HPE advances AIOps and networking integrations following Juniper acquisition

HPE has expanded its AI-native networking portfolio and announced a series of integrations between its Aruba and Juniper networking platforms as part of efforts to deliver consistent AIOps features and broader observability across compute, storage, networking and cloud. The company said the work—which follows the recent Juniper acquisition—brings shared agentic AI and microservices frameworks to both HPE Aruba Networking Central and HPE Juniper Networking Mist, with features such as unified organisational insights, cross-platform AIOps and plans to make Aruba capabilities available on Mist and vice versa. HPE described the changes as an early step toward a common operational model for self-driving network operations and said the first cross-platform capabilities will roll out over the coming months.

The company also introduced new networking hardware and systems intended for high-performance AI workloads, including a QFX5250 switch built on Broadcom Tomahawk 6 silicon and an MX301 multiservice edge ...