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Cisco Silicon One Becomes One Essential Value Proposition for CSPs and Web Scale Data Centers

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Cisco Silicon One is fundamentally enabling Cisco to differentiate its silicon and networking portfolio in an agile way that gives organizations greater flexibility in purchasing Cisco solutions as well as adopting new business models. Cisco’s main rivals will prove hard-pressed to directly counter its six new Silicon One devices, all delivered in less than a year, executing on its strategic commitment to accelerate expansion of the Silicon One portfolio.

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Juniper Acquires 128 Technology to Swiftly Differentiate its SD-WAN Portfolio but Must Prove Market Readiness

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Juniper’s acquisition of 128 Technology is essential to providing enduring and strategic differentiation in the SD-WAN market segment. Juniper gains 128T’s distinct session-smart networking capabilities designed to enable enterprises and CSPs to produce a user experience-centric fabric for WAN connectivity which is efficient, agile, and secure. However, Juniper needs to first demonstrate that its AI-driven SD-WAN proposition is substantially differentiated from established SD-WAN solutions to warrant accelerated consideration. Next Juniper needs to show it can quickly integrate 128T’s session-smart capabilities into its relatively new AI-driven SD-WAN approach. Rivals will fully challenge Juniper’s ability to rapidly execute 128T portfolio integration and make inroads with its latecomer SD-WAN proposition.