ARMONK, N.Y. and
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) and Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) today announced plans to
provide real-time network behavior insights to help customers
dramatically improve mobile experiences, address increasing
Internet of Things (IoT) application demands and uncover new
opportunities gleaned from Big Data.
IBM and Juniper Networks will work together to enable the design
and delivery of next generation high-performance network analytics
to help communications service providers (CSP) and enterprises
become more agile and efficient, reducing time to deployment and
cost, while enhancing end user application experiences.
With close to half the people on the planet connected to the
Internet, consumers today are demanding always-on innovative cloud
services and applications that are accessible across any device. As
enterprises and CSPs adapt to these new business demands, the
customer's experience is critical to the success of their business
and the connected world.
CSPs have historically focused on managing their networks with
little visibility into the impact on the customer experience.
Engineers design, manage and maintain each component of the network
based on the specialized role the component performs, which has led
to an inability to correlate network data with customer and device
information in a timely and responsive manner. Today, advanced data
acquisition and analytics are changing the game.
IBM and Juniper Networks are further delivering on their
longstanding partnership and are designing a new solution in which
Juniper Networks® MX Router Service Control Gateway (SCG) will
integrate with IBM Now Factory analytics. The new technology
integration will enable the optimization of network operations, as
well as the customization of service experience based on who is
using the network and the applications being run, taking into
account the device's capabilities and location.
"Integrating predictive analytics directly into the stream of
data processing – and embedding it into the network of CSPs – will
help to ensure the reliability of the network and improve customer
engagement," said Bob Picciano,
Senior Vice President, IBM Analytics. "Juniper Networks' focus on
cloud-based analytics complements IBM's strategy to apply analytics
capabilities to help organizations sense, predict and respond to
opportunities."
The partnership has plans to enable the following
capabilities:
- The combination of Juniper Networks MX Router SCG, Juniper
Contrail™ and IBM Now Factory will allow for complete visibility of
subscribers and VPN behaviors, for CSPs to offer scalable automated
services based on actual data.
- Juniper Networks will utilize IBM Analytics capabilities to
better understand data flows and self-configure to automatically
update and optimize network operations and the subscriber
experience whether subscribers are watching videos or using
business applications.
- IBM Analytics capabilities, such as real-time and predictive
insights, will also be integrated in Juniper Networks' Cloud
Analytic Engine (CAE) and switching solutions to enhance the
quality of experience and application performance by predicting and
remediating anomalies such as latency before they occur.
"By combining Juniper Cloud Analytics Engine and Service Control
Gateway with IBM analytics technologies, together we enable our
customers to build effective business intelligence and take
real-time actions that can optimize performance and create enhanced
service experiences," said Jonathan
Davidson, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Juniper
Development and Innovation at Juniper Networks. "These analytics
capabilities will deliver new levels of insight into the behavior
and performance of our enterprise and service provider customers'
applications and networks."
This new initiative will leverage IBM Now Factory, InfoSphere
BigInsights for Hadoop, InfoSphere Streams, Cognos, PureData for
Analytics, Watson Analytics and SPSS capabilities. IBM Analytics
capabilities will be marketed by Juniper Networks as an integral
component of its carrier grade routers, switches, firewalls and SDN
solutions. In addition, IBM's QRadar continues to deliver
integrated security intelligence and vulnerability management for
Juniper clients.
About IBM
For more information on IBM's analytics
initiatives, please visit: http://www.ibm.com/analytics
About Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR)
delivers innovation across routing, switching and security. From
the network core down to consumer devices, Juniper Networks'
innovations in software, silicon and systems transform the
experience and economics of networking. Additional information can
be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with
Juniper on Twitter and Facebook.
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