End of Software, The: Finding Security, Flexibility, and Profit in the On Demand Future

Infranet: A Corporate-Quality Internet

Historically, implementing private corporate networks has addressed many of the challenges of security, performance, and change management. However, private corporate networks are not ubiquitous and far from cheap. Pradeep Sindhu (founder and co-chairman of Juniper Networks) says, “Unfortunately, today's corporate networks are engineered for one network, one application. That uniqueness drives up cost and slows the ability for customers to take advantage of the benefits of global networking.”

Sindhu is driving a networking industry initiative to address this issue. The fundamental thesis is that conventional private or public networking approaches cannot solve today's challenges. The solution is neither ...