Juniper makes the WAN Edge easier to deploy, manage and secure
By MYBRANDBOOK
Customers and partners of Juniper Networks can now fully deploy, configure and operate the company’s unique Session Smart Router (SSR) technology via the Mist cloud and AI engine. This represents a major step forward in the Juniper AI-driven enterprise across wired access, wireless access and SD-WAN domains.
In addition, Juniper has expanded the already robust security capabilities of the Juniper SSR portfolio with enhanced IDS/IPS and URL filtering capabilities and made it easier to get SSR up and running with new cloud-ready appliances with Zero Touch Provisioning. With these new AI-driven SD-WAN capabilities brought to market, Juniper has raised the bar for ease of deployment, secure operations and troubleshooting in WAN edge environments.
“Juniper is executing on a simple vision – AI-driven operations deliver the best user experiences from client to cloud,” said Sudheer Matta, VP of products at Juniper. “Nowhere is this more important than in the WAN edge, so Juniper has put considerable energy into advancing the first truly AI-driven SD-WAN solution born in the modern cloud. SSR is key to this mission, as it brings unique simplicity, scale, security and performance to WAN edge environments. Combined with our award-winning wireless and wired portfolios driven by Mist AI, this enables the best end-to-end experiences across the board.”
Shortly after the acquisition of 128 Technology, Juniper brought AI-driven operations to SSR with the launch of the Juniper Mist WAN Assurance cloud service. This lowered the cost of Day 2+ SD-WAN operations with powerful AI-driven features like service level expectations (SLEs), predictive insights, anomaly detection and automated troubleshooting. In addition, Juniper’s AI-powered virtual network assistant, Marvis, was extended to cover SSR, helping IT teams quickly identify and fix network issues using natural language queries, often before users even know they exist.
Juniper is now completing the AI-driven SD-WAN vision by adding day 0/1 SSR operations into the Mist Cloud. This includes many of the configuration elements found in the current on-prem Session Smart Conductor, such as the definition and enforcement of routing and security policies, peer path configuration and more. By fully integrating SSR with the Mist Cloud and AI engine, customers and partners have all the tools necessary for full lifecycle management of the entire branch networking stack, with centralized operations and self-driving actions to optimize user experiences and lower costs.
Furthermore, to simplify the procurement and onboarding of branch sites, Juniper is launching a new series of SSR-branded appliances that are fully operated from the Mist Cloud. These new SSR hardware devices provide simplified procurement and deployment with Zero Touch Provisioning via a claim code. By leveraging the same procurement process as wired and wireless access switches, Juniper delivers a simple, seamless solution for the “pop-up” branch.
The SSR series of appliances includes the SSR120 and SSR130, which provide small and medium branch platforms with multiple WAN link options, including LTE, as well as the SSR1000 line, which is positioned for head-end, data center and cloud deployments.
The SSR solution has always stood out in the SD-WAN space for its zero-trust stance on networking – i.e., no traffic is passed unless SSR policies are met (bidirectionally). Today, Juniper is adding even more security to the SSR solution with a new Branch Security Pack, an add-on SKU to the base SSR package that adds URL Filtering and Intrusion Detection/Prevention System (IDS/IPS). This is achieved without the need for additional security appliances, saving customers and partners in both capital and operational investments.
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