HPE Acquisition of Juniper Networks Could Be Imminent
Summary
Rumors of the acquisition by HPE began circulating Monday evening with both the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Reuters citing sources familiar with the matter. Matthew Ball, chief analyst at Canalys, told Channel Futures that the potential acquisition will give HPE a significant advantage in the market. Juniper will also broaden HPEs data center switching portfolio, including Apstra for multi-vendor support/automation, gain its own silicon, and pushes it deeper into security with firewalls, SSE and threat detection. "Juniper has made significant gains in the campus networking space, often displacing Cisco and HPE Aruba. “We will continue to be opportunistic in making beneficial and accretive acquisitions while following our disciplined, return-based framework and ensuring integration success.” Neither company has responded to requests for comment so far, which is common when deals are merely speculation.
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