Weekly Wrap for Nov. 15, 2019
Plus, Juniper tackles network monitoring, analytics, and troubleshooting, and Dell Technologies embraces an on-demand pricing model
Juniper enhances its Mist AI platform and launches a new Contrail Insights option; and Dell gives customers three ways to pay.
Juniper Guns for Cisco, Aruba With Mist AI
Juniper Targets VMware, Data Center Complexity With Contrail Insights
Michael Dell: The Future of Tech Is Autonomous
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript
Today is November 15, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure.
This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution.
Juniper Networks extended its Mist artificial intelligence engine to wired networks in a move that bolsters its competitive position against similar platforms from rivals Cisco and Aruba.
The Mist platform now provides AI-powered service assurance to both wireless and wired networks within an enterprise.
It does this by feeding switch telemetry data into the Mist microservices-based cloud and AI engine that can measure the user experience and provide performance metrics for IoT endpoints.
It can also detect anomalies and proactively alert administrators when there is a deviation in switch performance.
The wired integration also allows the AI engine to identify root cause of wired and wireless problems and can automate the remediation process.
The launch is Juniper’s first step into what it calls the AI-driven enterprise space that will use AI and automation to troubleshoot and self-correct across the entire IT environment.
The company explained that this means that wireless access, wired access, data centers, SD-WAN, and security will overlap in an IT environment.
A Juniper executive also noted that the company’s Mist platform has captured large customers from rivals Cisco and Aruba, including the Orlando VA Medical Center, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, and the University of Texas at Dallas.
Juniper this week also launched its Contrail Insights platform that tackles network monitoring, analytics, and troubleshooting to deal with growing complexity within private cloud data centers.
The platform integrates real-time and historical data, troubleshooting analysis, and overlay and underlay correlation.
Customers can then use machine learning to see the entire data center and identify localized issues,