In JuniperNetworks, announced the availability of JuniperNetworks Contrail, a standards-based and highly scalable network virtualisation and intelligence solution for software-defined networks (SDN). Contrail is a production-ready SDN solution shipping today that is based on stable and proven networking standards. Contrail creates a virtual network, enabling seamless integrationbetween physical and virtual networks while providing service providers and enterprises with a solution that is simple, open and agile. This network virtualisation and intelligence solution has been in trials with more than 40 global customers.JuniperNetworks is also unveiling newtechnology development partnerships and product integrations with Contrail that will help customers pragmatically and confidently evolve to SDN.
Enterprises are looking for more efficient ways to build private, public and hybrid clouds to increase application deployment agility. However, traditional networking has not kept pace and can still be manual, static and complex. Contrail virtualizes the network, brings advanced networking capabilities into the hypervisor and integrates with cloud orchestration systems, to enable seamless automation and orchestration across multiple cloud platforms. The solution also offers a robust analytics engine, providing a real-time view into network operations. Network and cloud service providers are under tremendous pressure to develop, deploy and monetize new services, but most services are difficult to reconfigure or adapt to changing user demands. Contrail empowers these customers to quickly bring new services to market by providing a smooth transition with automatic provisioning and dynamic service chaining in cloud environments that run on x86-based servers. The commercial version of Contrail is available today throughJuniper Software Advantage and is offered as both a perpetual and subscription software license. Perpetual license is priced at US$1,700 per socket and one year subscription license at US$1,000 per socket.
SDN has tremendous promise to drive agility, fuel innovation, and reduce costs for both enterprise and service providers. Customers are excited by this potential, but until now, SDN has been a lot of hype and not much reality. That changes today with the release ofJuniper Networks Contrail and Open Contrail. Together with our broad partner ecosystem,Juniperhas not only delivered on our SDN strategy, but we are providing customers with a solution that meets their business needs and eliminates the barriers that have stifled network innovation, Bob Muglia, EVP, Software Solutions Division,JuniperNetworks.
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