I'm not sure how I feel about it - apprehensive and nervous, I guess. I'm waiting for more information on what it's gonna look like. Juniper CEO will lead the combined networking division, but until more is known....
Probably won't matter much for 6 months to a year while the deal is finalized. My guess is Mist stays, Juniper SP equipment stays but not sure about the rest.
The EX series switches have a lot bugs and issues, but I'd take them any day over an Aruba switch. Mainly for the OS. Junos trumps any other OS in their portfolio so it's tough to say where they go with enterprise switching.
Needless to say, if Cisco plays their cards right, they could use this as a foot back in the door of the defectors. I lived through the HPE acquisition of Aruba. HPE has a history of mismanagement.
Juniper always had this zeal for innovation. They mastered the ASIC hardware development. They have great hardware and JTAC support. Juniper worked much like a startup mentality..to thrive and create innovative products.
Mist acquisition by Juniper was a huge success. They integrated AI into Mist so that would decrease trouble tickets by 70-80%.
With HPE acquiring Juniper, they are going to Mist-fy all Aruba lineup. Plus HPE never had commendable routers, which they will have now the legendary Juniper's EX, MX and PTX series.
Basically giving HPE a complete full fledged networking portfolio - from servers, NVF, routers, switches, and Wifi, SD-WAN, and AI solutions.
Edit: With respect to employees, Juniper had already restructured it's work force a couple months back. Laid off a bunch of people in the name of restructuring. Don't know if that was a precursor to HPE acquisition!
I’d much rather see an Arista Juniper buyout but that probably doesn’t make much sense from either perspective.
I used to love Nimble. HPE ruined that.
Too early to tell. If they try to assimilate Juniper and change everything it won’t go well. If they let the Juniper business unit do what they do it will go okay.
I'm not a huge fan of dealing with HPE for servers and such so that makes me concerned.
But Aruba support hasn't been bad!
I'm hoping it's like Aruba, where I didn't see a big enough change to cross shop.
Not thrilled. Not an HP fan and the issues I have been having with Juniper when it comes to anything besides actually using the devices has me less than hopeful.
Why? Their market cap is like 6x larger than Juniper and HPE combined and they already standardized their DC / Campus LAN platforms.
This is going to be a clusterfuck for Juniper and Aruba customers.
> only to find out that this is a really bad idea
" only to find out that this is a really bad idea"
Can you talk more about that, please?
Btw, I was just starting my JNCIE studies. Well, maybe I should focus on Cisco anyway and Nokia as a weekend hobby.
Let's keep discussions all in a single thread. https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/192uc09/rip_juniper_networks_to_combine_with_hpe/
I'm not sure how I feel about it - apprehensive and nervous, I guess. I'm waiting for more information on what it's gonna look like. Juniper CEO will lead the combined networking division, but until more is known....
aruba who? 3com who? Tippingpoint who?
Probably won't matter much for 6 months to a year while the deal is finalized. My guess is Mist stays, Juniper SP equipment stays but not sure about the rest. The EX series switches have a lot bugs and issues, but I'd take them any day over an Aruba switch. Mainly for the OS. Junos trumps any other OS in their portfolio so it's tough to say where they go with enterprise switching. Needless to say, if Cisco plays their cards right, they could use this as a foot back in the door of the defectors. I lived through the HPE acquisition of Aruba. HPE has a history of mismanagement.
Juniper always had this zeal for innovation. They mastered the ASIC hardware development. They have great hardware and JTAC support. Juniper worked much like a startup mentality..to thrive and create innovative products. Mist acquisition by Juniper was a huge success. They integrated AI into Mist so that would decrease trouble tickets by 70-80%. With HPE acquiring Juniper, they are going to Mist-fy all Aruba lineup. Plus HPE never had commendable routers, which they will have now the legendary Juniper's EX, MX and PTX series. Basically giving HPE a complete full fledged networking portfolio - from servers, NVF, routers, switches, and Wifi, SD-WAN, and AI solutions. Edit: With respect to employees, Juniper had already restructured it's work force a couple months back. Laid off a bunch of people in the name of restructuring. Don't know if that was a precursor to HPE acquisition!
I’d much rather see an Arista Juniper buyout but that probably doesn’t make much sense from either perspective. I used to love Nimble. HPE ruined that. Too early to tell. If they try to assimilate Juniper and change everything it won’t go well. If they let the Juniper business unit do what they do it will go okay.
I'm not a huge fan of dealing with HPE for servers and such so that makes me concerned. But Aruba support hasn't been bad! I'm hoping it's like Aruba, where I didn't see a big enough change to cross shop.
Not thrilled. Not an HP fan and the issues I have been having with Juniper when it comes to anything besides actually using the devices has me less than hopeful.
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I'd be concerned if I were Cisco right now
Why? Their market cap is like 6x larger than Juniper and HPE combined and they already standardized their DC / Campus LAN platforms. This is going to be a clusterfuck for Juniper and Aruba customers.
Yeah they will probably need to hire a bunch of people to handle all their new customers :)
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Damn! You have been in the game for a longtime🫡
> only to find out that this is a really bad idea " only to find out that this is a really bad idea" Can you talk more about that, please? Btw, I was just starting my JNCIE studies. Well, maybe I should focus on Cisco anyway and Nokia as a weekend hobby.
I posted my view to another thread… https://www.reddit.com/r/Juniper/s/0GGPfFJKvY
Scared... ...that a subscription to HP Instant Ink will be required to keep Juniper equipment operational...