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Juniper claims up to 54% opex savings with JUNOS

Tony Chan | February 26, 2009 | 0 Comments

By CommsDay International

A new study by Forrester Consulting has found that companies that have deployed Juniper’s JUNOS network operating system are reporting significant operational cost savings.

Among the top-line results of the Juniper-commissioned study, corporations can reduce network operations costs by 41% based on dollar savings across specific task categories, including planned events, reduction in frequency and duration of unplanned network events, the sum of planned and unplanned events, time needed to resolve unplanned network events, and adding infrastructure.

The study also found a 54% reduction in maintenance and support costs for planned events, a 27% reduction in network downtime based on reduction in frequency and duration of unplanned network events, and a 41% increase in network stability and reliability from the sum of planned and unplanned events. With JUNOS, companies can also enjoy a 25% reduction in costs when deploying new infrastructure.

“This study demonstrates our fundamental value proposition with JUNOS Software: It offers the power of one operating system to reduce complexity, achieve operational excellence and deliver dynamic services with lower TCO,” said Brad Gray, VP for South Asia, Juniper Networks. “Today’s savvy CIO is not looking to just cut costs, but rather find ways of improving efficiency and prioritizing projects with faster returns on investment. The sheer scope of TCO improvements highlighted in the study, from savings across multiple network operating system task categories to the time needed to resolve unplanned network events, clearly demonstrates how JUNOS Software pays rich dividends in lower cost and simplicity across a wide variety of network infrastructures.”

The survey was based on interviews with customers using the Forrester’s Total Economic Impact (TEI) methodology, which measures the costs and value of a technology in increasing the effectiveness of overall business processes. For the Juniper study, Forrester used four fundamental elements of TEI in modeling the JUNOS software – cost and cost reduction, benefits to the entire organization, flexibility and risk.

Forrester constructed a TEI framework for a composite organization and an associated ROI analysis to illustrate the areas of financial impact. Forrester identified a three-year risk-adjusted ROI of 63% associated with the deployment of Juniper switches and routers and JUNOS Software in an enterprise network, and positive financial payback within nine months.

Together with lowered operational costs, Forrester also found that JUNOS offers a rapid learning curve for network administrators, allow corporations to avoid hiring network management personnel to maintain the Juniper infrastructure. According to the study, the associated human resources savings for companies over a three year period amounts to US$297,697.

This article was first published in CommsDay International