A common theme in most of these engagements is the continual learning that we network warriors experience. I have had the privilege of being associated with this industry for over three decades. In that time there has never been a period where the technology has been in a steady-state condition for any length of time. The state of the art of telecommunications changes continually, and keeping up with it requires constant education. This engagement once again was a learning experience: it involved a new client vertical industry (drugs), a new transmission technology (Fibre Channel), and a new Juniper Networks device (the QFX3500).

In many areas, Juniper Networks leads the state of the art in telecommunications. They have continually increased speed, increased density, and introduced groundbreaking features and services. In this engagement, the tribe used a new Juniper Networks product to help a customer reduce cost and standardize its data center, while meeting the constraints of some very persnickety applications.