Heavy Networking 611: Data Center Networking And Observability In 2022 (Sponsored)

As we approach the end of 2021, it’s informative to look back at how much change has gone on in the industry. One of the biggest transitions we’ve seen in enterprise networking has taken place in the data center. Software-defined approaches that emerged over the past decade have matured and are being deployed in production. Today we talk with Juniper Networks in a sponsored episode about its Apstra Intent-Based Networking (IBN) platform and how Apstra is transforming the enterprise data center. Our guest is Mike Bushong, VP, Cloud-Ready Data Center at Juniper. We discuss: * Why data center operations is more important than hardware speeds and feeds * What Intent-Based Networking means * Juniper’s business case for acquiring Apstra * The benefits of multi-vendor hardware and software support * How observability differs from typical monitoring * Juniper’s view of where the market is going * More Show Links: Juniper Apstra System – Juniper Networks