flexibleness to run a number of digital providers to allow dynamic service creation in an open atmosphere. The 1 RU NFX250, which runs each Juniper and third-party digital community capabilities is anticipated to be obtainable through the first half of 2016.
– To assist prospects consider and implement Juniper’s new Cloud CPE resolution, the corporate is introducing a lineup of latest skilled providers choices. Cloud CPE Assessment Service, NFV OSS Assessment Service and NFV Lifecycle Service assist prospects and companions consider expertise decisions and develop a plan to combine them inside present community infrastructures. When leveraged as an integral a part of the Cloud CPE resolution, the deep expertise of Juniper’s industry-leading service and help consultants might help reduce danger and pace time to deployment.
At NXTWORK 2015, Juniper as we speak additionally launched a disaggregated model of the Junos software program to supply prospects with the flexibility to deploy third-party community providers or functions instantly on Juniper platforms, in addition to the choice to program on to Juniper methods utilizing the Open Compute Project-defined software program mannequin. Additionally, Juniper introduced new QFX5200 entry switches in addition to speedy implementation of its Juniper Networks MetaFabricâ„¢ structure and Juniper Networks Contrail SDN applied sciences throughout main converged and hyper converged stack options.
Supporting Quotes
“The success of cloud is being driven by how quickly developers can build and deploy services and applications that have a meaningful impact on the market. Importantly, companies must be able to deploy these apps and services across multiple cloud environments with minimal configuration. Combining IBMs strong cloud and systems integration capabilities with Junipers new offerings, service providers now have access to quick deployment and scalability to meet the growing demands of the industry.”
– Scott Stainken, normal supervisor of Global Telecommunications Industry at IBM
“Enterprises and service providers alike are hamstrung by today’s rigid tools that prevent them from bringing new services to market quickly and efficiently. They tie up valuable resources in manual configuration and onsite engineering, which makes installing new network services difficult. From a solution provider’s standpoint, Juniper’s new Cloud CPE solution has the potential to provide a truly automated NFV solution that will enable SPs and enterprise customers to deploy and manage virtual services in minutes.”
– Fiona Squire, chief working officer at Quonubes Group
“Juniper is taking a very holistic approach with the enhancements to its NFV portfolio by offering end-to-end network service delivery and orchestration. They are making it easier for service providers to offer customized services both on the customer premise and in the cloud, which will not only be advantageous to them, but also to their enterprise customers.”
– Nav Chander, analysis supervisor, Enterprise Telecom at IDC
“As more and more of our service provider customers look to realize real business value from SDN and NFV, the need to have flexible solutions that effectively scale is critical. With the innovations we’re announcing today, service providers will be able to harness the power of scale-out services to improve their service delivery economics. For us at Juniper, it’s all about infusing automation into our customers’ networks to reduce time to market and speed time to revenue.”
– Jonathan Davidson, govt vp and normal supervisor, Juniper Development and Innovation at Juniper Networks
Additional Resources
– Blog: Agility and Choice Demand an Open Software Business by Jonathan Davidson, govt vp and normal supervisor, Juniper Development and Innovation
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