Top 5 Reasons to Choose Juniper Networks

Juniper has been gaining steady market growth for some time now, and while unlikely to move Cisco in the short term, it makes sense to consider Juniper as both a technology option and a professional option. In this post, we'll analyze where and why Juniper is better than the competition and why it's the right choice for both users and network professionals.

Juniper was formed initially to compete directly with Cisco and has a long rivalry with the industry giants. It's even called a potential Cisco killer. That did not happen. However, together with network providers such as HP Enterprise, Huawei, and Arista, Juniper Network Engineer represents a viable alternate routing, switching, and security solution for Cisco.

1. First-Class products for Routing, Switching, and Security

Cisco provides a one-stop-shop for a variety of network needs, including enterprise networks and service providers, data center networks, mobility solutions, network security, cloud, conferencing, and collaboration.

Juniper does not try to be everything for everyone. The focus is clearly on delivering first-line routing, switching, and security solutions. Juniper stands for speed and performance. Its products avoid overloading features that can slow down the corresponding Cisco product.

Juniper's Junos OS is much more modular and robust than Cisco's feature-rich iOS. If a Junos process fails, it does not necessarily disable the entire network node. And that should make your sleep easier at night.

2. Exceptional value for specific needs.

Juniper, such as Cisco, HPE, and other small shared resource solution providers, can meet the basic network needs of most business customers and service providers. But when it derives to bells and whistles, Cisco's rich feature set will generally convince.

Juniper focused on engineering for high data throughput in the development of its products, first for ISP networks and then for business customers. They use ASIC (application-specific integrated circuits) explicitly designed for high-speed data transfer, without relying on general-purpose chips and software.

The conclusion is that you will do a great job with Juniper, but at a higher price than Cisco.

3. Open the Architecture

A recurring problem for customers at Cisco is the fear of being integrated into the provider's proprietary architectures, many of which are due to their diverse and diverse acquisitions. In contrast, Juniper adopted a more open approach and developed its product line from scratch based on the same Junos architecture and operating system. Junos OS is a modular system based on the open-source FreeBSD similar to UNIX. This architecture, combined with a world-class market approach, leads to Juniper's comprehensive interoperability with third-party switches.

Juniper Networks Jobs also implemented the OpenFlow network standard as the basis for its software-defined networking (SDN) innovations, while Cisco is working with ACI, a patented hardware-based approach.

Juniper takes a highly automated infrastructure. With all Linux and UNIX systems, Junos is API driven. It means that it is easy to create administrative and administrative extensions for Juniper if you use the same FreeBSD kernel calls that the command-line interface (CLI) also applies. Better yet, you can use the Python language to create automation scripts that invoke the same API.

4. Agility to stay ahead

As a company that is only a fraction of the size of Cisco, Juniper can not use the same technical resources for a variety of research topics. However, in the past, Juniper has focused on the development of routing, switching, and security. For example, they've used up their resources on areas that contain network virtualization, remote office support, and software-defined networks, while Cisco was less agile and had to be caught up.

5. Keep Cisco Honest

One of the drivers of the entire open-source movement was the fear that customers might be exposed to one or two dominant vendors. Cisco's ownership approach, broad product portfolio, and commanding position do not dispel fears. Customers see a counterpoint to Cisco's price and market power strategies in Juniper and other Small Stock Networks vendors.
Juniper may not be as big as Cisco, and the product range may not be as broad, but it can meet the core needs of business networks and service providers. Using Juniper as part of your system or in response to your bid will ensure that Cisco treats you fairly.

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