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Highlights
- Juniper Networks Inc., a global network equipment OEM, sought to transform the network architecture across its metro, enterprise, and data center implementations to have optimal networking solutions.
- TCS supported Juniper Networks in terms of design validation, system tests (platforms, scale, performance), and automation of various network topologies.
- Juniper tested architectures for building networks with well-documented capabilities and product/software release guidance.
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Overview
In collaboration with TCS, Juniper Networks developed pre-configured and ready-to-deploy solutions in Juniper Validated Designs (JVDs).
JVD is a cross-functional collaboration between Juniper solution architects and the TCS testing teams to develop coherent multidimensional solutions for domain-specific use cases. The JVD team comprises of industry technical leaders with extensive experience supporting complex customer use cases. The scenarios selected for validation are based on industry standards to solve critical business needs, with practical designs fully supported at publication.
JVDs provide:
- Correct data for qualified deployments
- Proper infrastructure for risk mitigation
- Predictability for all documented solutions
Challenge
JVD sought to transform the network architecture across its metro, enterprise, and data center implementations to have optimal networking solutions.
Fulfilling these requirements presents different challenges for professionals at all levels:
- Need assurances about reliability, scale, and cost efficiency—all of which depend on operational simplicity.
- Architects need to determine the right solution to meet the executive requirements with minimal implementation risks and decide which products fit the solution design.
- Network engineers and operators must find ways to implement solutions with minimal complexity and risk, determining best practices for solutions that minimize the operational overhead of transitioning to new products and technologies.
Solution
Juniper Networks has developed a series of solutions in JVDs in the data center and service provider areas in collaboration with TCS.
These pre-validated solutions include:
- JVD has been thoroughly tested and verified for specific use cases or industry standards. This helps minimize the risk of errors and failures caused by design flaws or configuration mistakes during deployment.
- JVD provides an optimized blueprint for the network infrastructure, ensuring it operates efficiently and meets current and future requirements.
- JVD results in improved scalability, agility, and performance.
- JVD provides a stable and well-architected foundation for the network infrastructure, which helps reduce operational costs.
- Pre-validated designs ensure better visibility into the network's performance and make it easier to identify potential bottlenecks or issues.
TCS helped Juniper Networks realize these JVDs by validating solutions at scale, ensuring quality, and providing support to increase performance, which enhanced customer experience in its pioneering effort.
Benefits
JVDs are designed to meet customer needs, using a best-practice combination of products, features, and tools.
- Validated and deployment-ready solutions and network use cases that reduce deployment time from months to days
- Operational cost savings of ~20% through test automation and accelerated defect triaging
- Design and configuration guidance has significantly reduced errors, resulting in reduced downtime
- Solution gaps identified have helped to ensure faster and more reliable deployments
With its strong engineering capabilities and deep domain knowledge, TCS helped Juniper Networks in their pioneering efforts to implement these JVDs by validating solutions, testing, automation, and ensuring the utmost quality.