Cloud Metro: A Digital Economy-Ready Suite of Advanced Capabilities

0:01 foreign welcome everyone on this webinar from

0:08 umdia today's topic of webinar is a cloud Metro a digital economy ready Suite of advanced capabilities

0:15 this webinar is co-sponsored with our partner Juniper Networks and I'm Samira

0:21 shwat Malik senior principal analyst and a lead consultant for transport Network routing and switching from omdia

0:29 before we start the webinar formerly in going to technical details some housekeeping points that you have to

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1:01 out easy for for more functionalities last but not the least please keep your

1:07 console on the mute button so there will be no distraction in the webinar

1:12 next I would like to thank uh Miss Irene Chan who is director of product

1:17 marketing in Juniper Networks us and she will be joining us as an expert who's

1:22 going to talk about the cloud Metro Network and why it is sustainable uh necessary for the business growth for

1:28 the service providers so before we start the cloud Metro from

1:34 my side being as an analyst from umbia but first I would like to throw a light

1:39 at why we give this uh I mean the name Cloud Metro a digital economy for

1:45 advanced capabilities why we need this Cloud bedroom organization so as I talked with many service providers

1:51 around the world and attending many conferences what I found the missing part in the transport network is about

1:57 the cloud Network Cloud Metro Network where we talk about how we can modernize the existing Network and then

2:04 get rid of the TDS manual operations where we don't have the intelligence so

2:10 most of the service provider they are asking for modernizing their mod or Metro networks and get rid of the Retro

2:17 Metro networks because Edge Computing cloud computing is becoming a new trend and in the Enterprise digitalization and

2:24 when we're moving towards industrial internet or we call it industry 4.0 or maybe after seven eight years in a

2:30 metaverse world there's a new chapter of Internet the Metro Network playing a major role

2:36 and modernization of Metro network is the imperative staff imperative step for

2:41 going or going forward so that's when that's that's the basic reason for doing

2:48 this webinar and to talk and discuss with service providers and other industry partners that how we can do the

2:54 modernization of Metro networks why we need Metro Network modernization and what is the role of the cloud Metro

3:00 Network so that's the basic background of this webinar first topic is about I'm going to present about the demands for

3:07 traditional retro Metro Network modernizations so as we already know that

3:13 that's clear so there are different I mean challenges for the existing Network

3:19 we need the agility we need the service flexibility and we know that with the edge Computing where all the service

3:25 features and capabilities are going towards the edge for the low latency applications a lot of traffic can be

3:31 converged on the Metro Network so service provider's biggest dream is to bring the agility scalability and

3:39 efficiency in the digital transformation era how we can scale the IP fabric how we can scale the IP network for upcoming

3:46 5G or industrial internet or maybe 9 10 years later the matter was area that's

3:51 the biggest challenge for the service provider at the moment though the edge compute and cloud computing is

3:57 developing very fast we already agree on this one but all the traffic now converts to Metro Network and then this

4:04 Metro becomes a new Edge or is a new experience Center where we cannot only

4:09 go along with the best effort services but we can assure the the customer experiences and high user experiences so

4:17 the question is how we can bring the intelligent Network automation on the on the Metro Network how we can do the

4:23 intelligentization prioritization of different services on the Metro when the

4:28 traffic is converged from the residential Enterprise and the mobile domains onto the Metro so that Metro is

4:35 no more than specific ring Network they are not the traditional ring Metro Network where we can only aggregate a

4:42 graphic from the excess or Edge all the way towards a data center Network so traffic steering is a biggest challenge

4:49 and how we can steer the traffic with the best service level agreements uh for

4:54 the VIP users for the Enterprise users where latency plays a major role that's

5:00 that's the biggest concern uh so that that's that's the the challenge that we need to answer then the operational

5:05 movements how we can get rid of TDS manual or skill labor operation and

5:12 orchestration of the network or the traffic on the Metro Network how we can move towards AI enabled Network that can

5:18 intelligently orchestrate all the traffic from excess all towards the data center so Metro again plays a major role

5:25 and that's one of the reason we need to to modernize the Metro Network and then on top of it last but not the least the

5:32 the energy efficiencies and then security threats how we manage the security effects in the digital era in

5:39 the ICT era or we can call it an industrial era how we can secure our networks that's the biggest challenge

5:45 how we can do the predictive maintenance predictive security measures in coming

5:50 all the traffic from The Edge all towards the metro and then go to the data center so that's what are the views

5:55 being from my side and NLS advanced talking with many service providers that macron network modernization is very

6:01 imperative for going towards Next Generation Network so that's that's one of the existing I mean challenging areas

6:09 from from the transport Network then if you do the Apple to Apple comparison of the Retro Metro networks and the cloud

6:15 Metro Network and by the way the cloud Metro network is the new term is a new name we can

6:21 also call it as a Next Generation Network architecture for Metro or is a

6:27 Next Generation Metro architecture and then we we are not anymore depending on

6:32 the ring based Metro Network we are more going towards a leaf spine what we use smile leaf or leak spine whatever you

6:39 name it and we used to use it in the data center architecture so we need uh moving if you can see from my left side

6:45 of the screen is Operation side he has more device Centric to service experience Centric operations so we

6:50 don't need Hardware manual do it yourself operation where we need intelligent orchestrating AI enabled

6:57 automation of a traffic or the services that can give them a service provide as

7:03 an edge for time to Market of the new Services enable Enterprise Empower Enterprise users you know on on more

7:10 control on the network then in the system level traffic aggregation we are doing with a retro Network or

7:15 traditional Network Cloud Metro we need a smart and intelligent scalable agile

7:21 and efficient aggregation of traffic because my regional data centers and actually now located in the Metro

7:27 centers they don't need to go back to core or towards the the far ends but after that that's a next point of

7:34 aggregation this is not anymore a simple aggregation but an intelligent aggregation

7:39 then we talk about the Monolithic Power design I already mentioned before that we need adaptable and green energy

7:45 efficient power designs with automatic ventilators less power usage because the

7:52 power is another scarce resource at the moment so how the service providers need to optimize their power efficiencies and

7:58 power resources for existing routing chassis that's that's the biggest challenge so Cloud Metro answers that

8:05 one then we talk about the life cycle usually the Metro Network or exist for

8:10 existing Metro Network or Metro the time span is three to five even seven years but how we can do the scalable Cloud

8:16 Metro so that the theme is pay as you grow so you can enlarge you can scale the network depending on your users

8:23 capacity and that's what actually helps the service providers to optimize their total cost of ownership that that's very

8:30 important because cost per bit analysis is the fee in Cloud Metro and then talk

8:35 about architecture point of view the scale up we are doing in a retro Network and the Retro Metro Network or

8:41 traditional Metro network but in a cloud Metro or the Next Generation background Network we are doing the scale out and

8:46 the scale up method methods to to modernize our existing Cloud method uh

8:52 before we only talk about The Silo networks in existing Metro like the residential Metro Mobile Metro and then

8:59 the Enterprise Metro but in in coming era we are more focused on the converged

9:05 Network we call it fixed mobile convergence we call it a fixed mobile converged Metro for high user experience

9:12 that's the the new new philosophy of the Next Generation Cloud Metro Network so

9:18 that that's very important because your experience actually actually converge on Metro though the edge is is very

9:25 important for low latency but they are throwing a lot of traffic burst on the Metro so Metro should be smart enough to

9:31 manage everything from the Zero from the security perspective as I mentioned before that

9:37 we don't need security when we release something happen in our Network we really need a predictive security

9:43 measures we need uh we have to preempt the the security threats before this

9:50 anything can happen in network because Metro is converging the experience of traffic from different sources so

9:56 built-in zero trust security trusted architecture and with the AI

10:01 enable automation is is a way forward for the cloud Metro so this slide uh I

10:07 can I can I mean give you an idea just showing you that why we need Cloud Metro and what is wrong with existing Metro

10:14 Network because I know that I talked with couple of customers they said we don't need to move towards Cloud Metro

10:20 because retro Metro networks are good enough to converge but many I mean most of the CSP is not believe that macro

10:27 network modernization is very important and these are some of the compelling reasons of moving towards a cloud metal

10:33 Network uh so this is just the first part for for my part of session this short

10:38 webinar that why we need Cloud Metro and how Cloud Metro can help to enable sustainable business growth for service

10:45 providers and then we are more than happy to answer your question at the end of this webinar but before we're going

10:52 towards the next session I would request Irene to talk about the cloud Network there is a poll question here

10:58 what are the primary business drivers to modernize your Metro Network so you can you can click and you can choose answers

11:04 from a list of items and then we can see the result number one is increase Network reliability and resilience that

11:10 you think is one of the major reason or we're meeting traffic growth requirements that we will be talking

11:16 about for many years or we want to talk meeting H Cloud requirements uh lower

11:21 TCO for total cost of ownership or other reason or maybe we can say is all of

11:27 them you can click all of them because it's not only the radio buttons but you can select all of them so I mean that's

11:33 one of the way of using uh a more interactive way and getting your opinion as well for Metro Network modernization

11:39 so you have like 10 15 seconds to read out the question and then please answer then we can share the results

12:02 okay so I think you already answered that one so moving towards the next PATH so these are the results it's automated

12:10 automatically populated all the fields so you can see from here right 83.3 percent or we call it 84 percent people

12:17 they believe is not only the one compelling reason but Network reliability resiliency Edge Cloud

12:23 requirements because the low latency higher traffic grows and total cost of ownership there's a big biggest reason

12:29 for modernizing your existing Metro Network and that what I was expecting out of you guys to answer all of them uh

12:36 because some people believe there's only the traffic is the only issue that we need the modernization for Club Metro

12:42 network but that's not the basic answer the answer is that H Cloud that's the biggest driver for modernization then

12:49 Network reliability and resilience is the second part so it's a good good survey answer from you guys and happy to

12:56 answer on more and talk more at the end of this session and I would like to invite

13:02 uh Irene Chang was from juniper Network us and she is going to talk about his

13:07 experience about her experience and expertise on the Juniper Cloud Network solution and what Juniper is looking

13:13 forward to modernize service providers Cloud Metro Network so over to Irene

13:19 thank you Samia so before we jump right into talking

13:25 about Juniper solution Innovation I want to Echo what um Samia have talked about

13:31 the market Trend because from juniper perspective we absolutely agree that is where the market is happening and

13:38 transitioning so someone asked what is the simple way to think about Metro so Metro

13:45 essentially is the traditional where Network domain where is the SS and aggregation domain before you hit the

13:53 multi-service edge and core um and in some terms you may also reference it as the middle mile

14:01 now when we look at the network architecture the traffic patterns it is

14:07 changing and we see that as a new Edge this is where the the connectivity Edge

14:13 Cloud hosting and service experience converge so if we look at the left diagram where traditionally the traffic

14:21 pattern is very much the north south where you have the the user generated traffic and then the Metro is pretty

14:27 much a downpipe the aggregated traffic and then get it to the multi-service app

14:33 to the port to the cloud and it's pretty much like a vertical Direction and as

14:38 the workload the applications moving more and more towards the new Edge because of the benefit all the benefit

14:45 of edge Computing it comes much closer to the users and so if you look at the

14:50 diagram on on in the middle here right where the a lot more distributed Cloud are deployed in the metropolitan areas

14:58 so the traffic pattern is no longer just no North and South but also a lot of the

15:04 East-West traffic and with that that would impact the underlying transport

15:10 Network how it should be architected how it should be managed and how it should

15:16 be secure frankly so so as we look at that and also look at the numbers right

15:23 the edge Computing is growing very quickly from

15:28 from about um 10 or 15 billion to about 500 billion

15:33 in 2030 which is at incredible category and for some of you who are a little bit

15:38 more familiar with Edge Computing you may ask what is the connection between Edge Computing and Metro Network well

15:46 you can do Edge Computing in a lot of different locations you can do on-prem you can do it

15:51 um really from anywhere from the on-premises all the way to the car anywhere in between you can deploy Edge

15:58 computing however if you are from the operating side where you have a lot of

16:03 great assets the pre-activation aggregation central office facilities in the Middle where in the metropolitan

16:09 areas networks that have the advantage of being a lot of those

16:15 facilities and the distance is close enough so that it still get the benefit of the low latency benefit of edge

16:22 Computing but at the same time we have lots of facility that you can do with Source polling which will make the

16:28 business case which is why the metro area becomes a really popular choice for

16:33 where the distributed Edge car are deployed so with that then you see the traffic is actually anticipated to grow

16:40 from 2021 to 2027 five-fold that is 500

16:46 percent increase that is pretty crazy um and also to

16:52 to also validate the the data traffic right got

16:57 another forecast that more than 50 percent of the Enterprise data will be distributed at Edge Cloud so those are

17:05 the reasons why Metro becomes a new strategic priority for Juniper and

17:10 frankly for the industry for everyone to really see it and

17:16 um take advantage of this transformation

17:21 so we talk about there's a huge opportunity in Metro and for me I talk about retro Metro uh it's nothing

17:28 necessarily wrong of it except that with this huge potential with the virtual Metro where it was typically a little

17:35 bit just like a very trick to optimize for the north south

17:40 traffic pattern is no longer as suitable to support and drive the sustainable

17:46 business growth to capitalize on those Trends and when we talk about sustainable business growth or

17:52 sustainability we need to look at holistically and so we can look at it from a 3p framework The Profit people

18:01 and Planet so profit is relatively easy to understand where if the bandwidth is

18:07 going to get fivefold 500 growth but then chances are most operators budgets

18:13 are not going to increase that much if increase anything

18:24 I'm with second user expectation will only increase and we all know that if

18:30 the quality is not that great we just change last but not least with 5G the attack

18:36 service actually increased this expanded security threat as more and more data getting distributed and and open up so

18:44 before there's not much threat because there's not much data to steal at the Metro and now there is and so that means

18:51 you need to actually increase the investment at those facilities to

18:56 protect the distributed device data and user in addition to profit what about people

19:03 so if we look at some of the recent data point and even just look at a news headlines

19:10 86 percent Telecom executive named SKU staff shortage as the number one

19:16 industry Challenge and when you think about what does that mean and look at

19:21 the day-to-day operations usually the realist skill really

19:27 experience stuff those are the ones that really hard to keep and as more workload

19:33 getting to them we talk about a bandwidth goal the device growth is going to be more work how to keep the

19:39 people when the work life balance is not maintained also as the people as people

19:47 retired and there's not enough transfer it's gonna have a big skill Gap so it's

19:53 very important to transition from menu operations to more automation assisted

20:00 by AI Ops last but not least nowadays especially this year that some of you probably have

20:06 seen that the the importance of ESG the importance of green networking the

20:12 importance of the carbon commitment so there's a new i2u sender that require

20:19 all the ID vendors whether it's operators the service providers or data

20:24 center operators to reduce greenhouse gas emission by 45 from 2020 to 2030.

20:30 and GSM may have a similar mandate about Net Zero carbon emission by 2015.

20:37 so if you look at how to how can you accomplish that if you're a operator right of course you need to

20:44 use renewable energy but if you look at scope one scope to scope three majority

20:50 of the carbon emissions are actually from the upstream and downstream which means that when you choose technology

20:56 vendors is even more important to make sure those products and solutions

21:01 hardware and software are very much optimized for energy and safe efficiency

21:08 and also instead of weapon replace how to ensure that those those products

21:14 those Hardware especially Hardware actually the longevity of it so that you can reduce the E-Waste so all in all

21:21 make the case that a new approach is needed and what what we believe that new

21:27 approach is Car Metro and just as Samir said that is a very dramatic contrast to

21:34 Retro Metro

21:52 [Music] yes I I have a little technical problem

21:57 to push the slide so I can now you can see with slide in

22:03 2021 Juniper announced yes uh I don't see that one on my screen

22:09 but um if that's it that's great all right so in 2021

22:16 um it doesn't show on my screen but that's okay um in 2021 Juniper is the Pioneer in car

22:22 Metro announced our first set of solution to go to market and we are very

22:29 proud to have that as the first vendor to come to Market and even more proud

22:35 this year to introduce an expanded Suite of innovation

22:40 where we have [Music] um a significant expanded portfolio so on

22:47 the operations that in addition to the Paragon on-premise version we have

22:54 make it even more powerful with air enabled and SAS delivered

23:01 um double chat with me that uh are we talking about the portfolio size

23:08 okay now it moves thank you thank you so you can see you can see the equipment

23:13 right yes now I can thank you all right

23:19 yes that's too late um and then on the system side the 867k

23:25 family so in addition to the A6 7100 the two version we now have another four

23:32 platform adding to the family so it's a full complete portfolio all the way from assets pre-activation to aggregation

23:39 anywhere in between any performance any customer needs this portfolio will cover that

23:45 and also we introduced the Juniper 400 gig Zia and Zia plus Optics so it's

23:52 really helps to boost the performance and address the incredible traffic

23:58 bandwidth increase last but not least on the sustainable architecture in addition

24:03 to introduce the IB Services fabric where as Samia mentioned that we have

24:09 the leverage the data center design that lip and spine designed and evpn slv6

24:17 those protocol support to allow customers to do not only scale up but also scale out and also able to use

24:25 Network sizing to address multiple different use cases from 5G and from industrial iot industry 4.0

24:33 Etc and then on top of that we add two new capabilities into the architecture

24:39 where we have embedded the active assurance and viewing zero trust security

24:45 in the next couple slides I will elaborate a little bit more about what exactly the new innovation of each

24:50 products okay so first on a paragon automation as a

24:57 service this is the industry first service provider level automation that

25:03 is cloud deliver and we are extremely proud of um bring it to Market

25:09 that's twofold one is the cloud deliver so how this is in contrast is

25:15 contrasting the DIY approach where instead of spending months and months of

25:21 doing it yourself duplicate effort and trying to boil the ocean to try

25:26 everything and then get frustrated that slow adoption and costly why not use the

25:32 Innovation that have it on automation delivered from the cloud where you get instant outcome and also instead of

25:38 boiled ocean why not have that adopt as a use case approach where you can try

25:44 from which use cases are most critical or which use case that are low-handed fruit depending on what you want that

25:50 you can try and adopt it and that will have an easier success for

25:56 full adoption on AI enabled so this is where we learn and get expertise from

26:02 our Miss Ai and with the AI is about how to detect the issues which humans may

26:08 miss and how do you identify the alarms that matter instead of catching the

26:13 noises all the time and how do you diagnose the root cause and fix issues

26:19 before customers complain and the outcome speak for yourself that

26:24 we are able to reduce the deployment Time by more than 50 percent and able to

26:30 have the new use case deployment 70 percent faster and also everybody loves

26:37 it the 40 cost reduction

26:43 for Juniper um the first use case that we go to market is going to be the AI enabled

26:48 device onboarding as a service so this one as we hear from customers and also look

26:55 at the market there's a misconception where people may conceive the onboarding

27:00 as equals to GTP and frankly every vendor can do CTP but the issue

27:07 that if we when we look at the survey and talk to customer it still take incredibly long sometimes hours

27:14 sometimes half day to complete the onboarding for a customer side why

27:20 the why is because it's way more than just CTP there is the trust score that you need to evaluate there's the image

27:26 upgrade there's the device help score there's a link permission there's the Assurance test and also update the

27:32 inventory there's different workflow that different steps that include in the workflow and reality is that most

27:40 vendors Solutions don't consider all of them and maybe just one part of it and so it end up either using different

27:45 systems and also a lot of menu efforts still included in the process which is why it still takes so long to complete

27:53 the onboarding imagine that if all of those tasks are actually fully automated

27:59 and done in minutes how would that look like and transform

28:05 and that is exactly why when we do the survey that it was voted as the number

28:10 one primary use case for service providers to consider for um the SAS automation that is because it is a pain

28:19 point and also onboarding is the first step for any customer experience

28:27 next on the system side we are extremely proud the a67k platform and family is

28:33 future proof performance when we look at the entire family it has the industry highest portfolio scale anywhere from

28:40 one gig per one gig to 345 terabits just sit for a moment to

28:47 think about how big that range is um of course that is where that is is

28:53 payers to grow you don't have to have 345 terabits on day one but the future

28:59 proof is when you need you can always turn it to that level and to enable such high performance one

29:07 of the innovations that we together with the system is we have the industry buses

29:12 line card today compared to any routers in the industry that is at 21.6 terabits and that is uh

29:20 with 54 ports of 400 gig enable and it's totally

29:26 ready for 800 gig and 1.16 when it's available in the future when the industry

29:31 um gets to the standard uh and some of you may think that performance equals how much how many

29:38 ports and how many chips that you can fit but um something to also consider as

29:43 we work with engineering and Manufacturing something that if we are at a point where it's no longer just a

29:50 physical having the boxes or having the the slot size but it's also above a balance and also the thermal balance

29:57 that when you run the Optics it gets really hot and so how do you make sure that the cooling is in place and

30:04 effective so that it doesn't happen and it's true story where some some some

30:10 products in the market today that when you try to turn on multiple of those Optics that it can you can burn down it

30:17 can just just becomes too hot so that is something to consider and so when we

30:23 talk about sustainability and sustainable those are all the things that we commit and it's about how to

30:30 effectively use less components how to effect we designed the thermal and

30:35 cooling so that it doesn't consume as much energy and also while at the same

30:40 time bring more performance so those are the balance that we are very proud that our product team out engineering team

30:46 are able to bring to the market um the other aspect the thing about sustainability is the poor flexibility

30:52 and density you probably have experience where that is you don't need as like 400

30:58 gig on day one you may have one gig 10 gig 25 40 however the value you need but

31:04 then as you need the next step to grow that is a pain if your your existing

31:11 vendor just tell you hey we don't support that you have to change to another box and that those could be a

31:17 huge waste what if that it actually have a lot more flexibility about different port speed so that you can use pretty

31:25 much the same Appliance for much longer lifetime to tailor to the bandwidth need that when you need it so that is another

31:32 way to consider how to reduce the e-waste the pot density we talk about the

31:39 cooling we talk about the highest timing Precision accuracy that is class D

31:44 verified so if this is extremely important for 5G

31:49 whereas some of the applications are extremely sensitive to latency so in

31:56 some case the class B or Class C are just not enough and with the a67

32:03 000 we're able to accomplish the cost D with um with the testing with entc the

32:09 Adaptive power innovation um if you look at the the picture we're in the middle there's the chassis one

32:16 and so for those of you that are familiar with chassis actually uh it's another pain point that we've been keep

32:21 hearing where as you did more performance you draw more power and the

32:27 power shell usually are fixed to the chassis which means every time you upgrade then you you might need more

32:33 power draw and because it's fixed then you might have to just end up using a

32:38 new chassis uh why not have the power shelf and the chassis the rest actually

32:44 decouple where the um the power shaft can be removed but the the rest you can

32:49 still reuse it until you really need a new box but in this case that way you

32:55 can again reduce the E-Waste and have the much system longer Lifetime and that is

33:02 one of the way that we can accomplish with um not only just three to five year

33:07 we've been replaced but actually get to Seven to even 12 years and that is com

33:13 accomplished through the power chassis uh the Powershell the couple design as

33:19 well as the cooling effect where it can accommodate multiple generation of

33:24 chipset Innovation so that it's not just Driver 2 and then Drago 3 you need a new

33:30 Appliance but but instead it it can accommodate Jericho 3 and even Jericho 4.

33:36 um and then another thing that we accomplished very proud is the titanium grade that is a measure for power

33:43 efficiency this is the one that we believe we are the first one to accomplished that compared to bronze

33:50 compared to uh Platinum so as you get um how much power you draw in and convert

33:57 there's always a loss but then if you only get to 80 something percent or 90 or 96 percent that is a huge difference

34:05 in terms of the power efficiency so the titanium gray is the highest one that is

34:10 you get the most efficiency pretty much there's not much loss from the power grid that you draw to where how you

34:17 consume um and that's on the software side we are also able to with the journals command you can automatically turn off

34:24 any unused packet forwarding engines and software functions so just like if you think about Smart Homes where the smart

34:31 thermometers that can help you automatically turn off the lightings in any electronics that you don't use that

34:37 allow you to save power and reduce your utility bill that is what we are trying

34:43 to do with this new design and the ability to automatically turn off those functions when you're not using it so

34:49 the numbers again speak yourself the 61 to 77 lower power consumption lower TCO

34:56 much longer system lifetime it's not just a couple months or a year or two it's four to seven years and that is in

35:04 a normal cycle that's completely a new cycle of purchasing so that that is a huge Savory right there

35:12 on the architecture side we have embedded active Assurance what do we

35:19 mean by that there is two words that is very important one is active Assurance

35:24 so that is different than passive Assurance where you use only the probes

35:29 and and Telemetry to Monitor and infer the quality after the fact

35:34 active Assurance means that you are always actively monitoring the user

35:40 experience and and able to assure them if they have something going wrong and

35:47 how we do it is by simulating the user traffic as it's like a real traffic so

35:53 that's how we detect and then the Innovation that we are having in here

35:58 embedded means that instead of having you need to have another um Appliance to run the agent now all

36:06 the test agents are reinvented into the adrenal's evil in the operating system

36:11 that is available in in order 867k family so that means that you don't need

36:17 to separate appliances or is embedded and when you have the 867k platforms

36:23 there is right available all you need is you can choose to turn on the capability

36:28 or not but that is totally your choice and that allows you to have the active testing and service Assurance from day

36:35 one it's simplify the deployment and as I said there's no need for extra Appliance another point that is very

36:42 relevant for the 5G use cases where it has the ability to run the

36:48 um Emily the 5G UE and Geno B so that allows operators to measure the 5G data

36:56 plane from UE through 5G core all the way end to end so when you think about

37:01 Network slicing for Network slicing multi-tenancy is important but it's equally if not more important is make

37:08 sure how the different slices able to meet expected slas when there are different use cases and different use

37:14 cases have different SLA with different Matrix so that is extremely important

37:21 um the result we are able to reduce the incident resolution Time by half and

37:28 also increase customer satisfaction by 30 percent

37:33 last but not least on the Zero charge security so zero trust is essentially the principles that never trust by

37:41 default always verified always validate so it has become a best practices for

37:47 implementing security and there may be some perception whereas zerocha is only

37:54 applicable to Enterprise or maybe zero chance only equal ctna but that is not

38:00 true what we believe at Juniper is that the zero trust as a security principle

38:06 should be applied across all Network infrastructure and that is how you can

38:11 fully get the organization the infrastructure really secure and how we

38:17 do it is that we have embedded unique device identity to every device so if we

38:23 leverage a chipset called TPM 2.0 which is cryptographically bound to each device so device identity cannot be

38:30 spoofed by hackers and on top of it we are able to um

38:35 enable operators to do both hardware and software attestation so that during the

38:40 secure boot you can verify the device authenticity and integrity and also with

38:46 that then you can do the IFC compliance secure CTP or sctp and then

38:53 um soon we will also have a specific software interface where you can

38:58 measure the trust score based on all the devices in the network there's security posture so that you can get a better

39:06 sense of overall whether there is something you should concern or whether it's something that you need to enhance

39:11 the security posture there last but not least security is about securing device

39:17 secure the and also secure the data so we protect data arrests with file

39:23 encryption so even though the some of the devices might be sitting in the Metro areas where there's no people

39:30 actually physically monitoring the device as on site unlike

39:35 data centers which means that some people might be able to actually get in touch with those boxes but with file

39:42 encryption you can't really get anything out of it because it's fully encrypted and then for data in transit we have

39:49 enabled macsa on all ports so um and that is something that should not be

39:54 underestimated because the devils are in the details where when you compare different different offerings make sure

40:02 it's not just a couple ports but actually all ports all right uh okay my last slide is we

40:11 built at Juniper we believe that cloud Metro is really key to enable sustainable business growth we talk

40:17 about the three piece where it have good positive impact to all the three areas

40:24 profit people and planets and with this year the innovations that we have

40:30 Innovation across sustainable operations systems and architectures and to samir's

40:36 point is definitely a new solution categories and we believe as the Pioneer

40:41 in Cloud Metro Juniper have a food portfolio that can deliver comprehensively for anyone who's

40:46 interested in adopting Cloud Metro with that I'll hand it over back to you

40:52 Samir thank you Irene thank you very much for your presentation uh blue is very

40:58 comprehensive and very detailed one uh we'll try to explain the cloud Network Juniper's expertise on this one so now

41:06 the another poll question for the audience that are you planning to apply Cloud principle to modernize Metro

41:11 Network yes no or not sure or maybe so we have 10-15 seconds then we can wrap

41:19 up the session

41:29 okay so we can see the the poll results

41:36 it's not showing anything or we can go earlier

41:41 now is the time again then I can see the full result I think I'm not showing up in the next slide

41:50 so the answer is yes 50 or 50 maybe so

41:55 that's the most interesting part to see that why people think is still maybe because maybe many other concerns that

42:02 they are not sure how to do it and why to do it that was my understanding that's why half of the people of the

42:09 audience actually chosen that maybe they're not sure at the moment but half said yes they need to modernize the

42:15 Metro Networks so the conclusion of this webinar from my side after during the very detailed

42:22 session from Irene and the Juniper understanding of the cloud Metro somebody already asked the question in

42:29 the chat window uh that what is a simple and standardized definition for Metro so I think this is the conclusion and that

42:35 answers well your question that cloud Metro is the new Edge or will be the new Edge in the industrial internet or

42:42 digital transformation era and why it is because for low latency higher traffic convergence and for better user

42:48 experiences there is very I mean there is this is very difficult to explain a simple and standardized definition for

42:55 cloud Metro because it's not like one term Cloud Metro actually stands on the pillar of security for intelligence or

43:03 and automation higher capacity routing structures uh leaves or leap spine or

43:10 smile Leaf Network topology and then of course the AI enablement on top of it so

43:16 these are some of the feature just that it really defines how the cloud Metro can or the Next Generation Metro

43:21 architecture will form the the basic part of the new transport Network architecture that's why I just

43:28 summarized couple of points here you can maybe you agree to some of them or maybe you have a different opinion on on some

43:34 other as well but the most important underlying story is to get guaranteed user experience for your business and

43:41 Enterprise users for sure consumers but for Enterprise is the most important and to get that granted level agreement in

43:48 that particular digital transformation era where the traffic is boosting and bumping a lot and that scenario you need

43:54 a highly scalable large capacity or poor density routing infrastructure in the Metro that can work as a new Edge or new

44:02 experience Center for your all upcoming traffic so that's that's the simple and standardized definition for my site

44:09 correct me if I'm wrong on that one and that what the conclusion of this webinar as well so on on concluding this one I

44:16 think I would go for question and answers you are feel free to ask questions and and write the question in

44:22 the question answer widget on on your screen or console and we would be happy to answer that one

44:29 so for that one the few questions comes on my screen now uh one is already I

44:34 already answered that what is a simple and standardized definition of Metro uh there is another question Irene that I

44:41 think you want to answer on that one how does the cloud macro serve on emerging evolve Edge 5G customer need or Market

44:49 dimensions um absolutely so first uh we talk about

44:56 Metro as the new Edge right where the applications are moving to

45:02 um Metro and so 5G s where the 5G weather is over and or 5G core a lot of

45:08 applications are moving exactly to those locations and Cloud Metro is because

45:14 those amounts that are transforming to address that and specifically on architectural standpoint where as the

45:21 applications the 5G applications are pretty much running in the distributed Edge Cloud the the underlying transport

45:27 architecture to transform with the spine Leaf architecture would be much suited to address that and in addition as I

45:35 mentioned having the embedded active Assurance the ability to do the um 5G

45:41 service Assurance the ability to Monitor and assure the 5G user traffic anywhere

45:47 from L2 to L7 from 5G UE all the way to 5G 4 end to end so that every Network

45:53 slice there is fully compliant and meet the SLA expectation those are the ways

45:59 that call Metro can um can serve those needs for 5G

46:04 applications oh and last but not least uh is whether

46:09 it's the architecture whether it's the systems it needs to support network sizing and that is uh another thing that

46:17 cloud Metro are supporting and that is also one of the requirements for 5G

46:25 good thanks Irene another question and I would like to get your expertise or

46:30 Juniper's opinion that what is your recommendation to service providers in

46:35 best utilizing the cloud Metro or the Next Generation Metro architecture yeah so um I think that so so while we

46:44 say that cloud Metro is very different than retro Metro right but we all know

46:49 that transformation doesn't happen on just day one and it's always a transition Journey so my our

46:57 recommendation is actually to start the way we submitted right there's the system level this architectural level

47:03 and there's operations level so on operations level first that is choose

47:09 instead of trying to the automation to every everything every use case first

47:14 start small find a use case that are most relevant and you start experimenting it and and feel

47:22 comfortable with that right and then as you you have success in that use case and then you roll out to other use cases

47:29 so that kind of use case approach will be a lot more have a more highly chance

47:34 to succeed for adoption uh on the system side there that is more practical

47:42 that it's more when you're having locations where frankly not every

47:47 locations are equal that way you have locations where they're higher bandwidth then try to experiment

47:54 having it when you modernize it having systems that are future proof that already have the sustainability benefit

48:01 built in into it instead of just trying same old same old because you are comfortable with what you previously are

48:08 using uh on the architecture side when you're at a point where you have projects that are specifically

48:14 modernization that you get you get to we design the architecture then instead of

48:21 and it's not either off right it's knowledge is complete either ring or spine leave is how do you have an

48:27 architecture that actually allow the both end the hybrid right

48:33 um and and it's just when we think about architecture is how do you bring those finely like principles into the design

48:39 again is is having that considered a transition from what you are today to

48:47 call Metro and having choose vendors that actually allow you to do the both

48:52 end approach okay thank you Irene on answering this

48:59 in a detailed way and there's another question I have seen in the chat window and I think I would like to answer this

49:04 one that what is a digital economy Trend and ICT marketing Trend including Hong Kong so as being an analyst and I'm

49:12 monitoring and tracking all the market for the IP routing and switching I would like to answer in a way that digital

49:19 economy Trend or the biggest ICT Trend in coming next five years will be the industrial internet or industry 4.0 most

49:27 of the Enterprise They want to Leverage The 5G capabilities especially the standard Standalone architecture or with the

49:34 upcoming release 18 or 19 for 5G advance so considering that one they want to

49:40 utilize and leverage the massive mimo massive Spectrum for industrial internet so private 5gs will be more and more

49:47 more and more but on top of it how they can integrate or orchestrate with different

49:54 van networks or the or you can call it transport Network there you can go at the modernization of the Metro network

50:00 is actually the basic uh for the success number one so digital economy for sure

50:06 everybody talks about it but digital economy means that enterprises now having a strong wish strong vision of

50:13 moving towards the cloud so B2B business to business or business to business to Consumer would be the next step that

50:20 that's one thing industrial internet 4.0 when we talk about the industrial Internet of Things where the man machine

50:27 automation will be a key uh I mean capability in industry era and then on

50:34 top of it last but not the least the meta was where everybody is talking about the metaverse for digital Twins

50:40 and then narrowing the gap between the uh the real and the artificial

50:45 augmentation that's that's that's the biggest one but I can see as an analyst and watching industry that metaverse can

50:52 be happen like after seven eight years but we need to be ready from the transport Network perspective to gather

50:59 all the demands of this strong digital economy friend uh because everything will be moving towards metaverse and

51:05 when it considers a new chapter of network and internet in that scenario your Metro Network should be very strong

51:13 now maybe the question comes your mind why not the edge Network so in the future Edge and Metro in my

51:18 understanding become converged as a cloud Metro or as a Next Generation Metro no matter whatever the name you

51:25 can give it but traffic can be converted so Metro network is no more the simple ring or the manually operated Network

51:32 but it should be intelligent automated and leave spine sort of structure that can do the same job what the data

51:39 centers are doing for many years or even today so Metro Network modernization should be very important for ensuring

51:45 the higher level user experiences that's what I'm trying to see for I mean before see for the next

51:52 coming seven eight years and then you have your own right to uh to agree or disagree on this one so these are some

51:59 of the questions that pop up in the window there's a couple of more but we yeah I think we already answer all of

52:06 them so I would like to thank everyone uh for joining this webinar and taking

52:12 your time out to listen about the cloud Metro I would like to thank this Irene

52:17 Chang who's actually from us is a very I mean is a very late timing there and she

52:22 actually share her experience and Juniper expertise on the cloud Metro and

52:28 become become the panelist for this webinar uh so thank you very much everyone for joining all of us on this

52:34 session and you can feel free to download the recorded version of the cloud Metro and the slide there the PDF

52:40 uh after this session and if you have any question you can find my email address uh smu.malek omega.com or Irene

52:49 mentioned here mentioned at the bottom so and then we are happy to answer your

52:54 questions so once again thank you very much and have a good day thank you