Juniper offers AI pricing incentives, education programs

Juniper’s programs offer access to a number of incentives, including: a free access point and 90-day trial of Juniper’s wireless assurance software; access to the Ops4AI Lab, hosted by Juniper, to validate performance and functionality of their AI models and workloads; free service credits that can be applied to migration services and training; and a free three-year trial of the Juniper Paragon Automation platform.

“Disparate licenses, varied terms, and unpredictable costs can hinder operational efficiency and become a significant burden,” wrote Mathias Kokot, vice president of cloud-ready data center at Juniper, in a blog about licensing. “To address these challenges, we’ve developed Enterprise Agreements (EA) that simplify the purchase, consumption, and management of software licenses and SaaS under a single, straightforward contract.” 

Customers can see discounts on essential services such as Juniper Care and Juniper Mist AI Accelerate, while consolidated procurement for multiple products and use cases simplifies the ordering process, Kokot stated. 

Juniper Validated Designs (JVD) are also part of the program. JVDs offer customers best-practice data center designs, prescriptive blueprints, and risk mitigation features – such as guides for products, features, and tools key to creating repeatable data center fabric designs – that provide the foundation required to power reliable and qualified deployments, according to Juniper. 

The Blueprint for AI-Native Acceleration is just the latest in a variety of AI-related upgrades from Juniper in recent months. Other product and company developments include:

• New features in Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform, dubbed Operations for AI (Ops4AI). The additions enable congestion control, load-balancing and management capabilities for systems controlled by the vendor’s core Junos and Juniper Apstra data center intent-based networking software.
• Marvis Minis for wireless deployments, announced in May. These work by setting up a digital twin of a customer’s network environment to simulate and test user connections, validate network configurations, and find/detect problems without requiring any additional hardware.
• Clearing an acquisition hurdle: Juniper’s pending acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise received unconditional approval from the European Commission this month. The deal is still on track to close in early 2025.