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JUNOS Software: Network Operating System

JUNOS software - Network Operating System
  • One operating system with a single code source and single implementation of features
  • One software release extended through a highly disciplined and firmly scheduled development process
  • One modular software architecture that scales across platforms from the branch to the core of the network

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Overview

JUNOS™ software is the trusted network operating system driving Juniper Networks leadership in high-performance networking. Juniper aggressively drives JUNOS software innovation through its disciplined development as a single-source network operating system that integrates routing, switching, security and other services. Our extensive portfolio connects enterprise branch and regional offices, central sites and data centers, along with the metro, edge and core sites of service provider networks.

What sets JUNOS software apart from other network operating systems is the way it is built—one operating system enhanced through one release and developed from one modular architecture. Service providers, businesses, and public sector organizations that deploy JUNOS software benefit from its three key advantages:

  • Continuous Systems: Improve network availability and the delivery of applications and services through high-performance software design, high availability features, prevention of human errors, and proactive operations measures.
  • Automated Operations: Drive efficiency to lower operational expenses by reducing complexity with consistent feature implementation, error-resilient configuration, automated scripts for operations tasks, and the upgrade ease of one software release train.
  • Accelerated Innovation: Enhance flexibility to deliver new services and applications through the open, standards-based philosophy and graceful extensibility of JUNOS software, including tools that open development to partners and customers.

What sets JUNOS software apart from other network operating systems is the way it is built—one operating system enhanced through one release and developed from one modular architecture.

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Features and Benefits

JUNOS software helps customers in specific, measurable ways to improve network availability and the delivery of applications and services, to reduce operations effort and errors, and to meet new business needs.

JUNOS Software Advantage JUNOS Software Attributes
Continuous Systems
Improve network availability and the performance and security of services
  • Fault-tolerant modularity - enhances software stability and uptime with independent operation and restart of modules.
  • Dedicated resources for control and packet forwarding - provide predictable performance as new services are activated and with a command-line interface (CLI) that doesn't lock-up.
  • High availability features - preserve forwarding and control operations during device events with non-stop forwarding, Graceful Routing Engine Switchover (GRES), non-stop active routing, chassis clustering, etc.
  • Single release train - enables the development control and extensive regression testing that underlie the software stability.
  • Secure Operating System - protects with secure administration and advanced security features, including Stateful firewall, VPNs, etc. that deliver high throughput with many activated policies.
  • Automated operations (see row below) - prevent human errors and provide proactive measures to reduce the total number, severity and duration of events.
Automated Operations
Reduce operations effort and errors
  • Single implementation of features - provides a common user experience for control plane features to simplify deployment and training.
  • Error-resilient configuration - prevents incomplete or incorrect configurations from becoming active in the network.
  • On-box, custom commit scripts - check that configurations are error-free and comply with organizational policies.
  • On-box, custom operation scripts and event policies - automate finding and proactively resolving issues from the first, leading indicators.
  • Single release train - removes significant risk and effort from network upgrades.
Accelerate Innovation
Meet new business needs with customized, best-in-class solutions

 

Multimedia

Video

Why Is JUNOS Software Different? — Stream this video to learn how Juniper Networks disciplined development process creates JUNOS software, a fundamentally different network operating system.

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Podcasts

Integration of Best-in-Class Security Services into JUNOS Software

Q&A session with a Juniper executive on the integration of new security services from its ScreenOS operating system into JUNOS software and what that means for both enterprises and service providers. Other topics also include discussion around security services strategy for JUNOS software.

Utilizing High-Performance Networking to Drive High-Performance Business

Smart enterprises are finding new ways to leverage IT resources to drive business growth.

Speakers:
Dean Sheffield, Senior Enterprise Solutions Manager, Juniper Networks
Michael Bushong, Sr. Product Manager, JUNOS Software
Michael Steinhart, Senior Editor, Ziff Davis Enterprise

When you download this podcast, you'll hear from our experts about the best ways to:

  • Achieve high network performance and high ROI
  • Improve risk management and network availability
  • Increase efficiency in key areas (e.g. adding infrastructure, troubleshooting, and monitoring)

In addition, you'll hear about the results of a recent Ziff-Davis/Strategy Group survey of IT decision-makers at successful enterprises, exploring current pressures, tech initiatives under consideration, budget priorities, and business-IT alignment strategies.

Webcast

JUNOS in Enterprise Networks: Reducing Cost, Increasing Uptime, and Opening the Door to Innovation - View this informative webcast to hear from our expert panel about how enterprise networks and the IT systems they support are fundamental to high-performance businesses. You'll hear how IT not only can help a business win competitively, but how it can ultimately change the rules of the game in your favor. You'll also learn how Juniper Networks' JUNOS software is an essential component in the networks of high-performance, rule-changing enterprises.