The New Network is Central Government

Central Government has a tricky balancing act to perform and wise investment in technology can deliver improved efficiencies and value while protecting front-line services.

Information is at the very heart of government operation’s and exploiting it more effectively will help create the financial headroom you need to invest where it can be most effective. In this context, information technology becomes an enabler that can deliver benefits beyond the boundary of technology. Innovation in the network becomes a major contributor to cost saving strategies and has the potential to radically change the user and citizen experience.

Time for a new network
Networking for Central Government must be secure, compliant with information assurance standards, far simpler, and encourage innovation. Networks should be cheaper to operate, use less energy, use a common operating system, and need fewer experts to manage them. They should allow integration, enable collaboration, and support shared services. And the changing structure of departments and agencies demands flexibility and scalability.

The new network is here. Talk to Juniper, and you can discover networks that do all these things and are also 30% to 40% cheaper to buy, 25% to 30% cheaper to run, use 35% to 40% less energy, and require 40% - 50% less space.

Our networks are simpler. Our innovative designs strip out layers of devices and costly cabling. What’s more, Juniper uses a single operating system across all Juniper technologies to deliver a more cost-effective network that requires fewer management resources.

Juniper’s simplified network infrastructure makes it far easier for central government departments and organisations to make savings by sharing common services. However, as the data shared increases, so does the risk to security. Juniper embeds security into the network making it more resistant to threats and cyber attack.

Legally binding carbon reductions targets will be challenging. As well as being environmentally responsible across all phases of their lifecycle, Juniper solutions help organizations reduce travel, energy consumption, waste, and resource depletion. And our reuse of hardware extends the life of the infrastructure.

Networks from Juniper are designed to support innovation. Our commitment to open standards allows others to innovate on top of our technology. This approach embraces interoperability and means you are not tied to a single vendor, and legacy assets do not need to be disposed of prematurely.

The Rural Payments Agency has leveraged Juniper’s innovative technology to create a high-performance networking platform, pioneering the use of virtualization in the British public sector, in support of capital, operational cost and consumption efficiencies. Designed to resolve a host of IT inefficiencies, the new LAN delivers lower operational costs, improved network performance and power consumption, as well as simplified management of both its network and security devices.

There are many reasons why working with Juniper Networks makes sense:
• A public network built with Juniper technology has been independently verified as 30% to 40% cheaper to buy, and 25% to 30% cheaper to run.
• As part of your carbon reduction strategy, a Juniper network has been independently verified as using 35% to 40% less energy and requiring 40% to 50% less space.
• Our products are designed to be environmentally responsible across all phases of their life-cycle.
• Our solutions are based on an open platform allowing organisations to leverage their existing technology and protect investments already they have already made.
• Our sustainable approach to networking economics gives you real options to save on costs and reinvest scarce resources.
We have a proven record delivering cost-effective networking solutions to central government.