Juniper Beyond Labs

Juniper Beyond Labs is an innovation hub for Experience-First Networking. Our global research and engineering teams work with ecosystem partners to pioneer technology focused on solving our industry’s most difficult challenges.

Experience our Juniper Beyond Labs projects, proof-of-concepts, and demos in our Executive Briefing Center in Sunnyvale, California, or visit us at tradeshows or customer forums.

Juniper Beyond Labs: One-Year Later

It's been one year since Juniper Networks launched its innovation hub, Juniper Beyond Labs. Join Raj Yavatkar, CTO, and Jai Thattil, Sr. Director of Industry and Sustainability Marketing, as they look back on the progress within Juniper Beyond Labs, the exciting pathfinding projects, customer POCs, and partnerships, and discuss what's coming up next.

 

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Our pathfinding projects

With a tenacious emphasis on experience, Juniper Beyond Labs’ pioneering research will help tame network operations complexity and provide flawless connectivity. 

Read on to discover some of the innovative pathfinding projects we’ve created to address these issues and drive all-around better connected experiences. 

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Generative AI

Juniper Beyond Labs is incorporating Generative AI for network automation, customer support, and product documentation.

Beyond Labs Energy Observability

Juniper Energy Intelligence

Our energy observability pathfinding project provides visibility into power consumption, temperature, and carbon emission at the device platform, system, and component levels.

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Quantum-safe VPN solution

Our crypto-agile, quantum-safe VPN combines enhanced security protocols with a portfolio of additional key material options from an ecosystem of partners.

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RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)

An open and interoperable RIC platform facilitates integration among partners in 5G’s Open RAN ecosystem. This Juniper Beyond Labs project onboards both Juniper and third-party rApps/xApps to enable new mobility business models, personalize service experiences, and help optimize CapEx and OpEx.

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Open RAN SMO

Deliver end-to-end network slicing and support for prescribed SLAs with Open RAN Service Management and Orchestration (SMO). Our focus is on supporting multi-cloud, multidomain, and multitenant deployment models, meeting Open RAN SMO requirements, and supporting Open RAN interfaces and 3GPP Network Slicing Management Functions.

Deliver end-to-end network slicing and support for prescribed SLAs with Open RAN Service Management and Orchestration (SMO). Our focus is on supporting multicloud, multi-domain, and multi-tenant deployment models; meeting Open RAN SMO requirements; and supporting Open RAN interfaces and 3GPP Network Slicing Management Functions.   

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Juniper Cloud-Native Router

Provide flexibility with 5G rollouts with Juniper Cloud-Native Router. Our software-based router takes full advantage of container economics and operational efficiencies.

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Juniper Cloud Interlink

Securely connect applications across public cloud, colocation, and on-premises locations.

Ecosystem strength

Juniper Beyond Labs puts the best minds in the business to work in an ecosystem-wide collaborative effort. Together, we’re building and delivering solutions that enable our customers to architect, deploy, and manage networks with breakthrough levels of openness, intelligence, automation, and sustainability.

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Juniper Beyond Labs FAQs

What is Juniper Beyond Labs?

Juniper Beyond Labs is an innovation hub for Experience-First Networking. Our global research and engineering teams work with ecosystem partners to pioneer technology focused on solving our industry’s most difficult challenges. Our projects span across AI, Quantum Communications, 5G and Beyond, and Sustainability.

Why was Juniper Beyond Labs created?

Juniper has always been an innovative company. However, the need for innovative ideas and solutions in our industry is not slowing down. In fact, it is accelerating as new technologies like AI, quantum computing, and cloud-native virtualization are rapidly changing the pace of business and shaping the future of our industry while the growing focus on sustainability has already begun to influence customer buying decisions. Therefore, Juniper launched Juniper Beyond Labs, an innovation center focused on researching next-generation technology, looking beyond our next generation of products.

How can I engage with Juniper Beyond Labs?

You can experience Juniper Beyond Labs in our Executive Briefing Center in Sunnyvale, CA. Here, you can meet with our Juniper Beyond Labs team, view our pathfinding projects and demos, and provide feedback regarding our strategy. You can also engage with us at tradeshows and customer events.

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Juniper Beyond Labs unveiled

Juniper announces a new initiative driven by its CTO organization and focused on innovation for next-generation, exploratory, and sustainable networking technology.

May 16, 2023

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At a glance

Discover how Juniper Beyond Labs is pioneering new research with a global community of partners to bring a better networking experience to everyone.

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Inside the ‘B’

Since our inception, Juniper has focused on scaling, securing, and automating networks. Learn how Juniper Beyond Labs is accelerating innovation to transform network experiences and improve sustainability for all operators.

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