AI-Native Networking Platform provides managed providers with unique visibility from fabric to GPU, assured network performance for AI workloads, and best-in-class security
Juniper Networks, a prominent leader in secure, AI-native networking, has unveiled a cutting-edge solution tailored for neocloud, traditional service providers, and AI cloud providers. This innovative offering is designed to streamline the deployment and management of GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) and AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) platforms, expediting time-to-market, simplifying operations, and reducing associated costs. The solution ensures high-performance data center networks optimized for multi-tenant environments, marking the latest addition to Juniper’s Networks for AI portfolio. This launch comes as Juniper experiences significant momentum in the AI data center sector, with global enterprises seeking top-tier switching, routing, security, and automated operations solutions.
In today’s competitive landscape, enterprises are increasingly turning to neocloud, traditional service providers, and AI cloud providers for on-demand AI services. This approach not only reduces costs but also accelerates time-to-market. These providers offer optimized infrastructures that enhance performance and provide competitive pricing. By adopting a pay-as-you-go model for high-cost hardware like GPUs, they make AI development more accessible. Known for their agility and responsiveness, these providers deliver state-of-the-art AI technologies with enhanced flexibility and customization. Additionally, some prioritize data sovereignty and privacy, catering to organizations with stringent regulatory requirements.
Juniper’s comprehensive solution offers a robust and secure framework for deploying highly optimized, cost-effective, multi-tenant cloud-based AI services. It facilitates high-performance, scalable, and secure networks for AI applications, including training and inference with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). Designed for rapid deployment and ease of management, it provides AI cloud providers with a competitive edge in time-to-market. The solution integrates QFX Series Switches, PTX Series Routers, and SRX Series Firewalls, all managed through Juniper Apstra® data center assurance software and Mist AI™.
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Key benefits of this solution include:
Automation Enhances Deployment and Simplifies Operations
By combining intent-based networking with Mist AI, Juniper streamlines Day 0/1/2+ operations, potentially reducing ongoing costs by up to 85% and achieving up to a tenfold decrease in deployment time. Integration with Red Hat® OpenShift® further amplifies automation benefits within Kubernetes environments.
Zero Trust Security and Multi-Tenancy Safeguard Users and Data
Juniper’s Zero Trust Data Center Security portfolio, coupled with EVPN VXLAN capabilities in its switches, offers robust multi-tenancy features. This combination protects AI infrastructures, models, and sensitive data from both internal and external threats. The SRX 4700 next-generation firewall, a power-efficient 1U device tailored for service providers, cloud providers, and large enterprises, delivers industry-leading firewall throughput of up to 1.4 Tbps. It also supports 400 Gbps interfaces with wire-speed MACsec to ensure data in motion remains secure.
Validated Solutions Instill Confidence
Through Juniper’s Ops4AI Lab, managed providers can test and validate their AI models before deployment across diverse networking, compute, and storage platforms and configurations. Additionally, Juniper Validated Designs (JVDs) are available for multi-vendor AI blueprints, incorporating technologies from NVIDIA, AMD, Weka, and VAST. These resources provide assurance and expedite the deployment of GPUaaS and AIaaS solutions.
Open Flexibility Prevents Vendor Lock-In
Juniper offers a unique multi-vendor solution for data center fabric management and automation, ensuring maximum design flexibility and ease of management. Its distinctive capabilities optimize AI workload performance over Ethernet, enabling providers to utilize open, proven technologies and products, thereby avoiding vendor lock-in. With a roadmap leading to 1.6 Tbps per port switches and multi-vendor support for GPU-agnostic systems, Juniper’s approach reduces costs, accelerates innovation, enhances design flexibility, and mitigates supply chain challenges.
Sustained Momentum in AI Data Centers
As a pioneer in AI-native networking and technologies, Juniper’s strategic focus on “Networks for AI” has resulted in notable market success. Being the first among original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to deliver 800G Ethernet switches, Juniper now holds a commanding 49% share of the 800G OEM market, as reported by the 650 Group’s Q1-Q3 2024 revenue shipment report published in December 2024. With AI-optimized solutions, the Open4AI Lab, and dedicated customer support, Juniper continues to secure numerous AI data center clients. Its AI data center solutions are empowering networks ranging from the world’s largest AI cloud providers, equipped with hundreds of thousands of GPUs, to enterprise-level deployments.
