Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Juniper Networks
Search every verified Manoj Leelanivas interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Manoj Leelanivas, Chief Operating Officer of Juniper Networks, has been discussing the company's AI-native networking platform and its focus on user experience and operational simplification. In an August 2024 interview at the New York Stock Exchange, Leelanivas stated that the company aims to "transcend connectivity" and make networking "all about the experience." He noted that Juniper has collected telemetry data for eight years and that its Marvis AI engine can predict and self-correct 80 to 90% of network problems. Leelanivas also highlighted customer outcomes, including one early customer that eliminated 90% of IT network trouble tickets after deploying Juniper Mist, and a large logistics provider that achieved an 85% reduction in mean time to resolution. Leelanivas has also discussed Juniper's efforts to ease AI adoption for customers. He described the company's Enterprise Blueprint as a program to smooth the adoption phase, and mentioned Marvis Minis, a digital twin capability that allows customers to model and test network environments ahead of time. In a May 2023 interview, Leelanivas characterized the network as "the one last remaining piece that hasn't been modernized" in IT infrastructure, and said Juniper's software and AI work positions the company to capitalize on evolving network opportunities. He emphasized the company's focus on automating day-zero, day-one, and day-two operations to improve experiences for both customers and end users.
“When you think about networking you think about connectivity but we want to transcend connectivity — networking has to be all about the experience, about the end user, and how you actually have simplified operations for the people who actually use the networks. The AI-native network is all about providing that.”
“We have been collecting telemetry — multiple data points from users, access points, switches, routers and security devices for eight years now. With our cloud-native platform and the Marvis AI engine we can almost predict problems in the network and the network is almost self-healing: 80 to 90% of the problems are corr...”
“One of our early customers, before they deployed Juniper Mist they had a lot of network trouble tickets — once they deployed Juniper Mist they were able to eliminate almost 90% of their IT network trouble tickets, which gives valuable time back to people so they can actually do better work.”
“Gap, one of the strong retailers in the world, since they moved to Juniper they've been able to eliminate 85% of the truck rolls.”
Bob Laliberte, Principal Analyst for theCUBE Research is joined by Manoj Leelanivas, Chief Operating Officer at Juniper Networks as part of theCUBE's coverage of Juniper Networks AI-Native NOW from the New York Stock Exchange. To learn more please visit: https://juni.pr/thecube
In this #ZKShort, I have a quick conversation with Manoj Leelanivas, COO of @JuniperNetworks about my thoughts from the companies analyst and influencer summit #AI #Juniper #WiFi #network #cloud
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