Mist Systems

sdxcentral | March 04, 2019

Juniper Networks today said it will acquire wireless LAN (WLAN) startup Mist Systems for $405 million. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this year. Juniper CEO Rami Rahim wrote in a blog post that the purchase would expand the company’s enterprise portfolio into the wireless realm and would enable it to stake claim “to AI-driven operations in the era of multi-cloud.”And in a conference call regarding the acquisition, Rahim called the purchase an “offe...

totaltele | June 05, 2019

Nuvias, the EMEA high-value distributor, is extending its remit to incorporate Juniper Networks’ recently-acquired Mist Systems, provider of AI-driven, all-in-one, cloud solutions to manage wireless networks.The focus of the combined solutions is to simplify operations and improve customer experience while lowering costs for enterprise customers. Mist, a Juniper company, built the first AI-driven wireless platform with the world’s first virtual IT assistant. The Mist Learning Wireles...

SDxCentral | January 15, 2020

IoT and SD-WAN might not sound like they belong together, but ask VMware’s VeloCloud or managed service provider Apcela and you might be surprised by what they have to say. The two companies see SD-WAN as the key to making large IoT deployments manageable at a human scale. Sanjay Uppal, who co-founded VeloCloud and now serves as the head of VMware’s SD-WAN division, said the expanding scope of SD-WAN has opened the door to several applications that the technology wouldn’t norma...

SDxCentral | January 14, 2020

AT&T today announced it has reached an agreement to provide 5G services to the Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada. The compound is about a 20-minute drive from the hustle and bustle of the Las Vegas Strip. Personnel at the base will also gain access to FirstNet, a nationwide public safety communications network being built by AT&T with funding from the federal government. The network operator plans to equip the base with 5G infrastructure to support communications among more than 4...