Juniper Paragon Automation automates 5G, multicloud use cases

Source: Juniper Networks. Automation helps to ensure a good service experience.

Juniper Networks has launched Juniper Paragon Automation, a new service that will deliver closed-loop automation solutions for 5G and multicloud environments.

As networks grow in complexity, problems like network congestion, latency, brownouts and long lead times to activate new services degrade the end-user experience, sending customers to other providers. According to Juniper Networks, network operators are committed to the delivery of an excellent end-user experience but are held back by antiquated systems that can barely keep up with the growing complexity, scale and performance requirements of the applications they’re delivering.

Automation would ensure that their increasingly complex networks remain predictable, stable, reliable and responsive in the face of change, the company said. 64% of operators named automation the most critical driver of their organisation’s digital transformation over the next five years.

Juniper Networks' Global VP of Automated WAN Solutions, Brendan Gibbs said that the ability to sense and dynamically respond to information across the full lifecycle of the network and services is key to excelling in customer experiences.

In a blog post, Gibbs said: "We’re drawing on our legacy of innovation in the world’s largest networks to set a new standard for Experience-First Networking in 5G and multicloud environments."

By automating processes with the modular, cloud-native and microservices-based Juniper Paragon Automation, businesses can:

Maintain network service quality

Paragon Automation combines active test agents, streaming telemetry and machine learning with closed-loop remediation. Teams will know if a service is impaired, in real time, by verifying and analysing actual service performance across the life of the service.

With closed-loop remediation, the solution can respond to issues as they occur and automatically remediate them before the customer even notices.

Enjoy network visibility

The solution provides multilayer root-cause analysis to visualise, analyse and map service issues down to the device and from the device back up to the service. It extends automation across the entire Layer-2 through Layer-7 network stack, across all domains and clouds and the full network and service lifecycle.

Leverage machine learning (ML)

Paragon Automation collects, aggregates and analyses huge volumes of real-time telemetry data to provide a multidimensional view of device, network and service health. And it uses diverse ML algorithms to detect anomalies and outliers and make accurate predictions about future device and network behaviour.

"By embracing Experience-First Networking, the standards for customer experience can be set in a 5G and multicloud world. Juniper can help get there," concluded Gibbs in the blog post.