“Now more than ever, workers are being distributed by a return to office, a lack of return to office, and you’re seeing more min-branches show up, and even homes," says Jeff Aaron, VP at Juniper Networks. The edge has become exponentially larger, and so has the edge security challenge. In this podcast, Aaron makes the case that Juniper’s SD-Branch is a product whose time has come. Industry experts have been talking about the promise for a handful of years now. The promise of a centrally orchestrated network model whereas much security and network operations could be automated as possible has continued, but it’s been a slow build. That said, the combination of a slowing economy, under-resourced IT departments, an expanding network environment and increased bandwidth needs is seemingly becoming the perfect storm needed to drive SD-Branch adoption forward in the coming year. In this interview, Aaron discusses why the timing couldn’t be better for companies to embrace SD-Branch, share what the key elements are to look for in a solution, and offer advice on how to get started. Aaron also describes a significant partner and MSP opportunity. “Branches are more important than ever,” says Aaron, adding the convergence cloud, cloud mounted solutions and AI, all make this time “more interesting” and more vital for approaches such as Juniper Networks' SD-Branch.

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