Juniper Introduces NFV Platform, Disaggregated Networking Hardware & Software

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- November 3, 2015 (NXTWORK 2015) – Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today at its inaugural NXTWORK 2015 Customer Summit announced an expansion of its Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) portfolio that enables service providers to create and automatically deploy new services faster than ever before at industry-leading scale. Juniper’s new Cloud CPE, a fully automated, end-to-end network functions virtualization solution, builds on the proven ability of Juniper Networks Contrail Networking to scale across all models – whether on-premises or in the cloud – to make service delivery from an end user’s perspective as easy as downloading a new app from iTunes.

Customers now expect networks to be on-demand, personalized, and require services to be delivered in near real-time. Today’s rigid, hardware-centric network infrastructures, however, render this impossible and it can be months before a customer receives an ordered service. As such, global service providers are looking to software-defined networking (SDN) and NFV to automate cumbersome manual tasks and increase agility in rolling out virtually managed services at the touch of a button, resulting in greater revenue-generating opportunities, lower costs and enhanced customer satisfaction.

To make this a reality, Juniper today is expanding its NFV portfolio with Cloud CPE. This includes Contrail Service Orchestration, a comprehensive management and orchestration platform to deliver and manage virtualized network services, such as virtual security, and the NFX250, the first in a series of network services platforms that can operate as secure, on-premises devices running multiple virtual network functions, from Juniper and third-parties, simultaneously.

Built with an eye toward open standards for which Juniper is known, Contrail Service Orchestration is designed to operate in multi-vendor network environments and can orchestrate the entire service lifecycle – from service design to activation – to radically improve the user experience and enable new service revenue.

The NFX250, when used as part of Juniper’s Cloud CPE solution, eliminates the operational complexities associated with deploying multiple boxes at the customer site, as it is capable of running myriad virtual functions on a single software-driven device, thereby significantly reducing cost. With this, service providers now have the ability to update network functions without having to purchase new hardware.

Juniper’s expanded technology portfolio builds upon other recently announced solutions, including Contrail Networking, Juniper Networks vSRX Virtual Firewall and the Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller, all unveiled in 2013, as well as the Juniper Networks vMX virtual router and Contrail Cloud Platform announced in 2014. With these developments, Juniper is delivering the industry’s most comprehensive virtualization portfolio to enable service scale and agility in the most open way possible.

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today unveiled at its inaugural NXTWORK 2015 Customer Summit a disaggregated version of Juniper Networks® Junos® software to provide customers with ultimate choice in data center deployment options. Through disaggregation of Junos software, customers will have the ability to deploy third-party network services or applications directly on Juniper platforms as well as have the option to program directly to Juniper systems using the supported Open Compute Project (OCP) defined software model. Juniper also introduced the Juniper Networks QFX5200 series of access switches as the first platform to run the disaggregated Junos as well as the emerging 25 and 50 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) standard. Combined, the switches and software will provide industry leading network automation and programmability, while providing flexibility in purchasing hardware separately from software with a pay-for-what-you-need software-licensing model.

Additionally, Juniper today highlighted the rapid implementation of its Juniper Networks MetaFabric™ Architecture and Juniper Networks Contrail software-defined networking (SDN) technologies across leading converged and hyper-converged stack solutions, helping customers simplify and scale their data center and cloud infrastructures, while ensuring long-term investment protection.

Disaggregated Junos Software Enables Server-Like Functionality with Most Complete Suite of Networking Services