Automation is key to assuring the best end-to-end user experiences across the wireless LAN, wired LAN, and SD-WAN.

This starts with programmability; whereby automated scripts facilitate the deployment and management of devices and policies. Juniper Mist leads in this area with a 100% open and programmable cloud-hosted platform. For example, if wireless service levels fall below a certain threshold, proactive actions can be made using the Juniper Mist solution, with instant notification to the proper IT personnel. The “holy grail” of client-to-cloud automation is AI-driven Operations (i.e. AIOps). The Juniper solution uses award-winning Mist AI to bring unparalleled automation to the campus and branch, including event correlation across the LAN and WAN, proactive anomaly detection, dynamic packet captures when issues occur, and even self-driving network operations where the infrastructure can adapt to changing conditions in real time.

The value of Automation can be seen in Day 2+ operational benefit — that’s where you will see the biggest benefit and cost savings. IT automation is effective when driven through the entire lifecycle. Day 0 design must be aligned with Day 2 operations, and thus your teams can understand how the network should function, and how to address problems when they arise. In the data center, intent-based networking sets the way that the network fabric should behave, and the software automatically translates those requirements to configure the fabric accordingly. This configuration is a single source of truth that becomes a powerful operational tool for visualization, analytics, insights, troubleshooting, and closed-loop assurance.

End-to-end, intent-based, infrastructure management creates a framework for change — the architect defines the intent, and the network adds, moves, and changes as needed to support new services.

 “Automating our Juniper network has improved our service velocity. With smaller, more agile teams, we’re getting more done in the same amount of time.” — Paul Arsenault Manager of Network Architecture, BlackBerry.

As our industry transitions to 5G and Cloud, we can see how important it is for network operators to not just keep pace with, but to exceed customer expectations. Doing so requires network operators to adopt an automation led approach that simplifies operations and guarantees service quality. Juniper Paragon provides such a solution, as it augments network operations for greater efficiency and actively assures service quality for a better customer experience.

“Orange Poland is constantly evaluating ways to improve the performance and reliability of our network. By implementing Juniper’s intelligent network automation tools in our core network, we can deliver savings in network operations, mitigate network incidents, and better deploy network resources – a vital consideration for our move to 5G.” — Witold Konopka, Director of WAN Transport, Orange Poland.