Juniper Networks introduces MetaFabric architecture for cloud data centers

BANGALORE, INDIA: The industry leader in network innovation, Juniper Networks, has unveiled MetaFabric, a new architecture for next generation data centers in order to help enterprise organizations and service providers to address the challenges associated with managing multiple, geographically dispersed data centers.

MetaFabric simplifies and accelerates the deployment and delivery of applications within and across multiple data center locations. This new architecture ensures that customers are able to run data center networks securely and more efficiently through a combination of Juniper's network innovations, professional services and strategic partnerships.

The Juniper Networks MetaFabric architecture changes the paradigm, and can help network architects accelerate time to value. Delivered via a comprehensive portfolio of switching, routing, orchestration, software-defined networking (SDN) and security solutions as well as technology partnerships, Juniper Networks MetaFabric helps ensure investment protection by allowing organizations to adapt to the changing needs of the data center, without the need to rip and replace existing infrastructures.

Rami Rahim, executive VP, Platform Systems Division, Juniper Networks said: "IT leaders have been seeking a network that can keep up with the rigorous demands of their business, leverage the cloud in a smart and evolutionary way, and provide innovative solutions to secure both the infrastructure and data. For the first time, MetaFabric will allow companies to operate multiple data centers- physical and virtual, private and cloud- as a single, flexible pool of network resources, providing tremendous levels of flexibility and efficiency, as enterprises and service providers shift towards an application-driven world."