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Juniper

Now part of HPE: AI-native networking with Mist — the network that notices the users' problems before the users do.

FOCUS · AI-NATIVE NETWORKINGMist and Marvis: the network guided by AI, from the AP to the data center
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01 · What it is

Juniper Networks, made clear.

With the Juniper acquisition (closed in 2025), HPE took the reference of AI networking: the Mist platform, where every AP and switch feeds an AI (Marvis) that understands the user experience — 'the 3rd floor meeting room has faulty roaming' — and often corrects it by itself. Plus Junos's solidity on switching, routing and data center.

Marvis
the AI assistant: questions in natural language, diagnoses with the cause
SLE
Service Level Expectations: the user experience measured as an SLA
Junos
the network operating system respected for twenty years: solid, automatable
Juniper Networks
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02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

The two souls

Users & applicationsthe experience to defend
Mist AI · campus
EX/QFX · switching
SRX · security
the AI · the iron · the defense
Marvis · the diagnosisthe why, not just the what
Junos everywhereone language, the whole network
The network that learns its environment

The AI-driven campus

Mist on Wi-Fi and switches: the network tickets halved — the AI closes the trivial ones.

SLEs as a contract

Time-to-connect and roaming measured per user: the network judged by the experience.

The coexistence with Aruba

Two ranges in the HPE house: the serene choice on YOUR case — we compare them.

Junos automation

Config as code and APIs: the Juniper network inside our runbooks.

03 · In depth

Mist AI and the post-acquisition future

With the Juniper acquisition (closed in 2025), HPE adds Mist AI: the platform that invented network AIOps (Marvis, the assistant that answers 'why does the Wi-Fi misbehave in the meeting room?' and opens the tickets on the anomalies by itself), the EX/QFX switches and the MX/PTX routers (service-provider routing), the SRX firewalls; the roadmap unifies Mist and Central under one AIOps umbrella: for the customers, more choice and the Juniper data center network next to the Aruba access.

  • Marvis — the virtual network assistant: the question in plain English, the root cause in reply
  • Mist AI — the anomaly seen from the data of millions of clients: the worldwide baseline
  • EX/QFX — enterprise and DC switching with native EVPN-VXLAN
  • MX/PTX — carrier-grade routing: where the internet passes
  • SRX — the firewalls with Juniper ATP threat intel
  • Roadmap unificata — Mist+Central: HPE's AIOps across the whole network stack
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

2025
the acquisition completed: the portfolio is one
-90%
the Wi-Fi tickets reported by mature Mist customers
EVPN
the Juniper portfolio's standard DC fabric
AIOps
the direction of everything: the network that explains itself
The consolidation opens opportunities: we evaluate the Aruba/Juniper mix for your case — network AIOps without brand dogmas.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

Next-gen campuses

The network managed with questions.

EVPN data centers

QFX and modern architectures, automated.

Demanding offices

The Wi-Fi experience as an SLA, guaranteed.

AI-native networking isn't marketing: it's fewer tickets. Mist proves it — we put it in the field.