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SUNNYVALE, Calif., and TOKYO, Mar 18, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, and NEC Corporation (NEC: TSE: 6701), a leading global IT and network transformation services provider, today announced that they have been selected by new Raizen, a global leader in bio-energy solutions, to design and deploy an innovative new Wi-Fi network for its headquarters in Sao Paulo and offices in Piracicaba, Brazil. In a competitive bid that ousted the legacy provider, the Juniper Mist AI solution was chosen to revolutionize the online experience for Raizen's workforce across its main campus. This Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps) approach to Wi-Fi provisioning is also expected to dramatically streamline the IT helpdesk function for Raizen, which is one of Brazil's largest private business groups.
The Juniper solution has quickly become Raizen's standard Wi-Fi platform, completely replacing the incumbent solution. (Juniper Networks was named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure). With the consultancy and implementation services provided by Juniper's key global partner NEC, the new platform provides automated and real-time data insights into exactly what Raizen's users, devices and sites are experiencing on the network. In addition, by using actionable data from individual users, Mist AI provides tailored feedback and proactive support, as well as correlated, AI-driven insights into the network's overall ongoing health and performance.
The Mist AI solution features enterprise networking's first virtual network assistant that provides a conversational AI interface, known as PDFMarvis. This unique feature enables Raizen's IT team to interact with an automated, intelligent tool that understands user intent and delivers improved value and quality of returned results. Marvis can contextualize requests to accelerate troubleshooting workflows, answer product or feature specific questions, provide information about the network and help find any type of network device. Ultimately, this improves specific user experiences by learning from user feedback.
News Highlights
Raizen is anticipating a 75 percent reduction in its Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) network performance, thanks to Mist AI's ability to provide real-time visibility and apply automated trouble-shooting.
In a pre-sales proof-of-concept session, Marvis detected and remediated a major Power over Ethernet problem on a third-party switch in Raizen's network, taking just two minutes to find, identify and resolve the issue successfully.
The proactive approach to trouble-shooting and network support delivered by Mist AI and Marvis enables Raizen's relatively small IT team to scale and utilize time and budget resources in an optimized way.
NEC's integration and services support, underpinned by its expertise in networks including Juniper solutions, results in a smooth migration and deployment of the new platform.
The Mist AI solution is transforming Raizen's productivity and job satisfaction by providing its workforce with consistently-available network connectivity in support of key business applications including voice and video over Teams, SAP, Office 365 and intranet access.
Raizen is assessing further projects based on the capabilities of the Juniper Mist cloud, including Wired Assurance, warehouses becoming Wi-Fi enabled and newly-acquired companies making the move to the Juniper solution.
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"Wi-Fi should be about convenient, agile and scalable network connectivity that consistently enables employees to be more productive and creative. However, our previous, non-AI solution was delivering exactly the opposite. The Mist AI solution from Juniper is infinitely more reliable to use and simple to operate, intelligently able to detect potential problems, flag them and fix them before our workforce even sees an issue. This approach has transformed our IT operations and support, with remarkable user experiences to show for it," says Jose Eduardo Massad, CIO, Raizen.
"Juniper is delivering experience-first networking to Raizen and thousands of other enterprises, built on technology that has been designed to leverage the operational and user benefits of the cloud and AI. Fundamentally, this approach transforms network operations from reactive troubleshooting to proactive remediation through self-driving actions, which in turn creates a superior user experience," Sujai Hajela, Executive Vice President, AI-Driven Enterprise, Juniper Networks.
"NEC is honored to contribute as a key business partner to the transformation of Raizen's network with Juniper's AI-driven technologies. We are constantly enhancing our network engineering capabilities and strengthening partnerships with industry leaders such as Juniper to deliver state-of-the-art solutions that bring significant value to customers. Based on our rich experiences in Brazil and other markets globally, we take a customer-centric approach aimed at achieving business objectives for the long term," says Mayuko Tatewaki, General Manager, Service Provider Solutions Division, NEC Corporation.
About Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks is dedicated to dramatically simplifying network operations and driving superior experiences for end users. Our solutions deliver industry-leading insight, automation, security and AI to drive real business results. We believe that powering connections will bring us closer together while empowering us all to solve the world's greatest challenges of well-being, sustainability and equality. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (wwww.juniper.net).
Juniper Networks, the Juniper Networks logo, Juniper, Junos, and other trademarks listed where are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of "Orchestrating a brighter world." NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential. For more information, visit NEC at https://www.nec.com.
Copyright 2022 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.comJuniper Networks and NEC Corporation today announced that they have been selected by Raizen, a global leader in bio-energy solutions, to design and deploy an innovative new Wi-Fi network for its headquarters in Sao Paulo and offices in Piracicaba, Brazil.
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Of course, not everyone needs that much storage and/or has three grand to spend on an accessory. So the same model comes in 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB capacities, for $500, $649, and $1300, respectively. All that dough gets you two additional USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports, three USB-a 3.2 ports, a DisplayPort, um, port, full-sized Ethernet, dedicated headphone and microphone jacks, and a UHS-II SD card reader.
If you're balking at those prices, consider that they actually aren't that crazy. At the time of writing, an 8TB M.2 SSD is going for $1100-$1400 on Amazon, meaning you can buy Sabrent's 8TB dock and basically get all those ports for free. Assuming you can even find one outside of an industrial catalog, a 16TB SSD from Sabrent will cost you more than $3000 on its own — other brands will cost you even more. On paper, the dock is a bargain!
Of course, it becomes less of a deal when you think about the practicalities of the situation. It's not as if you can install the Sabrent dock in a laptop or desktop like normal storage (not without a Dremel tool and duct tape, anyway), and the listing doesn't say exactly how the storage is laid out inside. So if you're after a deal, you might crack open the casing to find a pair of 8TB drives hard-soldered to a circuit board.
While this combination of ports and storage might be exactly what a few extremely particular customers are looking for, most will be better served by buying external drives and docks separately. If you're in the market, why not check out our roundup of the best Thunderbolt docks?
Do you need a gigantic gaming laptop, so big and power-hungry it can double as a portable grill, in order to get the latest hardware? Gigabyte says you don't and they built the Aorus 17 to prove it. Despite featuring some of the fastest hardware on the market and a 17-inch screen, it's small and light enough to fit inside a backpack with ease.
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The latest revision of the Aorus 17 features 12th-generation Alder Lake Intel Core processors (Core i7 H-series in our unboxing, but Core i9 will be available as well) and a brand new chassis. Highlights of the updated design include a 17.3-inch 1080p screen with a 360Hz refresh rate, a maximum of 64GB of super-fast DDR5 memory, dual M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 storage slots, and discrete graphics that top out at an Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti.
Despite the huge screen size and top-of-the-range specs, Gigabyte boasts that the Aorus 17 is compact enough to compete with 15-inch laptop designs. That might be a little generous, but it's certainly smaller and sleeker than we're used to seeing with 17-inch gaming machines. Other chassis features include an IR camera for Windows Hello facial recognition, a full 10-key keyboard with RGB backlighting, Intel Wi-Fi 6E, and a dual-fan heat pipe cooling design. Ports are USB-C (Thunderbolt 4) and standard USB-A, a headphone jack, a full-sized HDMI, 2.5Gb Ethernet, and a Mini DisplayPort.
The Aorus 17 is available in an i7/RTX 3070 ti configuration for around $2400. Expect the i9/3080 Ti model to be more than $3000 when it arrives.
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