By David M Williams
Publication Date: 2026-02-15 10:58:00
HPE is moving to unify operations across its Aruba and Juniper networking portfolios, outlining a roadmap toward what it calls “autonomous networks” powered by agent AI and shared AIOps services.
Following the Juniper acquisition, HPE says it is bringing together HPE Aruba Networking Central and Juniper Mist capabilities under a common microservices framework, enabling customers to gain consistent visibility and automation across campus, branch, WAN and data center networks.
Planned integrations include Juniper Mist Experience Model being available within Downtown ArubaAruba’s Agentic Mesh technology extends to Mist and views of the global network operations center were shared across both platforms.
Regarding hardware, HPE presented the Juniper QFX5250 Data center switch, built with Broadcom Tomahawk 6 silicon and delivering up to 102.4 Tbps of performance. The switch is positioned for AI infrastructure, with support for liquid cooling and deep AIOps…
