Vodafone selects Juniper Networks as global SD-WAN partner

Juniper provides a secure, virtualised and dynamic network platform for one of Vodafone's SD-WAN offerings. The solution delivers better control and cost optimisation by allowing enterprises to manage multiple sites using a combination of WAN connectivity types to ensure application-level quality of experience. Juniper's solution is built upon universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) that allows multiple virtualised network functions to be delivered from a single device. Vodafone's enterprise customers will now have a self-care portal providing real-time, end-to-end visibility and analysis of network performance, as well as centralised selection, provisioning and management of their required WAN services. For example, bandwidth-on-demand can be dialled up and down to suit traffic flows across the WAN in response to changing business requirements, and centralized security policies can be adjusted and enforced across the network.

News Highlights

• A key element of the Juniper NetworksࢠContrailࢠSD-WAN solution provided to Vodafone is its Contrail Service Orchestration, delivering automation, simplicity and openness to the design. Operating within a multi-vendor, multi-tenant environment, it ensures secure implementation, analysis and management of each unique network. Contrail Service Orchestration is used by Vodafone to oversee parts of  its SD-WAN services infrastructure for enterprises. It also provides Vodafone enterprise customers with a customised, easy-to-use self-serve portal.
• Contrail Service Orchestration is designed to unite policies and security controls across hybrid WAN connections, including IPSec, MPLS, broadband Internet and 4G/LTE wireless.
• The Juniper Networks NFX Series Network Services Platform is deployed at each customer location to enable dynamic, virtualised WAN service creation and to host the virtual next-generation firewall and advanced cloud-based threat protection capability in a single unit.
• The software-driven NFX Series enables zero-touch, secure service creation, enabling new branches to be brought online easily and cost-effectively with a single keystroke.
• The NFX Series integrates fully with Contrail, delivering the flexibility and openness required by Vodafone's large enterprise customers.
• By delivering comprehensive SD-WAN services, Vodafone is extending the competitive reach of its enterprise connectivity portfolio and focusing on future-looking innovations in line with overall digitisation and underlying trends including 5G, industrial IoT, Big Data and cloudification.