Building on its software defined networking strategy, networking company Juniper recently partnered with Affirmed Networks, a leader in virtualized mobile networks. Through the deal, the companies plan to develop solutions that can help service providers embrace next-generation NFV (network functions virtualization) based architectures. With the telecom industry invariably moving from hardware to software, the architecture supporting mobile networks is going to be virtualized on a big scale going forward. Considering this, and the fact that Juniper earns almost two-thirds of its revenues from service providers, the partnership seems to have a lot to offer for Juniper. The company believes that by combining its networks’ virtualization portfolio with Affirmed’s industry leading technology, it can effectively address the need for scaling virtualized mobile networks for service providers. 

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