T-Systems chooses Juniper Networks for managed SD-WAN platform
Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) says it has delivered a series of hardware and software products to T-Systems to enable the Deutsche Telekom ICT affiliate to create and use a managed SD-WAN infrastructure platform. T-Systems will use the platform to offer end-to-end managed SD-WAN overlay services, called Smart SD-WAN, to its enterprise clients.
T-Systems already has a major European transportation brand as a founding customer for the new offering, according to Juniper Networks. "In our view, customized connectivity is a foundational success factor for the digitalization and business success of our customers,” commented Adel Al-Saleh, member of the Deutsche Telekom AG Board of Management and CEO of T-Systems. “Working with Juniper, we are able to provide our enterprise customers an end-to-end, demand-oriented infrastructure that supports their digitalization challenges and reduces complexity within the network. Juniper's innovative solutions allow us to offer a technically and financially competitive solution with a highly flexible and dynamic service offering."
The SD-WAN infrastructure leverages a range of Juniper Network offerings, including:
- Contrail Service Orchestration to enable automated branch connectivity management and improved network services delivery.
- SRX Series Security Gateways, a range of SD-WAN customer premises devices with a suite of layered security services.
- NFX Series Network Services Platform, which are secure, standards-compliant CPE.
- vSRX Virtual Firewalls that deliver security services that scale to enable T-Systems to add cloud sites in an end-to-end multi-cloud SD-WAN service.
- A Connected Security package that includes Firewall User Authentication, Application Security, Unified Threat Management, as well as Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems.
"As a longstanding Juniper partner, T-Systems' choice to offer its new SD-WAN solution based on our technology deepens our relationship and also enables them to provide a host of secure services and capabilities to enterprises and simplify the deployment, operation and maintenance of the underlying network,” said Rami Rahim, Juniper Networks’ CEO. “The combination of cloud services and software-defined networking creates a strategic opportunity for providers like T-Systems to differentiate themselves in the marketplace by addressing the infrastructural complexity that their customers face, and Juniper is there to help them achieve that goal."
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