The wide-area network (WAN) has been business-critical for decades, but in many ways, the architecture hasn’t changed dramatically – until recently. The shift to cloud application workloads is accelerating as
At Juniper Networks, we have been leading the data center design conversation for many years. From Spanning Tree Protocol (STP or xSTP) and MC-LAG to leaf-and-spine IP fabrics and network
Experience-First Networking is Here Juniper Networks’ campus and branch customers recognize the value of real AIOps. From five of the Fortune/Global 10, to the top university in the world, to
Operations are your platform for progress in IT. Moving from build-to-run activities isn’t always glamorous, but it keeps value flowing throughout an organization. Typically, operational work is thought of as
As network engineers, we are repeatedly encouraged to “Design security in from day one”— especially in this age of increasingly large and damaging breaches. It’s easy to say “Design security
In a previous blog on Getting Started with Modern Data Center Fabrics, we discussed the common modern data center (DC) architecture of an IP fabric to provide base connectivity, overlaid
It’s human nature to choose the path of least resistance, as we’re most comfortable with what we already know. Take the example of, “No one ever got fired for buying
Everyone Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth? It’s that time again. The one when we’re thinking about the upcoming year based on any intelligence we’ve been
If someone could arrange a competition between different physical network topologies, the spine-and-leaf fabric would reign as the undisputed champion in many ways. What is different about the spine-and-leaf that
In a previous blog on Getting Started with Modern Data Center Fabrics, we discussed the common modern DC architecture of an IP fabric to provide base connectivity, overlaid with EVPN-VXLAN