How Mist Integration with Google's Cloud WAN Solution Transforms Campus and Branch Networks

Introduction

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0:04 MUNINDER SAMBI: Welcome, everyone.

0:06 My name is Muninder Singh Sambi.

0:07 I'm the vice president of Cloud Networking here at Google Cloud.

0:11 We are super excited about extending Cross-Cloud Network

0:14 to the enterprise, where customers can now

0:17 use their traditional branch transformation

0:19 and use Google Cloud WAN.

0:21 More importantly, we are entering a very transformative

0:24 AI era, and every enterprise is thinking

0:27 about an AI strategy, a data management strategy, a cloud

0:31 strategy.

0:31 And most importantly, we need to have a network strategy as well.

0:36 And that's where exactly Google Cloud WAN gets introduced.

0:40 It's a fully managed, globally available, reliable WAN

0:43 solution.

0:44 It's built on our performance-optimized network.

0:47 It has built-in security.

0:49 And we can't do it alone.

0:51 We have to integrate and bring in the best-of-breed

0:54 cloud-native ISV ecosystem.

0:56 And for that, I'm here with Sujai Hajela,

0:59 EVP at Juniper Networks.

1:00 Welcome, Sujai.

1:01 SUJAI HAJELA: Hey, Muninder.

1:02 How are you doing?

1:03 MUNINDER SAMBI: I am doing really good.

1:04 SUJAI HAJELA: Thank you for inviting me

1:06 for, frankly, this great opportunity.

1:07 MUNINDER SAMBI: Thank you for being here.

Juniper Mist: Delivering Exceptional End-User Experiences

1:09 Now Sujai, as I start, our audience

1:12 would like to know about Juniper Mist.

1:14 SUJAI HAJELA: Absolutely, Muninder.

1:16 This journey started when we both were actually

1:18 working together at our previous employer, if you remember.

1:21 And there, we pretty much designed and sold the largest

1:25 networks on the planet.

1:27 But one of the common concerns we

1:29 used to hear from the customer is, OK, I've

1:31 just deployed this network.

1:32 How do you assure my end-user experience?

1:36 Muninder, remember they would say, how do I

1:38 know that in a retail store, when my associate is

1:42 trying to scan a price, I'm able to get this in real time?

1:46 How do I know, at a health care system

1:48 where an ICU room may have up to 12 to 14 sensors

1:52 connected on wireless, that all the sensors are working?

1:56 So fundamentally, Juniper Mist philosophy was based on the fact

2:00 that we simply say, a network being

2:03 up is not the same as an end user--

2:06 a Muninder, a Stacey--

2:08 having a good experience on that network.

2:10 And that is what was foundational to the philosophy

2:14 of Juniper Mist.

2:15 And that is what allowed us to-- we

2:18 call it unleash the network for the next decade, which

2:21 fundamentally relied on cloud-native, AI-native

2:26 architecture.

2:26 MUNINDER SAMBI: What does AI have to do with networking?

The Power of AI in Networking

2:29 And how can AI actually-- we've built networks

2:31 for many years, many decades.

2:34 What is so powerful in AI that customers were not

2:37 able to get value in the past?

2:40 SUJAI HAJELA: So I look at it in very simple English.

2:42 My definition when I'm talking to my kids also

2:46 is, AI is all about, how can you make a machine think a human?

2:52 It's a pretty ambitious goal.

2:54 If I really start phasing it out for what

2:56 it means for the network, it's about automation.

3:00 It's about garnering key insights.

3:02 It's about assurance.

3:04 So that's the way I would capsulize the AI

3:08 definition in my opinion.

3:09 MUNINDER SAMBI: But you also used a very unique term

3:11 that got my attention--

3:13 AI-native.

AI-Native: Building Networks for the Future

3:14 We hear AI, we know what the value AI has to provide.

3:17 Can you explain to our viewers what does AI-native mean?

3:20 And as you were building Juniper Mist from the start, what

3:24 were those key principles that you kept in mind to make sure

3:27 that this stack that you're building

3:28 is built for AI, built for AI nativeness?

3:30 SUJAI HAJELA: There are two questions there.

3:32 First I would like to talk about AI-native, the way we define it,

3:35 but then we'll bring it home.

3:37 We will make it real.

3:39 We'll talk about the Juniper Mist philosophy

3:41 and how we brought it home-- and, frankly, why we are here

3:44 today, because we see the Google Cloud WAN playing a huge role

3:49 in that transformation.

3:50 So if you look at the AI-native platform,

3:54 we fundamentally break it down into three things.

3:56 The first thing is the right data.

3:59 You need to make sure that you are getting

4:02 the information and the telemetry

4:04 from various parts of the network

4:07 reliably, securely, and at low latency.

4:10 Once you get this right data, the second key part,

4:14 which is critical, is the right infrastructure.

4:17 What is the infrastructure which can

4:19 take in this rich set of data?

4:22 And then last but not the least is the right responses.

4:26 You've got the right infrastructure,

4:28 which is bringing in this data from the various data platforms.

4:32 And then last but not the least, how do you make sense out of it?

4:35 And that is where the right responses come into play.

4:38 Now, I spoke about right data, right infrastructure,

4:42 and right responses.

4:43 But Muninder, now let's make it real.

4:45 We started Mist because we sincerely felt up

4:48 is not the same as good.

4:49 How many networks have we transformed together, Muninder?

4:52 You and I have been working on this for a long time, yes.

4:55 And one of the key things which we noticed is, you know what?

4:58 A network being up does not mean that a Muninder or a Stacey

5:04 is having a good experience on their collaboration application.

5:07 Imagine you're freezing when you're talking

5:10 to a customer on Google.

5:11 You don't want that.

5:12 MUNINDER SAMBI: Nobody likes it.

5:13 SUJAI HAJELA: Exactly.

5:14 So what we fundamentally decided is

5:16 that we will focus on end-user experience.

5:19 To get that focus of end-user experience into a product

5:22 we had to leverage a platform which

5:26 had the right data, right infrastructure,

5:28 and right responses, hence Mist.

5:31 That is how it was formed.

5:32 MUNINDER SAMBI: Wow.

5:33 I like two things that you just mentioned.

5:35 Up does not mean good.

5:36 I think a lot of our customers, as they

5:38 think about even networking and network connectivity,

5:40 can connect that with Google Cloud WAN.

5:43 But it's good to know this was not something

5:45 that you built now, but ever since you started the company,

5:49 this was some of your design principles

5:51 of getting the right data, making sure

5:53 that the data is available, and the right infrastructure,

5:56 and then tying it back into that autonomous behavior

5:59 that you talked about, being AI-native.

6:01 Extremely, very powerful for our customers.

6:03 And yes, Sujai, we don't like our chats to freeze.

6:06 Of course we don't like it.

6:07 Nobody likes it.

6:08 It impacts directly employee productivity.

Branch Transformation Made Simple with Juniper Mist

6:09 SUJAI HAJELA: Exactly.

6:10 MUNINDER SAMBI: Now, we've talked about this.

6:13 The second journey that's happening

6:15 is every enterprise of ours is asking about the branch

6:18 transformation.

6:19 As we have been in infrastructure

6:20 for a very long time, everyone struggles with upgrades.

6:25 Everyone struggles with getting the latest capability being

6:28 extended to the branch, because it can be huge OpEx, CapEx

6:31 investment that has to be made.

6:33 What's so unique about Juniper Mist

6:35 across your entire portfolio that can make it simple and easy

6:39 and be cloud-delivered?

6:40 SUJAI HAJELA: From our perspective, if you really

6:43 think about branch transformation,

6:45 it is driven by the need to modernize IT.

6:48 Many CIOs call it digital transformation.

6:51 Many CIOs call it transformation of my network,

6:54 or the store of the future, or the hospital of the future.

6:58 If you start looking at networks,

7:00 network services hosted in GCP, like DDI,

7:03 like wireless LAN, wired, NAC, IoT, analytics,

7:08 location will and have to be delivered as a cloud service.

7:14 Key elements-- migrating from an on-premises

7:17 to a cloud architecture.

7:18 GCP was a key partner for us, and you know

7:21 we spoke about this thing--

7:23 adopting SD-WAN, secure SD-WAN for agility,

7:27 ensuring seamless and hybrid remote work support,

7:31 prioritizing security with zero trust, AI-driven threat

7:35 detection, endpoint protection, last but not the least,

7:38 enabling AI-driven decision-making

7:41 with real-time analytics and self-driving operations.

7:44 I know, Muninder, I spoke a lot.

7:46 But if you really break it down to simple things,

7:50 you need to have the day 0, day 1, day 2 figured out--

7:54 fastest deployment, fewest trouble tickets,

7:57 and really driving business outcomes.

8:00 And the only way--

8:01 the only way this branch transformation

8:03 can happen is not just by deploying a product,

8:06 but looking at the back end which carries that information

8:10 and which carries the data, which has to be reliable,

8:12 which has to be secure and, of course, you

8:15 know it-- low latency.

8:17 MUNINDER SAMBI: Actually, you summarized it really well.

8:19 The branch transformation, customers

8:21 can try to stitch it all together.

8:23 It's going to be extremely hard, extremely expensive while they

8:26 can come to Juniper Mist and consume it

8:29 as a service that is fully reliable,

8:32 that is available globally, and to every branch that they

8:35 want to be able to transform.

8:36 That is a very powerful offering that I

8:38 believe Juniper Mist is bringing,

8:40 along with Google Cloud WAN, to the market.

8:42 So these are really powerful things

The Google Cloud WAN and Juniper Mist Partnership

8:44 that you've done at Juniper Mist.

8:46 And obviously, we are also transforming the network

8:48 with Google Cloud WAN.

8:49 To our viewers, if you can summarize this partnership

8:52 that we are going to launch and how

8:54 customers can now leverage Google Cloud WAN

8:56 with the Juniper Mist cloud-native,

8:58 AI-native infrastructure.

9:00 SUJAI HAJELA: Google Cloud WAN is an intrinsic part

9:03 of this relationship.

9:05 The Google Cloud WAN and Juniper Mist complement each other

9:08 by providing a comprehensive and integrated solution for campus

9:13 and branch transformation.

9:14 Google Cloud WAN enhances agility

9:17 by enabling rapid deployment of new branches and services

9:21 while improving security through cloud-delivered threat

9:25 protection.

9:26 Juniper Mist offers an AI-native networking platform

9:29 that assures reliable, measurable, and secure

9:33 connections for every device, every application, every user,

9:37 and every asset.

9:39 In simple terms, specific advantages-- common

9:42 AI engine and microservices cloud architecture,

9:45 an end-to-end natural language AI assistant, Marvis,

9:49 a full-stack campus and branch solution

9:51 which is quick to deploy.

9:53 And this partnership unlocks the potential

9:56 for advanced capabilities for AIOps,

10:00 which, frankly, the networking world has not seen yet.

10:04 Businesses can eliminate on-prem hardware.

10:07 Again, key to all this, as this part

10:10 of this Google-Juniper partnership,

10:13 is about reliable, secure, and a low-latency network,

10:19 which, Muninder, these services will be counting on you for.

10:23 MUNINDER SAMBI: Now, finally, I think

10:25 that's a very compelling offer, Sujai,

Procurement and Next Steps

10:27 but I'm sure many of our viewers are looking at it and saying,

10:30 OK, I can get Google Cloud WAN.

10:31 I can buy it from Google.

10:33 How do I procure?

10:34 How do I get this exciting value for my branch

10:37 from a Juniper perspective?

10:39 SUJAI HAJELA: Absolutely.

10:40 Customers can access Juniper AI-native networking platform

10:44 through the Google Cloud Marketplace.

10:47 And for me, this is not just about, hey, here's Juniper Mist.

10:51 This is cool.

10:52 Here's Google Cloud WAN.

10:53 This is cool.

10:54 That combination, that ability to have a secure, reliable,

11:00 and a low-latency network which makes the campus and branch

11:03 transformation literally come to life.

11:05 But I am really excited about this Google Cloud WAN

11:09 offering with the Juniper Mist Branch Transformation services.

11:12 MUNINDER SAMBI: We are also very excited.

11:13 Thank you, Sunjai, for being here.

11:15 SUJAI HAJELA: Thank you, Muninder.

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