Juniper Session Smart Router

The Juniper Session Smart Router is a networking solution designed to enhance user experiences by providing optimized performance, security, and availability. This router is specifically tailored for small- and medium-sized businesses, enterprises, telecommunications providers, and managed service providers. It is intended for use by IT professionals, network administrators, telecommunications companies, financial services, and healthcare organizations.

Key Features

Application-aware routing: According to the vendor, this feature enables load balancing and traffic steering based on session policies and network status, aiming to ensure optimal performance for critical applications. It is designed to connect users with optimized experiences.

Fail-safe service delivery: The vendor claims that this feature simplifies operations and enhances application performance, aiming to improve end user and IT user experiences. It incorporates inherent zero trust policies and a tunnel-free architecture, aiming to provide strong security without sacrificing performance. Additionally, it collects rich telemetry on network traffic for actionable insights into user experience and possible network issues.

Orchestration and automation: According to the vendor, this feature offers centralized cloud management, zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), templating tools, full stack visibility, and AI insights and automation. It aims to enable rapid scaling to thousands of sites and faster deployments at any scale. The vendor also states that it provides true zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) and automated templating tools for quick deployments in minutes.

Zero trust security: The vendor claims that this feature provides inherent zero-trust security with deny-by-default access policies. It offers secure vector routing for directionality and segmentation policy. Additionally, it includes intrinsic firewall functionality with intrusion detection and prevention (IDP) and URL filtering. The product is stated to be FIPS 140-2 certified and compliant with PCI and HIPAA regulations.