During the ‘Juniper Virtual Summit – Networks for the New Era’, June 10, 2020; Juniper outlined its Managed SD-Branch proposition. The service extends the features and benefits of SD-WAN more deeply into the enterprise branch locations and adds a layer of Mist AI to provide actionable insights and proactively solve any branch network problems.
ANALYST OPINION
PERSPECTIVE Typically, managed SD-WAN service providers do not have much visibility and control over what happens in terms of user experience with the enterprise network beyond the WAN demarcation point. In other words, if an end user is having trouble with connecting to the office Wi-Fi network, or an Ethernet switch, then there is little that the service provider can do. AN AGE-OLD ENTERPRISE PROBLEM: LARGE QUANTITIES OF LEGACY BRANCH TELECOM EQUIPMENT There remains a considerable amount of legacy LAN technology out there in service in the field today. Enterprises for example are still relying on old WLAN equipment and proprietary premises-based software. This is inefficient and provides managed SD-WAN providers with an opportunity to take over branch networking equipment and service management with a more technically superior and elegant SD-Branch managed offering that brings agility, cost-effectiveness, and cost-savings to the platform in a similar way that SD-WAN provides such advantages. Assuming the enterprise client is satisfied with their SD-WAN technology, the SD-WAN can continue to handle application-aware analytics and dynamic routing, and then hand over to the SD-Branch. This gives end users new levels of agility and operational efficiencies for corporate branch office networking. JUNIPER’S MANAGED SD-BRANCH TAKES ADVANTAGE OF MIST AI
LOWERING OPEX
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AuthorJoel Stradling, Founder & Lead Analyst Archives
November 2020
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