Juniper extends security platform to streamline threat detection, incident response

Another benefit of Security Assurance is that it gives customers consistency in security policies across network and application layers, Spanbauer wrote.

“Without uniform policies, organizations can find themselves grappling with security gaps that cybercriminals eagerly exploit. Juniper has incorporated a security policy engine that empowers network security across its entire portfolio,” Spanbauer wrote.

“This means that previous configurations and security standards apply across all platforms and in all locations from edge to data center. This engine ensures that policies are applied consistently, from the point of connection through to the application in support of zero trust principles,” Spanbauer wrote.

The overall operational benefits of fostering collaboration between networking and security teams are immense, Spanbauer wrote.  

“With a unified approach, not only do organizations enhance their security efficacy, but they also streamline operations. Instead of running duplicate processes or allowing miscommunication to result in network outages or security lapses, the teams can work together efficiently,” Spanbauer wrote.

Read more about Juniper’s AI networking plans

• Juniper adds AI cloud services to its Apstra data center software: The announcement includes Juniper Apstra Cloud Services, a new suite of cloud-based, AI-enabled applications for the data center, and the new 5.0 version of Juniper Apstra.
• Juniper advances AI networking software with congestion control, load balancing: Juniper extended its platform with a package 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. 
• Juniper expands AI management features for wired, wireless networks: Juniper is extending its Marvis Minis to the wired network domain and increasing its ability to identify and remediate collaboration app performance issues.
• Juniper amps up AI networking plans: “Our 800GE platforms [are] designed to manage AI training workloads effectively,” said Julius Francis, senior director of product marketing and strategy for Juniper. “We are now expanding the capabilities of our 800GE platforms to cater to a wider range of WAN use cases while advancing scalable network capacity and density.”
• HPE-Juniper’s AI story resonates, but customer concerns linger: The combined company will target Cisco with a focus on AI, but HPE must address concerns about product overlap, talent retention and channel partner conflicts.
• Juniper offers AI pricing incentives, education programs: Juniper Networks is offering education programs and pricing incentives to accelerate enterprise adoption of AI-based technologies. The vendor rolled out its Blueprint for AI-Native Acceleration, which offers a variety of options that enterprise customers can use to streamline adoption, boost skills, and gain exposure to the potential commercial, technical and operational hurdles of AI.
• Juniper targets data-center management with Apstra upgrade: Apstra 4.2.0 includes intent-based analytics probes for telemetry and network visibility as well as support for HashiCorp’s Terraform network provisioning tool.