Juniper Networks is enabling enterprises to modernize networks with AI-Native Networking, leveraging AI and cloud-native technologies to ensure top-tier connectivity, delivering superior experiences for users and operators alike.
Steven Blees, Enterprise Sales Director Benelux at Juniper Networks, said: “Users expect a personalized experience, combined with IT teams needing seamless operations. Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform, built on AIOps, cloud-native architecture, and microservices, takes a unique approach to optimize and simplify connectivity, revolutionizing the network experience for operators and users alike.”
He further highlighted that Juniper is committed to enhancing the network experience for users, operators, and organizations by advancing AI for networking and networking for AI.
With AI for networking, solutions like Mist AI and Marvis automate tasks, predict issues, and optimize performance to ensure reliability and efficiency. Networking for AI focuses on building scalable, high-performance infrastructures that support AI workloads, enabling seamless data processing and real-time analytics. Together, these approaches deliver smarter, faster, and more resilient network operations for users, operators, and organizations.
Optimizing network experience with AI-Native approach
The foundation of improving network experience is optimizing connectivity. For example, a one-hour disruption at Amazon’s fulfillment centers could result in $34 million in lost sales, illustrating the importance of stable connectivity. This principle applies across sectors such as healthcare, where stable connection can be mission-critical for patients, or higher education where the network is essential to deliver continuous connectivity for students, researchers, and teaching staff.
Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform aims to provide reliable and secure connectivity for all devices, users, applications, and assets. It integrates campus, branch, and data center networking solutions through a common AI engine and Marvis™ Virtual Network Assistant (VNA), offering deep insights, automated troubleshooting and end-to-end AI Operations (AIOps). AIOps enables better network connections, enhanced user experiences, and simplified operations. By extending AIOps across all network domains, from users to applications, Juniper addresses network disruptions and minimizes application downtime.
The platform also empowers customers and partners to fully leverage Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), offering higher throughput, lower latency, extended range, and enhanced reliability. The new Juniper Secure AI-Native Edge solution, with a new Security Assurance product, combining Juniper AI-Native and cloud-native network operations with the industry’s leading efficacy security solution. By integrating best-in-class network and security operations together under a single cloud and Mist AI™ engine, customers and partners can detect diagnose and resolve network threats faster and more effectively. The result is a holistic solution that strengthens collaboration between IT and security teams, enhancing both operational efficiency and security across various environments.
Driving AI-Native Networking solutions for campus and branch
With the rise of generative AI, the application of AI has expanded across industries, leading to significant changes in the networking field. Having cloud-native and AI-Native managed services is a key differentiator for our partner community with customers pursuing digital transformation.
“Many clients are prioritizing AI in their business strategies to enhance IT infrastructure operations and competitiveness”, said Blees. He continued: “Proven in numerous customer cases, Juniper solutions can preventatively identify and resolve issues before disruptions occur, making network operations more reliable and allowing businesses to focus on their core purpose.”
Juniper demonstrates its leadership in AI-Native Networking with a diverse portfolio of customers worldwide, spanning multiple industries and regions. Organizations such as Dartmouth College, UZ Leuven, citizenM, Korian, ServiceNow, and The University of Oxford rely on Juniper’s AI-Native Networking solutions to transform their operations. These deployments reflect Juniper’s commitment to delivering its innovative approach that enhances performance, efficiency, and user experience across education, healthcare, hospitality, and corporate sectors, to name just a few.
Simplifying and accelerating AI-Native Networking deployment
Juniper recently announced its unique Blueprint for AI-Native Acceleration to streamline and accelerate each stage of adoption of the company’s leading AI-Native Networking Platform. The comprehensive package includes free training, platform trials, flexible licensing for simplified purchasing, and expert support services, allowing customers to realize the value of Juniper’s networking and security portfolio quickly, even with limited resources.
Blees emphasized: “While customers can manage migrations themselves, they often lack sufficient resources or time, which is why our Blueprint for AI-Native Acceleration focuses on swift and accurate migrations. The Blueprint’s expert support services enable customers to move forward with consulting-based designs, mitigating risks and uncertainties.”
The Blueprint is designed for gradual implementation over three years, beginning with small-scale pilots to familiarize teams with AI-Native Networks, supporting AI network design and deployment through AI acceleration services, and sustaining operations with AI Care Services.
Additionally, the Blueprint includes various training programs and Juniper Validated Designs (JVD) to support faster adoption of AI-Native Networks. Customers have reported realizing returns on investment nine times faster by utilizing Juniper’s best practices and implementation guides in the JVD.
Blees concluded, “Juniper is committed to advancing AI-driven operational stability in software whilst driving innovation for optimized, high-performance infrastructure in hardware. Our ongoing developments in AI for networking and networking for AI are reshaping the industry, delivering a superior network experience for users, operators and organizations, helping them to excel in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.”