Are you ready to go Virtual?

by Juniper Employee on 10-10-2008 10:35 AM

The latest buzz in the high-tech industry is around virtualization. Like the days of the optical networking blitz, it appears that venture capitalists are ready to fund any business plan that incorporates some aspect of virtualization!  Solutions range from having consolidated data centers to cloud computing to virtualized mobile phones. There are numerous sources highlighting the benefits and potential use cases for virtualization. I was surprised by the last one – why would anyone want to run multiple operating systems on a cell phone? Apparently to separate the core functions of the phone from other applications especially open source software. Definitely sounds like a perfect use case for virtualization. Interesting article: www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6490/1/.

But what about security in these virtualized environments like the consolidated data center for example? There are multiple users with different profiles shared amongst common resources that need to be protected from one another. You also need to provision the right set of services for each user based on administrative policy. It is quite obvious that it  is difficult to predict the type of security services and the performance that would be required for these datacenters given their ever changing requirements. Because of this many businesses are considering the solutions that can deliver multiple services that can simply be turned on or off as required.

So what would you want – a system that can be dynamically provisioned and scaled to run different services using a common hardware platform or a system to keep inventory of service specific appliances/cards that can be manually provisioned as needed?

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by John Furrier(anon) on 10-16-2008 11:57 AM

Krishna,

Can I post some of your post on my site?  You and I met 10yrs ago at TopLayer when we talked with Barry about a in--stream keyword resolver... remember those days... I forgot what happened to TopLayer.

 

Anyway would you mind if I posted some of your thoughts for my audience.  I think that my audience would love to here your information... especially given the recent Cisco move into Compute...my audience is telling me that they are looking at Juniper because of Cisco playing in their world.

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by Juniper Employee on 10-21-2008 03:36 PM

John,

Yes I remember you from the Top Layer days. Top Layer continues to exist. You are welcome to post some of thoughts here on your site. It is very interesting to hear the views of your audience regarding this space.

 

Krishna

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by John Furrier(anon) on 10-23-2008 12:16 PM

I'm tracking Broadband Developments on my blog.  Thanks so much. 

 

Love to get together sometime and hear whats up with Juniper.  What do you think of the new startup by Andy B from SUN.  

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by John Furrier(anon) on 10-23-2008 12:17 PM

My email is johnfurrier at gmail dot com

 

ping me anytime

 

look forward to catching up.. i just visited the toplayer site and see Barry is still plugging along there

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  • Michael Rothschild is the Senior Manager of Solutions Marketing at Juniper Networks, responsible for security solutions for the enterprise. When he’s not busy helping customer’s understand the importance of a solutions focus to address the new security threats affecting business, Michael is a professor of marketing and volunteers as a paramedic.
  • Krishna is a Distinguished Engineer in the Service Layer Technologies group at Juniper. He's currently working on DPI technology initiatives in products targeted at service providers and enterprise markets. Krishna has 19 years of experience in data networking involving Ethernet, ATM, IP, Switching and Security technologies. He has authored 10 patents in the areas of switching, security and QoS. He was actively involved in the IEEE 802.1 and ATM Forum standards committees. Prior to Juniper, he was the co-founder and System Architect at Top Layer Networks where he played a pivotal role in bringing multiple products to the market. He has also held senior engineering roles at Digital Equipment Corporation and Fore Systems.
  • As a Solutions Architect and Leader of Enterprise Solutions Engineering, Lior Cohen is responsible for developing reference architectures and best practices utilizing Juniper products. He has been designing and building enterprise networks and security solutions for over a decade and has helped several Fortune 500 companies develop risk mitigation strategies and implement information security technologies. Prior to joining Juniper, Lior was Chief Technology Officer for a privately held information security consulting firm where he led multi-national consulting and auditing engagements for the financial services and real estate sectors. He also filled various roles at Check Point Software, including leading the company’s Solutions Center. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Information Systems from Tel Aviv University.
  • Rich Campagna, Senior Product Manager in the Access Business Group is responsible for business strategies, product development, partner interactions and customer engagements to help drive the growth of Juniper Networks' Unified Access Control and SA Series SSL VPN solutions. Rich is also an avid snowboarder and motorcyclist (not at the same time).
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Krishna is a Distinguished Engineer in the Service Layer Technologies group at Juniper. He is currently working on DPI technology initiatives in products targeted at service providers and enterprise markets.

Krishna has 19 years of experience in data networking involving Ethernet, ATM, IP, Switching and Security technologies. He has authored 10 patents in the areas of switching, security and QoS. He was actively involved in the IEEE 802.1 and ATM Forum standards committees.

Prior to Juniper, he was the co-founder and System Architect at Top Layer Networks where he played a pivotal role in bringing multiple products to the market. He has also held senior engineering roles at Digital Equipment Corporation and Fore Systems.

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Solutions Marketing

Michael Rothschild is the senior manager of solutions marketing at Juniper Networks, responsible for security solutions for the enterprise.

When he’s not busy helping customer’s understand the importance of a solutions focus to address the new security threats affecting business, Michael is a professor of marketing and volunteers as a paramedic.

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As a Solutions Architect and Leader of Enterprise Solutions Engineering at Juniper Networks, Lior Cohen is responsible for developing reference architectures and best practices utilizing Juniper products. In his free time, Cohen enjoys mountain biking and spending time with his children.

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Rich Campagna,
Senior Product Manager in the Access Business Group at Juniper Networks is responsible for driving the business strategies, product development, partner interactions and customer engagements to help drive the growth of Juniper Networks' Unified Access Control and Secure Access SSL VPN solutions. Rich is also an avid snowboarder and motorcyclist (not at the same time).

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