AI-driven company Juniper Networks has unveiled Cloud Metro – a new category of solutions for service providers, optimised for metro transformation and sustainable business growth.
The Cloud Metro stimulates sustainable business growth featuring a series of networking systems powered by AI-enabled, cloud-delivered automation.
Cloud Metro’s solutions deliver reduced resource consumption capabilities to sustain the planet and Improve tools and simplify working methods to sustain over-pressured operations teams along with service assurance and security capabilities to optimise service experience.
Cloud Metro systems’ packet forwarding engines are automatically switched off when not in use. The removable modular power shelf design reduces e-waste and extends system lifetimes by accommodating up to 48xbandwidth growth within the same chassis.
It is certified as Titanium grade by CLEAResult in its 80 Plus program, and can last within seven to 12 years.
Juniper’s AI and cloud-delivered automation simplifies day-to-day workflows, deploy services faster (with device onboarding taking just minutes instead of hours), reduce trouble tickets and accelerate time-to-service (and therefore revenue) restoration.
Cloud Metro claims to deliver up to 71% lower total cost of ownership (TCO) by leveraging silicon, system design, and AI-enabled device onboarding-as-a-service.
Zero Trust security is built-in while active service assurance is embedded to deliver proactive service testing, monitoring, and remediation.
Solution overview:
Juniper Paragon Automation as a Service is an AI-enabled, cloud-delivered automation portfolio for metro networks, delivering immediate time-to-service value from months to minutes and reduced mean time to know (MTTK) and mean time to recovery (MTTR).
Juniper AI-Enabled Device onboarding-as-a-service was launched to leverage Juniper Paragon Automation as a Service, driving real business outcomes by significantly reducing device onboarding times.
Juniper Networks ACX7000 Family deliver up to 77% lower power consumption, up to 64%vbetter space efficiencies and four to seven years longer system lifetime than leading competitive products available today. The portfolio also delivers the highest 400GE density and fabric capacity per slot, up to 21.6Tbps with 54x400GE ports, ready for 800G and beyond.
Juniper Paragon Active Assurance test agents are embedded in Junos OS Evolved, available in all ACX7000 models. This turns the cloud metro network into a distributed sensor for assuring user experience proactively which removes the need for additional, standalone probe hardware to be deployed.
Additionally, with the new capability of emulating 5G UE/gNB, service providers can now simulate traffic for both the control plane and user plane, ensuring each 5G network slice meets expected SLA.
Zero Trust Security principles and the threat detection, analysis and prevention fundamentals of Juniper’s Connected Security portfolio have been applied throughout the Juniper Cloud Metro solution. Unique cryptographic digital identities are implemented with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0) across the Cloud Metro IP services fabric, enabling device attestation and RFC-compliant secure zero-touch provisioning (sZTP).
In addition, file encryption and MACsec are implemented to protect data at rest and data in transit. This holistic approach to trust is further enhanced by Paragon’s ability to automatically validate the security deployment and operation across a network of ACX 7000 devices.
Juniper Networks 400G ZR/ZR+ optics co-developed to reduce service provider costs by consolidating IP and optical layers with coherent pluggable optics, which eliminates an entire layer of DWDM transponder terminals by integrating 400G ZR/ZR+ Digital Coherent Optics (DCO). These optics fully comply with industry specifications from OpenZR+ and OIF.
This first appeared in the subscription newsletter CommsWire on 6 July 2022.
Juniper Networks has unveiled what it describes as an innovation that will power its vision and strategy for a new category of services for providers, optimised for metro transformation and sustainable business growth, known as Cloud Metro.
Offering a rationale for the launch, the artificial intelligence (AI)-driven networks provider argued that traditional “retro” metro networks are device-centric, and buckling under the extreme scale, agility and experience demands that widespread digital transformation and the advent of 5G services are bringing. By contrast, the new offering focuses on enabling sustainable business growth, with a series of high-performance networking systems, powered by AI-enabled, cloud-delivered automation, specifically designed to build next-generation Cloud Metro infrastructure.
“Digital transformation is moving into its next phase, which is all about transforming operational technology [OT] and driving the distributed delivery of new applications and use cases based on emerging technologies such as AI and AR [augmented reality],” said Caroline Chappell, research director for cloud practice at analyst firm Analysys Mason.
“The metro edge is key to supporting the massive data, real-time performance and sustainability demands that this new era of OT transformation is bringing,” she said. “This important industry shift requires the re-imagining and re-engineering of the metro network.”
Juniper said its new systems will deliver significantly reduced natural resource consumption capabilities to help sustain the planet, improved tools and simplified working methods to help sustain over-pressured operations teams, and embedded service assurance and security capabilities to optimise service experience – while at the same time enabling service providers to sustain profitable business growth.
Cloud Metro systems are said to feature industry-leading energy-efficient adaptive power designs as their foundational principle, enabling unused features and packet forwarding engines to be automatically switched off when not in use. The removable modular power shelf design is said to be able to reduce e-waste and extends system lifetimes by accommodating up to 48 times bandwidth growth in the same chassis. It is certified as Titanium grade by CLEAResult in its 80 Plus programme.
It is, noted Juniper, the first and only metro networking device power module to accomplish such a rating. The scale, capacity, performance and smart features of Juniper’s Cloud Metro portfolio have been built to replace the traditional three to five-year “rip-and-replace” network lifecycles with seven to 12-year lifecycles. Pay-as-you-go models and a breadth of interface options are designed to allow service providers to flex their investment economically in line with demand.
At the heart of the offering is Juniper Paragon Automation-as-a-service, the industry’s only AI-enabled, cloud-delivered automation portfolio for metro networks, delivering immediate time-to-service value from months to minutes and reduced mean time to know and mean time to recovery.
It also includes Juniper 400G ZR/ZR+ optics, co-developed to reduce service provider costs by consolidating IP and optical layers with coherent pluggable optics, which eliminates an entire layer of DWDM transponder terminals by integrating 400G ZR/ZR+ Digital Coherent Optics. These optics fully comply with industry specifications from OpenZR+ and OIF.
Juniper said its use of AI and cloud-delivered automation will equip service providers with the ability to simplify day-to-day workflows, deploy services faster (with device onboarding taking just minutes instead of hours), reduce trouble tickets and accelerate time-to-service (and therefore revenue) restoration. This, said the tech firm, will Improve productivity significantly, empowering network engineers and operators to accomplish more, facets that are critical for employee satisfaction and retention.
Juniper added that its new services can deliver lower total cost of ownership by using the latest generation of silicon, industry-leading system design and AI-enabled device onboarding-as-a-service. Zero-trust security is built in rather than bolted on, while active service assurance is embedded to deliver proactive service testing, monitoring and remediation.
“In a world of ‘retro metros’, Juniper’s new Cloud Metro solution stands apart,” said Brendan Gibbs, senior vice-president of automated WAN solutions at Juniper Networks. “Our cloud-delivered Paragon Automation-as-a-service promises immediate productivity increases for service providers.
“Instead of building complex, time-consuming ‘DIY’ automation solutions, they are empowered to focus on assuring service experiences for their customers,” he said.
“By extending our proven AI solution to the service provider WAN, we can Improve productivity for customer operations teams by dramatically reducing trouble tickets and increasing network availability. And our extended ACX7000 Family delivers the most secure, assured, scalable and intelligent Cloud Metro portfolio on the market. This is the answer to service provider needs for a sustainable future for their profits, their people and the planet.”
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Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced the innovation that will power its vision and strategy for Cloud Metro - a new category of solutions for service providers, optimized for metro transformation and sustainable business growth. Traditional "retro" metro networks are device-centric and are buckling under the extreme scale, agility and experience demands that widespread digital transformation and the advent of 5G services are bringing.
Today's announcement focuses on enabling sustainable business growth, with a series of high-performance networking systems, powered by AI-enabled, cloud-delivered automation, specifically designed to build next generation Cloud Metro infrastructure. These systems will deliver significantly-reduced natural resource consumption capabilities to help sustain the planet, improved tools and simplified working methods to help sustain over-pressured operations teams, along with embedded service assurance and security capabilities to optimize service experience, all while enabling service providers to sustain profitable business growth.
Juniper's new Cloud Metro systems uniquely feature industry-leading energy-efficient, adaptive power designs as their foundational principle, enabling unused features and Packet Forwarding Engines (PFEs) to be automatically switched off when not in use. The removable modular power shelf design reduces e-waste and extends system lifetimes by accommodating up to 48 times bandwidth growth within the same chassis. It is certified as Titanium grade by CLEAResult® in its 80 Plus program, the first and only metro networking device power module to accomplish such a rating.
The future-proofed scale, capacity, performance and smart features of Juniper's Cloud Metro portfolio replace the traditional 3-5 year 'rip-and-replace' network lifecycles with 7-12 year lifecycles. Pay-as-you-go models and a breadth of interface options allow service providers to flex their investment economically in line with demand.
Juniper's advanced use of AI and cloud-delivered automation equips service providers to simplify day-to-day workflows, deploy services faster (with device onboarding taking just minutes instead of hours), reduce trouble tickets and accelerate time-to-service (and therefore revenue) restoration. This significantly improves productivity, empowering network engineers and operators to accomplish more, which is critical for employee satisfaction and retention.
The new solutions also deliver up to 71 percent lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by leveraging the latest generation of silicon, industry-leading system design and AI-enabled Device Onboarding-as-a-Service. Zero Trust security is built-in rather than bolted-on, while active service assurance is embedded to deliver proactive service testing, monitoring and remediation.
Solution News Overview:
- Juniper AI-Enabled Device Onboarding-as-a-Service is the first-use case to be launched leveraging Juniper Paragon Automation as a Service, driving real business outcomes by significantly reducing device onboarding times.
- Juniper Networks™ ACX7000 Family² products are sustainable, high-performance systems leveraging unique design and adaptive power innovations that deliver up to 77 percent lower power consumption, up to 64 percent better space efficiencies and 4-7 years longer system lifetime than leading competitive products available today. The portfolio also delivers the industry's fastest router line card, highest 400GE density and fabric capacity per slot, up to 21.6 Tbps with 54x400GE ports, ready for 800G and beyond.
- Juniper Paragon Active Assurance³ test agents are embedded in JUNOS® OS Evolved, available in all ACX7000 models. This turns the cloud metro network into a distributed sensor for assuring user experience proactively which removes the need for additional, standalone probe hardware to be deployed. Additionally, with the new capability of emulating 5G UE/gNB, service providers can now simulate traffic for both the control plane and user plane, ensuring each 5G network slice meets expected SLA.
- Zero Trust Security4 principles and the threat detection, analysisand prevention fundamentals of Juniper's Connected Security portfolio have been applied throughout the Juniper Cloud Metro solution. Unique cryptographic digital identities are implemented with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0) across the Cloud Metro IP services fabric, enabling device attestation and RFC-compliant secure zero-touch provisioning (sZTP). In addition, file encryption and MACsec are implemented to protect data at rest and data in transit. This holistic approach to trust is further enhanced by Paragon's ability to automatically validate the security deployment and operation across a network of ACX7000 devices.
- Juniper Networks 400G ZR/ZR+ optics5 co-developed to reduce service provider costs by consolidating IP and optical layers with coherent pluggable optics, which eliminates an entire layer of DWDM transponder terminals by integrating 400G ZR/ZR+ Digital Coherent Optics (DCO). These optics fully comply with industry specifications from OpenZR+ and OIF.
"In a world of 'retro metros,' Juniper's new Cloud Metro solution stands apart. Our cloud-delivered Paragon Automation-as-a-Service promises immediate productivity increases for service providers. Instead of building complex, time-consuming 'DIY' automation solutions, they are empowered to focus on assuring service experiences for their customers. By extending our proven AI solution to the service provider WAN, we can Improve productivity for customer operations teams by dramatically reducing trouble tickets and increasing network availability. And our extended ACX7000 Family delivers the most secure, assured, scalable and intelligent Cloud Metro portfolio on the market. This is the answer to service provider needs for a sustainable future for their profits, their people and the planet."
- Brendan Gibbs, Senior Vice President of Automated WAN Solutions, Juniper Networks
"Digital transformation is moving into its next phase which is all about transforming operational technology (OT) and driving the distributed delivery of new applications and use cases based on emerging technologies such as AI and AR. The metro edge is key to supporting the massive data, real-time performance and sustainability demands that this new era of OT transformation is bringing. This important industry shift requires the re-imagining and re-engineering of the metro network and Juniper is showing leadership here in its Cloud Metro portfolio. Service providers that want to deliver reliable, secure and high-performing services at the metro edge with a sustainable business model should pay close attention."
- Caroline Chappell, Research Director, Cloud Practice, Analysys Mason
"Our metro connectivity services across more than 260 major cities around the world meet our customers' need for secure, scalable and high-performance networking. We experience continuous demand for secure connectivity and expect to see double-digit traffic growth on our network, as we continue to provide the great experience our customers require. We're long-term supporters of Juniper's vision for high-performance, scalable IP networking and are excited to see the significant enhancements and innovation featured in their Cloud Metro portfolio that can bring more benefits for our customers in the future."
- Don MacNeil, Chief Operating Officer, GTT Communications
"We are excited that the partnership between Broadcom and Juniper has delivered such a comprehensive portfolio of WAN routing platforms, all based on our leading Jericho and Qumran silicon. This announcement is especially compelling as it showcases Broadcom's Jericho 2c+ silicon enabling a 50 percent increase to the industry's highest-density 400G routing line card in a modular chassis. With market-leading 54 ports of 400G per slot at 21.6Tbps, this performance underscores the unmatched scalability and power efficiency of the product offering. We are thankful for our engineering teams."
- Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Switching Group, Broadcom
Solution Availability
¹AI-enabled Paragon Automation-as-a-Service - available 1H23
²ACX7000 Family:
- ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7509 - available now
- ACX7024 - orderable now, available Q3'22
- ACX7908, ACX7348 - orderable 1H'23
³Juniper embedded Paragon Active Assurance - available 2H'22
4 Built-in zero trust security with SaaS-based network trust attestation - available 1H'23
5Juniper 400G ZR/ZR+ optics - orderable & available Q3'22
Additional Resources
Cloud Metro Solution Page
Blog: Cloud Metro: Reimagining Metro Networks for Sustainable Business Growth
Blog: Welcome to the Future of Network Automation: Juniper Paragon Automation-as-a-Service
Blog: Reimagining Metro Architectures for the Experience-First Era
Blog: Balancing Design Choices for Sustainable Growth: Juniper ACX7000 Family
ACX7000 Family Datasheet
Solution Brief: Juniper Cloud Metro as the Experience Sensor
Solution Brief: AI-Enabled Device Onboarding as a Service
Demo: Paragon Automation as a Service Device Onboarding
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Recently, I wrote an article where I blindly tasted and ranked popular gins. The results were so surprising and I had such a good time doing it, that I figured I’d try it again. But this time it’s going to be much more difficult — I’m taking on some of the most well-known, popular, easy-to-find bottles of bourbon on the market.
It’s a bourbon throw down. And I truly hope to be surprised.
While the last blind taste test featured gin and had us comparing juniper and other herbal and botanical flavors, bourbon’s flavor profile is palate is significantly more nuanced. At this price point, I’m looking for balance, bold flavors, and a ton of caramel, vanilla, oak, and wintry spices. But to truly stand out, the bourbon needs to conjure flavors beyond those prominent notes as well.
Today’s Lineup:
- Maker’s Mark
- Jim Beam White Label
- Bulleit Bourbon
- Woodford Reserve
- Wild Turkey 101
- Elijah Craig Small Batch
- Buffalo Trace
- Evan Williams
Part 1: The Taste
Taste 1
Tasting Notes:
Cinnamon, cracked black pepper, charred oak, and vanilla are prevalent on the nose. That’s about it though. Taking a sip revealed more toasted vanilla beans, raisins, sticky toffee, and a dollop of peppery rye at the finish. It ends with a dry, warming, slightly sweet, slightly spicy finish.
All in all a decent whiskey, but none of the flavors really had the punch I would hope for.
Taste 2
Tasting Notes:
The nose is filled with caramel corn, cracked black pepper, cinnamon, vanilla, and light wintry spices. It’s definitely a welcoming nose that made me want to dive in and taste it. The palate starts with a nutty sweetness, toasted vanilla beans, charred oak, raisins, candied orange peels, and just a hint of warming cracked black pepper.
Taste 3
Tasting Notes:
The nose is fairly bland with some vanilla, sweet corn, and maybe light caramel candy. But not much else. It definitely didn’t get me excited to take a sip. The palate didn’t add much to the experience with more overly sweet vanilla, some toffee, and maybe some oak.
It all tasted very generic.
Taste 4
Tasting Notes:
A complex nose of dried cherries, toasted vanilla beans, caramel apples, honey, and slight herbal aromas greeted me before my first sip. One sip revealed notes of raisins, vanilla cookies, and charred oak. But that was about it. Surprisingly, as inviting as the nose was, the palate was much more on the bland side.
While warming and smooth, the overall flavor was really lackluster.
Taste 5
Tasting Notes:
A symphony of sticky toffee, cinnamon sugar, peppery spice, toasted vanilla beans, and rich, woody oak greeted my nostrils before my first sip. The palate is loaded with notable flavors of butterscotch, toasted oak, vanilla cookies, raisins, and just a hint of warming spice at the finish to tie everything together nicely.
It’s warming, sweet, and slightly spicy.
Taste 6
Tasting Notes:
A fairly generic nose of oak, vanilla, and raisins set the stage for what was ahead. While the nose wasn’t bad in any particular way, it was just fairly muted. The palate continued the trend. While there is no doubt this is an easy-to-drink, mellow, soft bourbon.
Its simple flavors of vanilla, oak, and toffee aren’t enough to excite anyone who has been drinking whiskey for very long.
Taste 7
Tasting Notes:
Butterscotch, charred oak, candied orange peels, spicy cinnamon, slight cracked black pepper, almond cookies, and sweet vanilla were notable on the nose. The palate follows suit with hints of peppery rye, brown sugar, clover honey, more candied orange peels, toasted wood, and creamy caramel.
Overall, a very well-balanced, multi-dimensional whiskey.
Taste 8
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of clover honey, dried cherries, toasted oak, toffee, slight winter spices, and vanilla beans are highlighted on the nose. The palate is littered with flavors of almond cookies, woody oak, butterscotch candy, vanilla cookies, and a nice kick of cracked black pepper. The finish is a warming mix of spice, oak, and caramel sweetness.
Part 2: The Rankings
8) Jim Beam White Label (Taste 3)
ABV: 40%
Average Price: $19
The Whiskey:
There are few bourbon brands more well-known than Jim Beam. And while the brand has many iconic expressions, there are few more beloved than the classic, bargain bottle of Jim Beam White Label. The world’s number one selling bourbon has been made the same way for over 200 years. It’s known for its bold oak and vanilla-centric flavor profile.
Bottom Line:
Sure, Jim Beam White Label is cheap. But I think you can do better. It tasted like vanilla candy with some fake wood flavor added.
7) Maker’s Mark (Taste 6)
ABV: 45%
Average Price: $28
The Whiskey:
Like all the brands on this list, Maker’s Mark is a big name. Known for its mellow flavor profile thanks to the addition of soft red winter wheat instead of the usual spicy, peppery rye, it comes in the iconic red wax-covered bottle.
Bottom Line:
Like Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark is a beginner whiskey that lacks the complex flavor profile to make it anything else. While smooth and easy to drink, the flavor (or lack thereof) and price tag don’t fully align, in my opinion.
6) Bulleit Bourbon (Taste 1)
ABV: 45%
Average Price: $29.99
The Whiskey:
Bulleit Bourbon touts itself as “Frontier Whiskey” and comes in a pretty cool bottle. That and a ton of advertising exposure have made this a fairly popular bourbon. But is it really all that great? Made from rye, corn, and malted barley, along with special yeast strains and Kentucky limestone-filtered water, this high-rye bourbon is known for its peppery, spicy, bold flavor profile.
Bottom Line:
Bulleit Bourbon, like Maker’s Mark, isn’t a bad whiskey. It’s just probably not as good as its popularity would suggest.
5) Elijah Craig Small Batch (Taste 4)
ABV: 47%
Average Price: $29.99
The Whiskey:
According to legend, Elijah Craig, a former minister turned distiller, invented bourbon when he aged his corn whiskey in charred oak barrels. Whether or not that story is true doesn’t change the fact that this popular small-batch bourbon bears his name. This award-winning whiskey is known for its complex, mellow flavor profile.
Bottom Line:
Elijah Craig Small Batch lands in the slightly overrated realm for me — simply because its nose is so inviting and then when you sip it, it’s surprisingly thin.
4) Woodford Reserve (Taste 8)
ABV: 45.2%
Average Price: $35
The Whiskey:
Woodford Reserve makes a wide array of expressions, but before you try any of the more complex bottles, you should try its flagship Kentucky Straight Bourbon. A mash bill of 72% corn, 18% rye, and 10% malt, and is matured in charred oak barrels for a minimum of six years.
Bottom Line:
Woodford Reserve is a little pricier than some of the other bottles on this list and for good reason. It’s complex and flavorful. It’s the kind of bourbon where you find a few new flavors every time you sip it.
3) Wild Turkey 101 (Taste 7)
ABV: 50.5%
Average Price: $26
The Whiskey:
Bartenders and drinkers alike consistently list Wild Turkey 101 as one of the best value bourbons on the market. Aged for a minimum of six years in new, charred American oak barrels this 101-proof whiskey is known for its bold, spicy and sweet flavor profile.
Bottom Line:
Wild Turkey 101 certainly isn’t over-hyped in my book. It’s cheap, surprisingly well-balanced, and filled with nuanced, interesting flavors that work well together. It helps that it’s 101-proof.
2) Buffalo Trace (Taste 5)
ABV: 45%
Average Price: $25
The Whiskey:
When it comes to bargain bourbon bottles, few get more acclaim than Buffalo Trace’s flagship expression. This corn, rye, and malted barley-based bourbon is aged in new, charred American oak barrels and batched at no more than 40 barrels at a time. It’s known for its mellow mix of vanilla and baking spices.
Bottom Line:
For the price, it’s difficult to beat the complexity of Buffalo Trace. It’s a great mix of butterscotch sweetness and wintry spices.
1) Evan Williams (Taste 2)
ABV: 43%
Average Price: $15
The Whiskey:
Evan Williams Black Label is constantly listed as one of the best bargain bottles on the market. Also known as “Extra Aged”, this bold, rich, value bottle is matured for at least seven years in new, charred American oak barrels. Smooth, oaky, and filled with vanilla sweetness, it’s hard to beat.
Bottom Line:
Proving that price doesn’t necessarily dictate quality, Evan Williams Black Label is consistently under $20. Yet it’s well-balanced and loaded with myriad complementary flavors.
Part 3: Final Thoughts
Even though I selected eight of the most popular, best-selling bottles, they all varied in price between $15 and $35. That’s a pretty big price difference and, besides Jim Beam White, the blind taste test showed that price doesn’t ensure nuance — as some of the more expensive bottles didn’t fare as well. Complexity, balanced, and unique flavors were the name of the game and our winner today nailed all three.
The fact that it’s one of the cheaper bottles is a great bonus.
Jul. 13—Normally kids between the ages of 5 and 12 are not the sort of people you'd expect to see at an elder-care home. But that's exactly what is going on at Juniper Village this week.
The assisted living facility is holding its first-ever Kids Camp through Thursday. The event invites young children into the personal care home on Chestnut Street to enjoy a variety of activities alongside the senior residents.
Sherry Barzak, connections director at Juniper Village, said the event helps the seniors feel young again, while helping the kids feel more comfortable being around elderly people.
"It's been fantastic to see the relationships built between the younger and the older generation," Barzak said.
The activities included in the camp are myriad, including arts and crafts, a presentation on gardening and butterflies, a visit from some animal ambassadors from Tamarack Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, and a presentation on recycling.
It will all culminate at the end of the week with a puppet show put on by the kids and residents that they developed throughout the camp.
For 8-year-old Kendall Ogello and 9-year-old Ayla Shay, the camp has been a ton of fun to attend.
"I really just like helping and taking care of elders," Shay said, mentioning that her grandmother works at Juniper Village.
For Ogello, she thought the event was a great way to meet new people.
The two girls both mentioned a tie-dye activity as among their favorites during the camp, while Shay said she also enjoyed getting ice cream and Ogello liked working with the puppets.
Similarly enjoying the camp, though from the other perspective involved, is 98-year-old Audean Bleutge, who has lived at Juniper Village since last October.
"I think it's very interesting and I think it's good for the children," Bleutge said.
Having grown up the oldest of her siblings, Bleutge said she often helped her mother with raising her family members. As such, she's always had a fondness of children, and the camp has helped bring back old memories.
Barzak said the camp was open to the public, though most of the kids who signed up are family members of Juniper Village employees. With how well the event has gone this year, the home hopes to make it a returning event in future summers.
Sean P. Ray can be reached at (814) 724-6370 or by email at .
Industry's first AI- and cloud-delivered, automation-driven metro networking solution delivers highest independently-rated power efficiency, dramatic TCO reduction and industry-leading performance
HONG KONG , July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced the innovation that will power its vision and strategy for Cloud Metro – a new category of solutions for service providers, optimized for metro transformation and sustainable business growth. Traditional "retro" metro networks are device-centric and are buckling under the extreme scale, agility and experience demands that widespread digital transformation and the advent of 5G services are bringing.
Today's announcement focuses on enabling sustainable business growth, with a series of high-performance networking systems, powered by AI-enabled, cloud-delivered automation, specifically designed to build next generation Cloud Metro infrastructure. These systems will deliver significantly-reduced natural resource consumption capabilities to help sustain the planet, improved tools and simplified working methods to help sustain over-pressured operations teams, along with embedded service assurance and security capabilities to optimize service experience, all while enabling service providers to sustain profitable business growth.
Juniper's new Cloud Metro systems uniquely feature industry-leading energy-efficient, adaptive power designs as their foundational principle, enabling unused features and Packet Forwarding Engines (PFEs) to be automatically switched off when not in use. The removable modular power shelf design reduces e-waste and extends system lifetimes by accommodating up to 48 times bandwidth growth within the same chassis. It is certified as Titanium grade by CLEAResult® in its 80 Plus program, the first and only metro networking device power module to accomplish such a rating.
The future-proofed scale, capacity, performance and smart features of Juniper's Cloud Metro portfolio replace the traditional 3-5 year 'rip-and-replace' network lifecycles with 7-12 year lifecycles. Pay-as-you-go models and a breadth of interface options allow service providers to flex their investment economically in line with demand.
Juniper's advanced use of AI and cloud-delivered automation equips service providers to simplify day-to-day workflows, deploy services faster (with device onboarding taking just minutes instead of hours), reduce trouble tickets and accelerate time-to-service (and therefore revenue) restoration. This significantly improves productivity, empowering network engineers and operators to accomplish more, which is critical for employee satisfaction and retention.
The new solutions also deliver up to 71 percent lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by leveraging the latest generation of silicon, industry-leading system design and AI-enabled Device Onboarding-as-a-Service. Zero Trust security is built-in rather than bolted-on, while active service assurance is embedded to deliver proactive service testing, monitoring and remediation.
Solution News Overview:
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Juniper Paragon™ Automation as a Service ¹ is the industry's only AI-enabled, cloud-delivered automation portfolio for metro networks, delivering immediate time-to-service value from months to minutes and reduced Mean Time to Know (MTTK) and Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).
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Juniper AI-Enabled Device Onboarding-as-a-Service is the first-use case to be launched leveraging Juniper Paragon Automation as a Service, driving real business outcomes by significantly reducing device onboarding times.
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Juniper Networks™ ACX7000 Family² products are sustainable, high-performance systems leveraging unique design and adaptive power innovations that deliver up to 77 percent lower power consumption, up to 64 percent better space efficiencies and 4-7 years longer system lifetime than leading competitive products available today. The portfolio also delivers the industry's fastest router line card, highest 400GE density and fabric capacity per slot, up to 21.6 Tbps with 54x400GE ports, ready for 800G and beyond.
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Juniper Paragon Active Assurance³ test agents are embedded in JUNOS® OS Evolved, available in all ACX7000 models. This turns the cloud metro network into a distributed sensor for assuring user experience proactively which removes the need for additional, standalone probe hardware to be deployed. Additionally, with the new capability of emulating 5G UE/gNB, service providers can now simulate traffic for both the control plane and user plane, ensuring each 5G network slice meets expected SLA.
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Zero Trust Security⁴ principles and the threat detection, analysis and prevention fundamentals of Juniper's Connected Security portfolio have been applied throughout the Juniper Cloud Metro solution. Unique cryptographic digital identities are implemented with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0) across the Cloud Metro IP services fabric, enabling device attestation and RFC-compliant secure zero-touch provisioning (sZTP). In addition, file encryption and MACsec are implemented to protect data at rest and data in transit. This holistic approach to trust is further enhanced by Paragon's ability to automatically validate the security deployment and operation across a network of ACX 7000 devices.
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Juniper Networks 400G ZR/ZR+ optics⁵ co-developed to reduce service provider costs by consolidating IP and optical layers with coherent pluggable optics, which eliminates an entire layer of DWDM transponder terminals by integrating 400G ZR/ZR+ Digital Coherent Optics (DCO). These optics fully comply with industry specifications from OpenZR+ and OIF.
Supporting Quotes
"In a world of "retro metros", Juniper's new Cloud Metro solution stands apart. Our cloud-delivered Paragon Automation-as-a-Service promises immediate productivity increases for service providers. Instead of building complex, time-consuming "DIY" automation solutions, they are empowered to focus on assuring service experiences for their customers. By extending our proven AI solution to the service provider WAN, we can Improve productivity for customer operations teams by dramatically reducing trouble tickets and increasing network availability. And our extended ACX7000 Family delivers the most secure, assured, scalable and intelligent Cloud Metro portfolio on the market. This is the answer to service provider needs for a sustainable future for their profits, their people and the planet."
- Brendan Gibbs, Senior Vice President of Automated WAN Solutions, Juniper Networks
"Digital transformation is moving into its next phase which is all about transforming operational technology (OT) and driving the distributed delivery of new applications and use cases based on emerging technologies such as AI and AR. The metro edge is key to supporting the massive data, real-time performance and sustainability demands that this new era of OT transformation is bringing. This important industry shift requires the re-imagining and re-engineering of the metro network and Juniper is showing leadership here in its Cloud Metro portfolio. Service providers that want to deliver reliable, secure and high-performing services at the metro edge with a sustainable business model should pay close attention."
- Caroline Chappell, Research Director, Cloud Practice, Analysys Mason
"Our metro connectivity services across more than 260 major cities around the world meet our customers' need for secure, scalable and high-performance networking. We experience continuous demand for secure connectivity and expect to see double-digit traffic growth on our network, as we continue to provide the great experience our customers require. We're long-term supporters of Juniper's vision for high-performance, scalable IP networking and are excited to see the significant enhancements and innovation featured in their Cloud Metro portfolio that can bring more benefits for our customers in the future."
- Don MacNeil, Chief Operating Officer, GTT Communications
"We are excited that the partnership between Broadcom and Juniper has delivered such a comprehensive portfolio of WAN routing platforms, all based on our leading Jericho and Qumran silicon. This announcement is especially compelling as it showcases Broadcom's Jericho 2c+ silicon enabling a 50 percent increase to the industry's highest-density 400G routing line card in a modular chassis. With market-leading 54 ports of 400G per slot at 21.6Tbps, this performance underscores the unmatched scalability and power efficiency of the product offering. We are thankful for our engineering teams."
- Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Switching Group, Broadcom
Solution Availability
¹AI-enabled Paragon Automation-as-a-Service – available 1H23
²ACX7000 Family:
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ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7509 – available now
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ACX7024 – orderable now, available Q3'22
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ACX7908, ACX7348 – orderable 1H'23
³Juniper embedded Paragon Active Assurance – available 2H'22
⁴ Built-in zero trust security with SaaS-based network trust attestation – available 1H'23
⁵Juniper 400G ZR/ZR+ optics – orderable & available Q3'22
Additional Resources
Cloud Metro Solution Page
Blog: Cloud Metro: Reimagining Metro Networks for Sustainable Business Growth
Blog: Welcome to the Future of Network Automation: Juniper Paragon Automation-as-a-Service
Blog: Reimagining Metro Architectures for the Experience-First Era
Blog: Balancing Design Choices for Sustainable Growth: Juniper ACX7000 Family
ACX7000 Family Datasheet
Solution Brief: Juniper Cloud Metro as the Experience Sensor
Solution Brief: AI-Enabled Device Onboarding as a Service
Demo: Paragon Automation as a Service Device Onboarding
About Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks is dedicated to dramatically simplifying network operations and driving superior experiences for end users. Our solutions deliver industry-leading insight, automation, security and AI to drive real business results. We believe that powering connections will bring us closer together while empowering us all to solve the world's greatest challenges of well-being, sustainability and equality. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with Juniper on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Juniper Networks, the Juniper Networks logo, Juniper, Junos, and other trademarks listed here are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Statement of Product Direction
The information on this page may contain Juniper's development and plans for future products, features, or enhancements ("SOPD Information"). SOPD Information is subject to change at any time, without notice. Juniper provides no assurances, and assumes no responsibility, that future products, features, or enhancements will be introduced. In no event should any purchase decision be based upon reliance of timeframes or specifics outlined as part of SOPD Information, because Juniper may delay or never introduce the future products, features, or enhancements.
Any SOPD Information within, or referenced or obtained from, this website by any person does not provide rise to any reliance claim, or any estoppel, against Juniper in connection with, or arising out of, any representations set forth in the SOPD Information. Juniper is not liable for any loss or damage (howsoever incurred) by any person in connection with, or arising out of, any representations set forth in the SOPD Information.
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2022-07-02 Business Wire India
Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced the innovation that will power its vision and strategy for Cloud Metro – a new category of solutions for service providers, optimized for metro transformation and sustainable business growth. Traditional “retro” metro networks are device-centric and are buckling under the extreme scale, agility and experience demands that widespread digital transformation and the advent of 5G services are bringing.
Today’s announcement focuses on enabling sustainable business growth, with a series of high-performance networking systems, powered by AI-enabled, cloud-delivered automation, specifically designed to build next generation Cloud Metro infrastructure. These systems will deliver significantly-reduced natural resource consumption capabilities to help sustain the planet, improved tools and simplified working methods to help sustain over-pressured operations teams, along with embedded service assurance and security capabilities to optimize service experience, all while enabling service providers to sustain profitable business growth.
Juniper’s new Cloud Metro systems uniquely feature industry-leading energy-efficient, adaptive power designs as their foundational principle, enabling unused features and Packet Forwarding Engines (PFEs) to be automatically switched off when not in use. The removable modular power shelf design reduces e-waste and extends system lifetimes by accommodating up to 48 times bandwidth growth within the same chassis. It is certified as Titanium grade by CLEAResult® in its 80 Plus program, the first and only metro networking device power module to accomplish such a rating.
The future-proofed scale, capacity, performance and smart features of Juniper’s Cloud Metro portfolio replace the traditional 3-5 year ‘rip-and-replace’ network lifecycles with 7-12 year lifecycles. Pay-as-you-go models and a breadth of interface options allow service providers to flex their investment economically in line with demand.
Juniper’s advanced use of AI and cloud-delivered automation equips service providers to simplify day-to-day workflows, deploy services faster (with device onboarding taking just minutes instead of hours), reduce trouble tickets and accelerate time-to-service (and therefore revenue) restoration. This significantly improves productivity, empowering network engineers and operators to accomplish more, which is critical for employee satisfaction and retention.
The new solutions also deliver up to 71 percent lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by leveraging the latest generation of silicon, industry-leading system design and AI-enabled Device Onboarding-as-a-Service. Zero Trust security is built-in rather than bolted-on, while active service assurance is embedded to deliver proactive service testing, monitoring and remediation.
Solution News Overview:
- Juniper AI-Enabled Device Onboarding-as-a-Service is the first-use case to be launched leveraging Juniper Paragon Automation as a Service, driving real business outcomes by significantly reducing device onboarding times.
- Juniper Networks™ ACX7000 Family² products are sustainable, high-performance systems leveraging unique design and adaptive power innovations that deliver up to 77 percent lower power consumption, up to 64 percent better space efficiencies and 4-7 years longer system lifetime than leading competitive products available today. The portfolio also delivers the industry’s fastest router line card, highest 400GE density and fabric capacity per slot, up to 21.6 Tbps with 54x400GE ports, ready for 800G and beyond.
- Juniper Paragon Active Assurance³test agents are embeddedin JUNOS® OS Evolved, available in all ACX7000 models. This turns the cloud metro network into a distributed sensor for assuring user experience proactively which removes the need for additional, standalone probe hardware to be deployed. Additionally, with the new capability of emulating 5G UE/gNB, service providers can now simulate traffic for both the control plane and user plane, ensuring each 5G network slice meets expected SLA.
- Zero Trust Security⁴principles and the threat detection, analysis and prevention fundamentals of Juniper’s Connected Security portfolio have been applied throughout the Juniper Cloud Metro solution. Unique cryptographic digital identities are implemented with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0) across the Cloud Metro IP services fabric, enabling device attestation and RFC-compliant secure zero-touch provisioning (sZTP). In addition, file encryption and MACsec are implemented to protect data at rest and data in transit. This holistic approach to trust is further enhanced by Paragon’s ability to automatically validate the security deployment and operation across a network of ACX7000 devices.
- Juniper Networks 400G ZR/ZR+ optics⁵ co-developed to reduce service provider costs by consolidating IP and optical layers with coherent pluggable optics, which eliminates an entire layer of DWDM transponder terminals by integrating 400G ZR/ZR+ Digital Coherent Optics (DCO). These optics fully comply with industry specifications from OpenZR+ and OIF.
Supporting Quotes
“In a world of 'retro metros,' Juniper’s new Cloud Metro solution stands apart. Our cloud-delivered Paragon Automation-as-a-Service promises immediate productivity increases for service providers. Instead of building complex, time-consuming 'DIY' automation solutions, they are empowered tofocus on assuring service experiences for their customers. By extending our proven AI solution to the service provider WAN, we can Improve productivity for customer operations teams by dramatically reducing trouble tickets and increasing network availability. And our extended ACX7000 Family delivers the most secure, assured, scalable and intelligent Cloud Metro portfolio on the market. This is the answer to service provider needs for a sustainable future for their profits, their people and the planet.”
- Brendan Gibbs, Senior Vice President of Automated WAN Solutions, Juniper Networks
“Digital transformation is moving into its next phase which is all about transforming operational technology (OT) and driving the distributed delivery of new applications and use cases based on emerging technologies such as AI and AR. The metro edge is key to supporting the massive data, real-time performance and sustainability demands that this new era of OT transformation is bringing. This important industry shift requires the re-imagining and re-engineering of the metro network and Juniper is showing leadership here in its Cloud Metro portfolio. Service providers that want to deliver reliable, secure and high-performing services at the metro edge with a sustainable business model should pay close attention.”
- Caroline Chappell, Research Director, Cloud Practice, Analysys Mason
“Our metro connectivity services across more than 260 major cities around the world meet our customers’ need for secure, scalable and high-performance networking. We experience continuous demand for secure connectivity and expect to see double-digit traffic growth on our network, as we continue to provide the great experience our customers require. We’re long-term supporters of Juniper’s vision for high-performance, scalable IP networking and are excited to see the significant enhancements and innovation featured in their Cloud Metro portfolio that can bring more benefits for our customers in the future.”
- Don MacNeil, Chief Operating Officer, GTT Communications
“We are excited that the partnership between Broadcom and Juniper has delivered such a comprehensive portfolio of WAN routing platforms, all based on our leading Jericho and Qumran silicon. This announcement is especially compelling as it showcases Broadcom’s Jericho 2c+ silicon enabling a 50 percent increase to the industry’s highest-density 400G routing line card in a modular chassis. With market-leading 54 ports of 400G per slot at 21.6Tbps, this performance underscores the unmatched scalability and power efficiency of the product offering. We are thankful for our engineering teams.”
- Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Switching Group, Broadcom
Solution Availability
¹AI-enabled Paragon Automation-as-a-Service – available 1H23
²ACX7000 Family:
- ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7509 – available now
- ACX7024 – orderable now, available Q3’22
- ACX7908, ACX7348 – orderable 1H’23
³Juniper embedded Paragon Active Assurance – available 2H’22
⁴Built-in zero trust security with SaaS-based network trust attestation – available 1H’23
⁵Juniper 400G ZR/ZR+ optics – orderable & available Q3’22
Additional Resources
Cloud Metro Solution Page
Blog: Cloud Metro: Reimagining Metro Networks for Sustainable Business Growth
Blog: Welcome to the Future of Network Automation: Juniper Paragon Automation-as-a-Service
Blog: Reimagining Metro Architectures for the Experience-First Era
Blog: Balancing Design Choices for Sustainable Growth: Juniper ACX7000 Family
ACX7000 Family Datasheet
Solution Brief: Juniper Cloud Metro as the Experience Sensor
Solution Brief: AI-Enabled Device Onboarding as a Service
About Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks is dedicated to dramatically simplifying network operations and driving superior experiences for end users. Our solutions deliver industry-leading insight, automation, security and AI to drive real business results. We believe that powering connections will bring us closer together while empowering us all to solve the world’s greatest challenges of well-being, sustainability and equality. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with Juniper on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Juniper Networks, the Juniper Networks logo, Juniper, Junos, and other trademarks listed here are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Statement of Product Direction
The information on this page may contain Juniper's development and plans for future products, features, or enhancements ("SOPD Information"). SOPD Information is subject to change at any time, without notice. Juniper provides no assurances, and assumes no responsibility, that future products, features, or enhancements will be introduced. In no event should any purchase decision be based upon reliance of timeframes or specifics outlined as part of SOPD Information, because Juniper may delay or never introduce the future products, features, or enhancements.
Any SOPD Information within, or referenced or obtained from, this website by any person does not provide rise to any reliance claim, or any estoppel, against Juniper in connection with, or arising out of, any representations set forth in the SOPD Information. Juniper is not liable for any loss or damage (howsoever incurred) by any person in connection with, or arising out of, any representations set forth in the SOPD Information.
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Industry's first AI- and cloud-delivered, automation-driven metro networking solution delivers highest independently-rated power efficiency, dramatic TCO reduction and industry-leading performance
HONG KONG , July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced the innovation that will power its vision and strategy for Cloud Metro – a new category of solutions for service providers, optimized for metro transformation and sustainable business growth. Traditional "retro" metro networks are device-centric and are buckling under the extreme scale, agility and experience demands that widespread digital transformation and the advent of 5G services are bringing.
Today's announcement focuses on enabling sustainable business growth, with a series of high-performance networking systems, powered by AI-enabled, cloud-delivered automation, specifically designed to build next generation Cloud Metro infrastructure. These systems will deliver significantly-reduced natural resource consumption capabilities to help sustain the planet, improved tools and simplified working methods to help sustain over-pressured operations teams, along with embedded service assurance and security capabilities to optimize service experience, all while enabling service providers to sustain profitable business growth.
Juniper's new Cloud Metro systems uniquely feature industry-leading energy-efficient, adaptive power designs as their foundational principle, enabling unused features and Packet Forwarding Engines (PFEs) to be automatically switched off when not in use. The removable modular power shelf design reduces e-waste and extends system lifetimes by accommodating up to 48 times bandwidth growth within the same chassis. It is certified as Titanium grade by CLEAResult® in its 80 Plus program, the first and only metro networking device power module to accomplish such a rating.
The future-proofed scale, capacity, performance and smart features of Juniper's Cloud Metro portfolio replace the traditional 3-5 year 'rip-and-replace' network lifecycles with 7-12 year lifecycles. Pay-as-you-go models and a breadth of interface options allow service providers to flex their investment economically in line with demand.
Juniper's advanced use of AI and cloud-delivered automation equips service providers to simplify day-to-day workflows, deploy services faster (with device onboarding taking just minutes instead of hours), reduce trouble tickets and accelerate time-to-service (and therefore revenue) restoration. This significantly improves productivity, empowering network engineers and operators to accomplish more, which is critical for employee satisfaction and retention.
The new solutions also deliver up to 71 percent lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by leveraging the latest generation of silicon, industry-leading system design and AI-enabled Device Onboarding-as-a-Service. Zero Trust security is built-in rather than bolted-on, while active service assurance is embedded to deliver proactive service testing, monitoring and remediation.
Solution News Overview:
- Juniper Paragon™ Automation as a Service ¹ is the industry's only AI-enabled, cloud-delivered automation portfolio for metro networks, delivering immediate time-to-service value from months to minutes and reduced Mean Time to Know (MTTK) and Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).
- Juniper AI-Enabled Device Onboarding-as-a-Service is the first-use case to be launched leveraging Juniper Paragon Automation as a Service, driving real business outcomes by significantly reducing device onboarding times.
- Juniper Networks™ ACX7000 Family² products are sustainable, high-performance systems leveraging unique design and adaptive power innovations that deliver up to 77 percent lower power consumption, up to 64 percent better space efficiencies and 4-7 years longer system lifetime than leading competitive products available today. The portfolio also delivers the industry's fastest router line card, highest 400GE density and fabric capacity per slot, up to 21.6 Tbps with 54x400GE ports, ready for 800G and beyond.
- Juniper Paragon Active Assurance³ test agents are embedded in JUNOS® OS Evolved, available in all ACX7000 models. This turns the cloud metro network into a distributed sensor for assuring user experience proactively which removes the need for additional, standalone probe hardware to be deployed. Additionally, with the new capability of emulating 5G UE/gNB, service providers can now simulate traffic for both the control plane and user plane, ensuring each 5G network slice meets expected SLA.
- Zero Trust Security⁴ principles and the threat detection, analysis and prevention fundamentals of Juniper's Connected Security portfolio have been applied throughout the Juniper Cloud Metro solution. Unique cryptographic digital identities are implemented with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0) across the Cloud Metro IP services fabric, enabling device attestation and RFC-compliant secure zero-touch provisioning (sZTP). In addition, file encryption and MACsec are implemented to protect data at rest and data in transit. This holistic approach to trust is further enhanced by Paragon's ability to automatically validate the security deployment and operation across a network of ACX 7000 devices.
- Juniper Networks 400G ZR/ZR+ optics⁵ co-developed to reduce service provider costs by consolidating IP and optical layers with coherent pluggable optics, which eliminates an entire layer of DWDM transponder terminals by integrating 400G ZR/ZR+ Digital Coherent Optics (DCO). These optics fully comply with industry specifications from OpenZR+ and OIF.
Supporting Quotes
"In a world of "retro metros", Juniper's new Cloud Metro solution stands apart. Our cloud-delivered Paragon Automation-as-a-Service promises immediate productivity increases for service providers. Instead of building complex, time-consuming "DIY" automation solutions, they are empowered to focus on assuring service experiences for their customers. By extending our proven AI solution to the service provider WAN, we can Improve productivity for customer operations teams by dramatically reducing trouble tickets and increasing network availability. And our extended ACX7000 Family delivers the most secure, assured, scalable and intelligent Cloud Metro portfolio on the market. This is the answer to service provider needs for a sustainable future for their profits, their people and the planet."
- Brendan Gibbs, Senior Vice President of Automated WAN Solutions, Juniper Networks
"Digital transformation is moving into its next phase which is all about transforming operational technology (OT) and driving the distributed delivery of new applications and use cases based on emerging technologies such as AI and AR. The metro edge is key to supporting the massive data, real-time performance and sustainability demands that this new era of OT transformation is bringing. This important industry shift requires the re-imagining and re-engineering of the metro network and Juniper is showing leadership here in its Cloud Metro portfolio. Service providers that want to deliver reliable, secure and high-performing services at the metro edge with a sustainable business model should pay close attention."
- Caroline Chappell, Research Director, Cloud Practice, Analysys Mason
"Our metro connectivity services across more than 260 major cities around the world meet our customers' need for secure, scalable and high-performance networking. We experience continuous demand for secure connectivity and expect to see double-digit traffic growth on our network, as we continue to provide the great experience our customers require. We're long-term supporters of Juniper's vision for high-performance, scalable IP networking and are excited to see the significant enhancements and innovation featured in their Cloud Metro portfolio that can bring more benefits for our customers in the future."
- Don MacNeil, Chief Operating Officer, GTT Communications
"We are excited that the partnership between Broadcom and Juniper has delivered such a comprehensive portfolio of WAN routing platforms, all based on our leading Jericho and Qumran silicon. This announcement is especially compelling as it showcases Broadcom's Jericho 2c+ silicon enabling a 50 percent increase to the industry's highest-density 400G routing line card in a modular chassis. With market-leading 54 ports of 400G per slot at 21.6Tbps, this performance underscores the unmatched scalability and power efficiency of the product offering. We are thankful for our engineering teams."
- Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Switching Group, Broadcom
Solution Availability
¹AI-enabled Paragon Automation-as-a-Service – available 1H23
²ACX7000 Family:
- ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7509 – available now
- ACX7024 – orderable now, available Q3'22
- ACX7908, ACX7348 – orderable 1H'23
³Juniper embedded Paragon Active Assurance – available 2H'22
⁴ Built-in zero trust security with SaaS-based network trust attestation – available 1H'23
⁵Juniper 400G ZR/ZR+ optics – orderable & available Q3'22
Additional Resources
Cloud Metro Solution Page
Blog: Cloud Metro: Reimagining Metro Networks for Sustainable Business Growth
Blog: Welcome to the Future of Network Automation: Juniper Paragon Automation-as-a-Service
Blog: Reimagining Metro Architectures for the Experience-First Era
Blog: Balancing Design Choices for Sustainable Growth: Juniper ACX7000 Family
ACX7000 Family Datasheet
Solution Brief: Juniper Cloud Metro as the Experience Sensor
Solution Brief: AI-Enabled Device Onboarding as a Service
Demo: Paragon Automation as a Service Device Onboarding
About Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks is dedicated to dramatically simplifying network operations and driving superior experiences for end users. Our solutions deliver industry-leading insight, automation, security and AI to drive real business results. We believe that powering connections will bring us closer together while empowering us all to solve the world's greatest challenges of well-being, sustainability and equality. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with Juniper on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Juniper Networks, the Juniper Networks logo, Juniper, Junos, and other trademarks listed here are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Statement of Product Direction
The information on this page may contain Juniper's development and plans for future products, features, or enhancements ("SOPD Information"). SOPD Information is subject to change at any time, without notice. Juniper provides no assurances, and assumes no responsibility, that future products, features, or enhancements will be introduced. In no event should any purchase decision be based upon reliance of timeframes or specifics outlined as part of SOPD Information, because Juniper may delay or never introduce the future products, features, or enhancements.
Any SOPD Information within, or referenced or obtained from, this website by any person does not provide rise to any reliance claim, or any estoppel, against Juniper in connection with, or arising out of, any representations set forth in the SOPD Information. Juniper is not liable for any loss or damage (howsoever incurred) by any person in connection with, or arising out of, any representations set forth in the SOPD Information.
