We’re delighted to welcome another special guest, Colin Evans from Juniper Networks. In the process of working out exactly what Juniper does, conversation soon turns to a variety of network-related themes, including automation and the mobile edge. Having done a general telecoms deep dive, they conclude with a look at Ericsson’s recant quarterly earnings release and what it might indicate about the broader industry.

Automation, edge and Ericsson

In this edition we have a rough landing for Virgin Orbit, our new favourite e-reader and the New York Times stands up to Twitter. We also go out and about to meet Jan van de Laer, senior director systems engineer with Juniper Networks.

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Virgin Orbit crashes to Earth and Juniper Networks' Jan van de Laer

The pod is delighted to welcome back former Chief Network Architect at BT Neil McRae, who starts by telling us about his new job. They move on to talk about 6G, with Scott and Iain having recently attended a conference on the matter, then get a report from Neil on a UK telecoms investment initiative he is part of, and conclude by trying to unravel the intricacies of the latest innovations in the Radio Access Network and why, if at all, we should care.

6G, investment and RAN

After a month off for the winter break the pod is finally back and incongruously sober. Just as unusual was the presence of major news so early in the year so the lads start by analysing HPE’s mega acquisition of Juniper Networks, and what it means for the telecoms sector. They move on to speculate about the unintended consequences of America’s attempts to suppress Chinese AI development before concluding with a look at the UK Post Office IT scandal.

HPE, AI and the Post Office

The pod is delighted to welcome back special guest Neil McRae, Chief Network Strategist at Juniper Networks. The main theme of the chat was derived from recent quarterly earnings announcements by Ericsson and Nokia, which were very similar as they’re both suffering through what could be described as a telecoms recession. There also were plenty of networking tangents, including some DIY stories from Neil.

Quarterly earnings, networks and telecoms recession

Check out The Major Update Episode of the Channel Chats podcast to hear the news about Juniper’s planned merger with HPE. We’re also excited to share Juniper’s amazing Gartner rankings, info on updated marketing assets and branding for our partners, and what to expect at upcoming webinars and events.

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Episode 22: The Major Update Episode

Producer Pierre wasn’t well this week, so we were forced to speak to special guest Neil McRae of Juniper Networks over Zoom. Broadcasting from his pinball den, Neil offered an update on his company before reflecting on the recent MWC trade show. They covered a lot of hot mobile topics, including private 5G vs wifi, but definitely not 6G. That eventually led to speculation about whether 6G will ever be a big deal, before concluding with a look at a buzzword that has already lost its lustre – Open RAN.

Juniper Networks, 6G and Open RAN

The guys celebrate the nicest day of the year by spending it locked in a small room with special guest Phil Mottram from HPE. They start by finding out all about Aruba, which is the bit of the company Phil runs, and soon branch off onto a bunch of other HPE-related topics. Among those is the IT security environment, which eventually leads them to talk about recent developments in the sovereign cloud, before they conclude with a look at some legal hot water Apple has landed itself in.

HPE, sovereign cloud and Apple

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