Thread regarding Juniper Networks Inc. layoffs

Am I the only one not enthusiastic about this acquisition? How many acquisitions has Juniper swept under the rug because they knew it was a horrible idea and decision?

So what does the future hold for Juniper?

Get bought by Google or AWS? ATT or Verizon?

A recent Gartner report stated this...

"From an end-user perspective, more cloud vendors, regions and environments are a welcome addition as companies look who look to diversify their data estates across clouds. For many enterprises, multi cloud isn’t an “if” but a “when,” and a greater number of vendors increases market competition, improving negotiating leverage for enterprises."

If goes on to say.. "Adopt a “design for portability”approach that favors the use of the “common, portable subset” of features wherever possible if multi cloud provider scenarios are likely."

This supports the comment in this thread that talks about vendor lock-in, and avoiding proprietary features and capabilities provided by Cloud SPs. So this is understood and even Gartner is proposing this, in a diplomatic way.

Let's say, cloud subscribers comply (which is unlikely) and they build "multi-cloud" capable apps, and Juniper wants to help their mission in managing these apps, as stated quite clearly by RR, BK and others.

Here's the question... Are we really abandoning HW platforms in favor of this flirtation with the cloud? and are we serious about this pivot into a "cloud applications management" as a company by bringing together Appformix, HTBase, Contrail and the "virtualized" appliances?

Seriously, is this the new Juniper that is going to throw in the towel and let Arista, Cisco, Huawei, Nokia, ALU etc .rule the Router/Switch harware market?

These are important questions, IMHO, because this will lead to thousands of layoffs of the current workforce in engineering.

"Multicloud" is such an overused, bogus marketing term these days. Didn't companies use multiple cloud services before they started calling it that? Of course they did.... Just to store data or run specific apps on independent cloud SPs. Today, however you don't just store data, you create apps to run on specific cloud platforms ... Custom apps built to run on specific cloud services, incorporating all the custom bells and whistles these services provide. Cloud providers obviosly try to lock you in to run your application exclusively on their cloud. Of course they do this intentionally. They provide proprietary services to hook in your apps and data. From databases to monitoring tools. Fir example Dynamo DB on AWS, in place of Oracle. Once you move your data and run your app on AWS or GC you are locked in. Boom!

The reason why this whole concept of multicloud application migration is doomed for failure is just so obvious... It is a waste if time to even talk about it. Communication Service Providers and network equipment manufactures can steer traffic ... That's it. They cannot make the applications work accross multiple cloud services. That is a ridiculous idea. Get it? You can't invent solutions for problems you have no control over. At least not this one.

This might be another contrail-like investment. The question is whose close friend or relative made the money this time?

Yawn