BANGALORE:
India's ecommerce posterboy Flipkart.com has built its next-generation
data centre running on the Juniper Networks's Junos operating system.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is deploying Juniper's ethernet
switches, integrated with its security and routing devices, within the
Chennai Airport's new terminals. In an interaction with TOI, Kevin
Johnson, CEO of Juniper Networks, talks about how he and his team are
focused on fundamentally changing the experience and economics of
networking through an ecosystem of innovation built on integrated
software platforms. Excerpts:
Do you think customers are plugging into the new networking paradigm?
Today,
a third of the population is connected to the internet. Projections
say, two-thirds of the population will be connected to the internet in
the near future. There are more people connected through mobile devices
and networks are enabling innovation. Internally, we call this as
connect everything and empower everyone. Network has created an
opportunity to access information and be connected. It's had an impact
on education, commerce, healthcare and way the governments can reach out
to their citizens. The internet is providing positive implications in
the world that we live in. The fact that you can have people collaborate
around an idea related to innovation and create a network for them to
share their ideas is made possible by the internet. Network is a key
enabler of innovation not just in technology, but in the way businesses
operate.
The demand fundamentals for networking continue to remain strong. What's driving growth?
I
think, there is a huge demand for smartphones and tablets and people
want to consume more data on the internet. In many ways, service
providers will continue to look to Juniper to innovate so that we can
reduce the cost of traffic carried and make them more profitable. In
addition to this, some service providers have innovated in their own
business models. The big growth engines are mobile internet, videos and
distribution of videos on the network. Increasing adoption of cloud
computing, private cloud and public clouds and big data centres
connected to network are other drivers for growth.
How is the enterprise business playing out in India?
Our
India business is growing rapidly. Last year, we grew 30% on the
enterprise side, while the service providers business was flat and part
of that is related to the way the spectrum was allocated on the wireless
side. The wireless spectrum and auction process have created a
situationthe industry remains fragmented. There has been a pause in
spending and service providers are waiting for certain changes in policy
matters. Most competitors in the wireless side are not making profits
posing a challenge to many of the service providers. I think that's
being addressed.
How are you leveraging on cloud to deliver a better value proposition?
There
are certain applicationsclients have concerns around privacy of data
and hence, they want to store their data on a private cloud. At the end
of the day, virtualised data centres provide better economics of
computing. In addition to connecting data centres to the internet, we
have a sizable security business that will grow exponentially in the
next 5-10 years.
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