In this vignette of The 5G Factor, Ron Westfall and Clint Wheelock provide their views on Juniper Networks Beyond Labs initiative and its prospects for shaping the future of the networking and IT industries including the extension of its collaboration with Intel across key 5G technologies.
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Juniper’s New Beyond Labs Aims to Solve Biggest Challenges of Experience-First Networking Era. Juniper Networks Beyond Labs is a fresh initiative focused on shaping the future of the networking and IT industries with emphasis on pioneering research and experimental technology developments. For Juniper customers and partners, such as Eurofiber and Intel, along with the broader academic community like Purdue University, Juniper Beyond Labs will provide an opportunity to influence research directions and pathfinding projects. We provide our views on Juniper extending its collaboration with Intel and work on the integration of the Intel FlexRAN Reference Architecture, private 5G networks, Juniper RIC and the Juniper Cloud-Native Router on Intel Xeon processors, can enable new capabilities that advance 5G transformation.
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Transcript:
Ron Westfall: Juniper just recently unveiled its Juniper Beyond Labs initiative. And this is focused on shaping the future of network and IT industries with the goal of pioneering a more research driving more pathfinding projects. And basically just spurring experimental approaches toward how technology is developed. And from your perspective, Clint, what’s your take on Juniper Beyond Labs initiative at this point?
Clint Wheelock: I was really encouraged by the Beyond Labs initiative. I think for the Juniper customers and partners like EuroFiber and Intel, along with, I have to say the broader academic community like Purdue University. This Beyond Labs initiative should provide a great opportunity to influence research directions and pathfinding projects. And some of those contributions could spur some proof of concept demos. The ability to provide feedback to shape the direction of that fundamental research as well. And seems that the participating members should have access to Juniper Beyond Labs research and innovation along the way.
So I think it’s a nice initiative that really helps to expand the ecosystem and really spur some innovation along the lines of what we were just talking about with the growth of new applications.
Ron Westfall: Yeah, I agree fully, Clint. And I think it’s also important to understand that this is directly applicable to 5G networking and the 5G ecosystem. For example, we see Juniper extending its collaboration with Intel and working on the integration of the Intel FlexRAN reference architecture as well as private 5G networks.
Juniper RAN Intelligent Controller and the Juniper Cloud-Native Router on Intel Xeon processors as a part of this initiative. And all this is aimed at enabling new capabilities that can support 5G transformation. And as additional context, the Intel FlexRAN is a reference architecture for virtualized radio access networks or vRans, as well as enabling and advancing software defined networking and network function virtualization across 5G network fabrics.
And I think this is notable because Rakuten Mobile, for example, announced that it is committed to continuing with Intel’s FlexRAN architecture and chip technology for layer one processing in its next phase of implementing distributed units. And this is all important, for example, Open RAN innovation. But also ensuring that the ecosystem has the technology in place to enable the operators and all the other partners and naturally the end customers, to be able to take full advantage of these 5G standalone capabilities that we elaborated on.
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Author Information
Ron is an experienced, customer-focused research expert and analyst, with over 20 years of experience in the digital and IT transformation markets, working with businesses to drive consistent revenue and sales growth.
He is a recognized authority at tracking the evolution of and identifying the key disruptive trends within the service enablement ecosystem, including a wide range of topics across software and services, infrastructure, 5G communications, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), analytics, security, cloud computing, revenue management, and regulatory issues.
Prior to his work with The Futurum Group, Ron worked with GlobalData Technology creating syndicated and custom research across a wide variety of technical fields. His work with Current Analysis focused on the broadband and service provider infrastructure markets.
Ron holds a Master of Arts in Public Policy from University of Nevada — Las Vegas and a Bachelor of Arts in political science/government from William and Mary.
Clint brings over 20 years of market research and consulting experience, focused on emerging technology markets. He was co-founder and CEO of Dash Network, an integrated research and digital media firm focused on the CX market, which was acquired by The Futurum Group in 2022. He previously founded Tractica with a focus on human interaction with technology, including coverage of AI, user interface technologies, advanced computing, and other emerging sectors. Acquired by Informa Group, Clint served as Chief Research Officer for Informa’s research division, Omdia, with management and content strategy responsibility, formed by the combination of Tractica, Ovum, IHS Markit Technology, and Heavy Reading.
Clint was previously the founder and President of Pike Research, a leading market intelligence firm focused on the global clean technology industry, which was acquired by Navigant Consulting where he was Managing Director of the Navigant Research business.
Prior to Pike Research, Clint was Chief Research Officer at ABI Research, a New York-based industry analyst firm concentrating on the impact of emerging technologies on global consumer and business markets.
Clint holds a Master of Business Administration in Telecommunications Management from the University of Dallas and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Washington & Lee University.
