Cisco DNA Analytics and Assurance vs. Juniper Flex Licensing

So not everyone is in need of a smart AI checking their network metrics looking for issues before they happen or finding and alerting on problems that the network staff may not have noticed, but if you have the budget for it, it could be a huge time saver for your whole department.

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Whether Juniper Flex Licensing is suited or not well totally depends on how network is consumed. I believe it is well suited for Data Centres, service providers, and security. As with Juniper Flex Licensing, you can right size the investments according to the needs of the company. I dont think it is suited for SME's.

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• Push configs to new floors or during switch upgrades
• Assurance to troubleshoot issues
• Inventory
• Keep track of infrastructure OS levels

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• Scalability
• Subscription portability
• Customer support package is great
• Simplify

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• May require an implementer to get this set up and running.
• For a software based service that you can run on your own VM's, price is still very high.
• The first setup can be a bear and you will need much help from TAC.

Incentivized

• More tutorials
• Reporting can be improved
• Sensors for viruses should be available
• Implementation issues

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We moved away from Solarwinds during the breach. Haven't touched them with a 10 foot pole since.We looked at Splunk but decided to stick with a Cisco product since we are a Cisco shop

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Juniper went down for the last few years because of no updates in the market, and Cisco took over, wherein Juniper recently has come back with new updates like Juniper Flex Licensing, and this is one of the best models of Juniper and now in utmost competition with Cisco.

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• Loads of time saved diagnosing network issues.
• Much effort saved having to determine network performance metrics by hand.
• The Cisco brand is generally safe and trusted so you get that additional peace of mind.

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• Better focus on customer segments
• Positive impact - Safeguard users
• The insights provided are valuable for business
• The efficiency of operations has increased

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