Juniper Networks announced that the company has finalized its acquisition of Apstra, a player in intent-based networking and automated closed-loop assurance. The closing of the deal marks a meaningful step toward delivering an unmatched, experience-led portfolio for the data center across all customer segments -Â enterprise, service provider and cloud provider.
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Apstra brings network automation based on an open, multivendor architecture to Juniper’s Data Center networking portfolio. The combined company delivers a proven open, programmable and highly scalable solution for next-generation data centers and cloud networks, providing customers the clearest and quickest path to automate the data center and introduce AI-driven operations.
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The Apstra team is now part of Juniper’s Data Center business and Apstra CEO and co-founder, David Cheriton, joins Juniper as Chief Data Center Scientist.
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“The Apstra acquisition is a significant milestone for our business that reinforces our commitment to transforming data center operations. Apstra’s focus on intent-based networking, closed-loop automation, and fabric assurance is a perfect complement to Juniper’s award-winning hardware and software. Together, we can drive lasting customer value from design to deployment (Day 0 and 1) through everyday operations and assurance (Day 2 and beyond),” said Mike Bushong, Vice President of Data Center Product Management, Juniper Networks.
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The close of the Apstra acquisition follows the close of Juniper’s additional acquisitions of Netrounds and 128 Technology in H2 2020.
