Juniper launches cloud-based educational soln

BANGALORE, INDIA: Juniper Networks, a network innovation solution provider, on Monday announced the launch of Junosphere Classroom, a cloud-based service designed to enable educational institutions, partners and customers to educate networking students and professionals.

The company claimed in a press release that the new solution overcomes the drawbacks of traditional approaches by allowing customers to create and operate virtual Junos-based networks, decoupling the educational process from the requirement for physical hardware and infrastructure.

Junosphere Classroom is based on Junosphere, a new cloud environment that enables the creation and modeling of virtual networks and elements running the Junos operating system.

Juniper Networks hosts Junosphere Classroom resources in data centers, designed using Juniper’s networking and security technologies, which are accessible to students via a secure Internet connection. This 'any-time, any-where' access to the Junosphere environment can extend individual study time, and is also ideal for providing remote learning and home-based education.

“Junosphere Classroom is a first-of-its-kind offering that highlights Juniper’s innovation and the value of our focus on a software business model. Junosphere Classroom brings the power of Junos to the cloud, enabling our customers to learn and experiment in ways never before possible,” said Manoj Leelanivas, executive vice president, Junos Application Software Group, Juniper Networks.