Juniper, VMware tighten partnership

Juniper Networks and VMware are expanding a partnership announced last summer to unify virtual and physical data center networks  joint customers.

Announced Monday, both companies will commit engineering resources to jointly develop network virtualization solutions and build collaborative engineering teams in three areas, according to a blog  executives from both companies:

First, the vendors are expanding the integration of our management tools such as VMware vCentre and Juniper’s Junos Space Director so customers will be able to easily share data across both physical and virtual networks for dynamic threshold detection, trending analysis, root cause detection and automated workload placement.

“By intelligently sharing the right data via standards based APIs, we offer our customers “single pane of glass” visibility for the underlay and overlay topologies, thereby simplifying troubleshooting and making managing the datacenter much more efficient,” the companies said.

They will also unite switching and routing across physical and virtual networks to enable VMware NSX and non-NSX-controlled resources to connect with Juniper’s programmable routers and switches, which will act as gateways between networks.  Juniper will also deliver VXLAN virtual tunnel endpoint (VTEP) technology across its routing and switching platforms, delivering an integrated approach for routing traffic across physical and virtual networks on a per-flow, per-application basis to ensure the best possible performance for every application, the companies said.

Finally, the companies’ applications will share analytics and telemetry data which will help proactively detect and fix anomalies and errors without human intervention.

 

Would you recommend this article?

Share

Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article!
We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication.


Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada

Featured Download

Howard Solomon
Howard Solomon
Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

Featured Articles

Cybersecurity in 2024: Priorities and challenges for Canadian organizations 

By Derek Manky As predictions for 2024 point to the continued expansion...

Survey shows generative AI is a top priority for Canadian corporate leaders.

Leaders are devoting significant budget to generative AI for 2024 Canadian corporate...

Related Tech News

Tech Jobs

Our experienced team of journalists and bloggers bring you engaging in-depth interviews, videos and content targeted to IT professionals and line-of-business executives.

Tech Companies Hiring Right Now