Customer Success Story
UT Arlington Sustains Student Success with Smart, Agile Juniper Network
University of Texas at Arlington, located in the heart of Dallas-Fort Worth - the second largest institution in The University of Texas system - has been widely recognized as a best value in education by Forbes and others. When the COVID-19 pandemic first swept Texas, UTA quickly pivoted to e-learning and remote work. That agility was enabled by AI-driven Juniper networking from the classrooms and research labs to the data center and cloud apps.
Overview
| Company | University of Texas Arlington |
| Industry | Education |
| Products used | Marvis VNA, Wired Assurance, QFX5100, MX960, SRX Series |
| Region | Americas |
Business Challenge
UTA is in the midst of a multiyear journey of IT transformation, consolidating applications, moving to the cloud, and building a network that is fast, reliable, and above all, flexible as new requirements emerge. The strategy has been to move to SaaS-based cloud services to support the use of modern applications and to support the 24x7 access needed for today’s students. Brand-new Juniper Mist Wi-Fi make it possible for students to study and learn anywhere on campus. AI-driven operations deliver superior network user experiences, while streamlining IT support.
At UTA, students, researchers, and faculty can continue to learn and lead, whether in synchronous, asynchronous, or hybrid modes. With a flexible Juniper network, UTA is ready for whatever the future holds.
The Products
The Juniper AP43 high-performance Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) access point integrates patented virtual Bluetooth® LE (vBLE) and Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities to deliver an unprecedented user experiences.
Meet Marvis, the first virtual network assistant (VNA) purpose-built with Mist AI for enterprise WLANs, LANs, and WANs. It fundamentally transforms network operations from reactive troubleshooting to proactive remediation through self-driving actions.
The Juniper Mist Wired Assurance service brings Mist AI to access-layer switching. It sets a new network management standard with AI-driven operations and automation, improving the experiences of devices connected to resources through Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches.
The QFX5100 line of top-of-rack 10/40GbE switches for the data center offers low latency, deployment versatility, and rich automation features. These switches provide universal building blocks for industry-standard architectures such as spine-and-leaf fabrics.
The SDN-enabled MX960 Universal Routing Platform is a high performance, carrier-grade, multiservice edge platform with unprecedented scale for service provider and cloud applications. The MX960 enables inline MACsec support without performance penalties on 10, 40 GbE and 100 GbE, and delivers 12 Tbps of system capacity in a 12 slot chassis supporting dense 100 GbE, 400 GbE interfaces. Similar to the other MX Series Universal Router Platforms, the MX960 has extensive carrier-grade capabilities.
SRX Series Gateways
Protect your network edge, data center, and cloud applications with Juniper next-generation physical, virtual, and containerized firewalls.