In July 2025, Hewlett Packard Enterprise completed its $13.4 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, a strategic move designed to enhance HPE’s AI-driven, quantum-safe SD-WAN and secure networking portfolio. Juniper’s high-performance routers, switches and integrated SD-WAN capabilities have been folded into HPE Aruba Networking and HPE GreenLake offerings, enabling end-to-end encryption and next-generation firewall services. This deal positions HPE to capture a larger share of the rapidly growing quantum-safe SD-WAN market, which analysts project will expand from $1.0 billion in 2024 to $3.44 billion by 2029 at a 28 percent CAGR, by marrying Juniper’s hardware strengths with HPE’s AI-native management and zero-trust framework.

At NRF 2026, HPE introduced a suite of retail-ready solutions combining HPE Aruba Networking CX switching, Mist AIOps, and HPE NonStop Compute to ensure uninterrupted transactions and real-time analytics. The new CX 6000 Switch Series features compact 8-port PoE and non-PoE models with enhanced telemetry and IoT probing for digital signage, smart checkout and edge analytics without network redesign. HPE NonStop Compute NS9 X5 and NS5 X5 platforms deliver up to 15 percent more performance capacity and linear scale to 4,000 nodes, according to internal benchmarks, while Transparent Data Encryption bolsters compliance. Offered via HPE GreenLake as a service, these solutions provide retailers with scalable, AI-driven assurance and continuous operations across edge-to-core environments.