Way to go Juniper -- The Gartner Data Center MQ places Juniper almost at par with Arista. Cisco is the clear leader, but only Juniper and Arista are placed alongside Cisco on the top right, as a Visionary and a Leader.
Needless to say any positive news is is really good for Juniper these days. Morale is low and people are leaving or looking to leave. Arista is a big threat to Juniper and they are a huge threat in the Data Center space. They are also hiring many seasoned Sales/SE teams away from Juniper. Though the comments in this report are not glowing, they are marginally positive. It is interesting when these types of unofficially sponsored reports say something like "you should consider shortlisting a vendor for XYZ". This usually happens, when the products are not that great, but the vendor pays a sizable contribution to Gartner (by way of participating in their conferences and sponsoring the boondoggle parties and events etc). Also, the promise for 'self-healing networks' must have got Gartner interested, as it does sound 'next-gen' and visionary worthy.
The good news though is that many enterprises follow Gartner... and this is definitely a plus. Let's hope some improved sales from this can reduce some cuts moving forward.