Solution Brief
Juniper Networks and Aruba
Networks Deliver the Best
User Experience
Partnering to Offer the Most Reliable, Secure, and Application-Aware Network for Today’s
Tech-Savvy Users
Challenge
We live in an era of user empowerment. Your workers are increasingly mobile (37 percent
BYOD policies, UCC applications,
and cloud applications are
putting a strain on your network.
As a result, user experience is
inconsistent, and troubleshooting
a complex manual process
reduces the productivity of your
network staff.
of them are now completely so, according to IDC1), cloud-savvy, and resource hungry. They
Solution
The Challenge
Juniper Networks’ broad portfolio
of switching, routing, security, and
network management solutions
integrates seamlessly with Aruba
Networks’ WLAN and policy
management products to provide
a simple and secure network that
delivers the best user experience
in the industry.
demand a high-quality, consistent experience—whether it’s connecting to an on-premise
database or accessing a high-definition videoconference session through a wireless unified
communication and collaboration (UCC) tool like Microsoft Lync. They have convinced 74
percent of businesses to implement bring-your-own-device (BYOD)-friendly policies that
have devices of all makes and models accessing the network at unpredictable times and
places.2 And their use of cloud applications is growing exponentially from year to year.
Most organizations today face the same daunting scenario. Their wireless networks,
once an afterthought, have now become essential for conducting business as employees
increasingly depend on multiple wireless devices—between four and eight devices per
user3—to do their jobs. The diverse client types and traffic patterns cause unpredictable
performance, yet users expect a consistent experience wherever, and however they connect
to the network.
Netherlands: 4.3 18
17 Germany: 4.5
Benefits
14 Russia: 5.1
16 Finland: 4.5
Belgium: 4.7 15
UK: 5.4
11
• Delivers a secure and
consistent user experience
across both wired and wireless
networks
France: 5.4 9
US: 5.2 13
• Increases network support
staff productivity and efficiency
with a simple and secure
converged network that
includes integrated tools for
management, visibility, and
policy enforcement across
wired and wireless networks
Portugal: 5.9 7
20 Japan: 4.2
Spain: 7.2 2
19 South Korea: 4.3
Turkey: 5.9 10
Mexico: 5.9 6
8 China: 5.7
4 Singapore: 6.8
India: 8.4 1
Brazil: 5.2 12
Indonesia: 6.9 3
Argentina: 6.6
• Delivers the bandwidth and
performance required for
today’s high-definition video,
UCC, and cloud applications
5
AVERAGE NUMBER OF PORTABLE DEVICES OWNED PER PERSON
1
India: 8.4
2 Spain: 7.2
• Supports large numbers of
mobile users on a variety of
devices without degradation in
performance
5 Argentina: 6.6
9 France: 5.4
13 US: 5.2
17 Germany: 4.5
6 Mexico: 5.9
10 Turkey: 5.4
14 Russia: 5.1
18 Netherlands: 4.3
Number of Devices
7+
6.0-6.9
3 Indonesia: 6.9
7 Portugal: 5.9
11 UK: 5.4
15 Belgium: 4.7
19 South Korea: 4.3
5.0-5.9
4 Singapore: 6.8
8 China: 5.7
12 Brazil: 5.2
16 Finland: 4.5
20 Japan: 4.2
4.0-4.9
Source: Delaitte Global Mobile Consumet Survey, Developed markets, May-July 2013
Figure 1: Average number of portable devices owned per person, May-July 2013
1
IDC, Worldwide Mobile Worker Population 2011–2015 Forecast, 2012
2
Wearables, BYOD, and IoT: Current and future plans in the enterprise, Tech Pro Research, January 2015
3
Deloitte Global Mobile Consumer Survey, Deloitte, May-June 2013
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Better Together: Juniper Networks and Aruba Networks Deliver the Best User Experience
Solution Brief
Internet
AirWave
ClearPass
Policy
Edge Security
SRX3400
Junos
Space
Management
SRX3400
Data Center
Core
Aruba Controller
EX9200
SRX5400
EX9200
Virtual Chassis
Distribution
EX4600
EX4300
EX4600
EX4300
EX4300
Access
Mobile
Aruba
AP-225
PC
PC
Phone
Aruba Mobile
AP-225
Figure 2: The Juniper Aruba campus solution
These factors all place inordinate pressure on IT staff and
switching, routing, and security solutions that deliver a scalable,
management. You need to support mission-critical connectivity
secure, high-performance enterprise network, all under the same
from WANs to LANs to wireless networks to deliver the richer
management interface, Juniper Networks® Junos® Space.
experience users have come to expect. The exploding scale and
diversity of devices accessing networks, coupled with increasing
high-definition video, UCC, and cloud application content,
demand high performance and high bandwidth to both desktop
Together, Aruba and Juniper offer an open and secure solution
that enhance user experience, reduces complexity and enables
mobility in enterprises of any size.
and wireless devices.
Integrated Management Capabilities
In essence, your challenge is threefold: to provide sufficient
Aruba’s AirWave Management Suite supports Juniper wired
bandwidth to wired and wireless devices to handle the
switching, allowing customers to manage Aruba and Juniper
bandwidth-intensive applications in today’s enterprise; to deliver
devices. Junos Space Network Director supports Aruba WLAN,
reliable service to users regardless of device; and to ensure
allowing Juniper WLAN customers to manage both Juniper
the quality of service (QoS) and security of mission-critical
devices and Aruba WLANs from the same interface. Because
applications and information.
these two tools complement each other, you have the flexibility
to choose the best tool for the job. The tools also support
Not incidentally, you need simplified management to increase
productivity and efficiency to free you and your staff for projects
that move your business forward.
Juniper Networks and Aruba Networks:
A Deep Partnership
streamlined workflow integration for efficient tracing of network
issues and troubleshooting. The Juniper-Aruba solution allows
you to replace the tedious tasks of manual configuration and
updates with automated processes across both switched and
wireless networks, resulting in zero touch access point (AP) and
switch provisioning for campus and remote sites alike.
Aruba and Juniper have partnered to create an open, converged
network that delivers an exceptional user experience for
Security: An Important Part of the Juniper Portfolio
today’s demanding workforce. Aruba offers best-in-class high-
Organizations require greater control over the applications and
performance 802.11ac wireless hardware designed for high traffic
traffic on their networks to protect their assets against attacks
loads. This includes smart Wi-Fi with airtime fairness and patented
and manage bandwidth usage. They need a solution that is
ClientMatch™ technology to optimize traffic distribution in dense
efficient, yet still delivers high levels of security assurance.
areas. Juniper offers a comprehensive portfolio of best-in-class
2
Better Together: Juniper Networks and Aruba Networks Deliver the Best User Experience
Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways deliver nextgeneration firewall protection with integrated application
awareness, intrusion prevention, role-based user controls, and
best-in-class unified threat management (UTM) to protect and
control your business assets. This solution is centrally managed
using Junos Space Security Director.
Solution Brief
About Aruba Networks
Aruba Networks is a leading provider of next-generation network
access solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company designs
and delivers Mobility-Defined Networks that empower IT
departments and #GenMobile, a new generation of tech-savvy
users who rely on their mobile devices for every aspect of work
Aruba’s ClearPass Policy Management Platform provides access
and personal communication. To create a mobility experience
layer security for user authentication, policy management, and
that #GenMobile and IT can rely upon, Aruba Mobility-Defined
BYOD onboarding. ClearPass integrates with SRX Series firewalls
Networks™ automate infrastructure-wide performance
to give you policy enforcement at Layer 3 (L3), while policy
optimization and trigger security actions that used to require
integration with Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches
manual IT intervention. The results are dramatically improved
enforces network policy at the access edge. The integration
productivity and lower operational costs.
results in protection both at the edge and in the middle of the
network, leading to improved security with less downtime and
About Juniper Networks
less risk. Additionally, guest access is centralized and delivered
Juniper Networks is in the business of network innovation. From
consistently to wired and wireless users. Best of all, users
devices to data centers, from consumers to cloud providers,
experience seamless, easy access to all permitted network
Juniper Networks delivers the software, silicon and systems that
resources—UCC, e-mail, or cloud applications, for example—on
transform the experience and economics of networking. The
any device and from any location.
company serves customers and partners worldwide. Additional
Summary: A Fully Integrated Solution
information can be found at www.juniper.net.
The Juniper and Aruba solutions are integrated on many different
levels, including access policy and management integration.4
The combination of Juniper’s management tools, routing,
security, and switching platforms, with Aruba’s wireless solutions
and management console results in a best-in-class, highperformance, resilient, open, and secure IP network that delivers
the best user experience in the industry.
Next Steps
For more information, contact your Juniper Networks
representative or go to www.juniper.net. Also, visit the Aruba
certification page: www.arubanetworks.com/partners/
ecosystem-partners/solutions/#Juniper.
4
Integration support available in future releases.
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