It’s no secret that managing WAN networks can be difficult. Challenges include complex operations, inability to scale, and siloed network and security management. Not to mention, needing to ensure that every end user experience is exceptional—without having the right tools to quickly find and fix the root cause.
That was the old way of networking.
Now, Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform provides end-to-end assurance across all networking domains with common, cloud-hosted AI Operations (AIOps), simplifying network operations and enabling every experience to be reliable, measurable, and secure. Juniper’s platform leverages the right data from all network users and devices to provide the right real-time response so operators can quickly remediate problems. And the platform enables reliable performance at scale, powered by the right cloud-native and API-connected secure infrastructure.
Today, we announced several exciting advancements to our AI-Native Networking Platform that leverage the benefits of AI to further simplify the management of secure branch offices. We’ve expanded Juniper Mist WAN Assurance, Premium Analytics, and the Marvis® Virtual Network Assistant (VNA) to deliver simple, seamless, and secure SD-WAN and SASE experiences. Furthermore, we launched a new Routing Assurance product that is the first in the industry to bring AI-Native automation and insights to traditional edge-routing topologies.
Let’s take a closer look at these AI-Native innovations.
Improving operator and end user SD-WAN experiences with proactive AIOps
We’re further simplifying SD-WAN management with Marvis Minis for SD-WAN and new WAN Assurance capabilities, including a new Service Level Expectation (SLE) for monitoring congestion, Dynamic Packet Capture (dPCAP), and Application Routing Insights.
Marvis Minis, the industry’s first AI-Native digital experience twin, now covers the full stack campus and branch: wireless, wired, and SD-WAN. Marvis Minis for SD-WAN performs always-on, automated speed tests to ensure that the network is delivering as promised—even if users aren’t present. Now operators can resolve SD-WAN issues before users even connect.
New WAN Assurance capabilities also empower IT teams to provide exceptional experiences for end users. For example, the new congestion monitoring SLE informs operators of network interface utilization and alerts them if interfaces are being over-utilized and causing poor user experiences.
Additionally, Dynamic Packet Capture, which is already well appreciated among Juniper Mist Wireless customers, is now available for SD-WAN. Dynamic Packet Capture automatically performs packet captures when error events occur, so operators have detailed visibility for troubleshooting. This eliminates the need to reproduce issues or track down needle-in-a-haystack problems.
And finally, Application Routing Insights offer network operators a user-friendly visualization of the traffic traversing the SD-WAN, enabling them to identify bandwidth-intensive applications and ensure that all traffic is routed correctly.
These enhancements provide greater visibility into SD-WAN performance, reduce troubleshooting time for network operators, and enable reliable network performance.
Integrated SASE insights simplify security/network management and speed up threat response times
The new security insights dashboard within the Premium Analytics product strengthens security by enabling teams to quickly identify issues and rapidly respond to threats. This dashboard expands on Juniper’s SASE solution, which enables seamless SSE integrations with Juniper SD-WAN through Mist Secure Edge Connectors. With integrated insights and an auditing dashboard, security and networking teams can work better together—simplifying workflows and improving efficiency and agility while reducing operating costs.
Industry-leading AIOps meet WAN routing
Juniper Mist Routing Assurance brings high-performing MX Series Routers (starting with MX204 and MX304) and ACX7024 under the Mist umbrella. This latest Mist expansion provides customers with a unified cloud-native management experience and the industry’s leading AIOps solution across every networking domain.
The MX and ACX Series are versatile and high-performing WAN Edge Routers that help organizations meet their sustainability goals by reducing power consumption for high performance. With Routing Assurance, customers can easily onboard routers and proactively detect and remediate routing issues before they impact performance and end-user experiences. And the Marvis Virtual Network Assistant for routing transforms how network operators interact with the WAN by enabling faster documentation search, improved performance degradation troubleshooting, and recommended actions for remediation.
With these SD-WAN, WAN, and security enhancements, organizations benefit from simplified operations, streamlined workflows for increased productivity, and assured end user experiences. Complex and disparate WAN and security management tools, reactive and time-consuming troubleshooting, and prolonged performance issues are now challenges of the past.
Learn more about how Juniper is leading the industry in AI-Native Networking at one of our AI-Native Now virtual events.
