Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Stock Price, News & Analysis

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced significant board enhancements to drive shareholder value, including the appointment of Robert Calderoni as a new director and the formation of a new Strategy Committee. Calderoni, currently Chairman of KLA Corp., will chair the Strategy Committee and join HPE's Integration Committee.

The changes come as part of a cooperation agreement with Elliott Investment Management. The agreement includes an information-sharing provision and gives Elliott the option to appoint a representative to the Board. The Strategy Committee, comprising Calderoni, Gary Reiner, Raymond Lane, and Charles Noski, will assess HPE's businesses and identify value creation opportunities, particularly focusing on the recent Juniper Networks acquisition integration.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has announced a live audio webcast scheduled for July 10, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. CT to discuss the closing of its Juniper Networks acquisition. The presentation will feature key executives including CEO Antonio Neri, CFO Marie Myers, and EVP Rami Rahim.

The strategic acquisition aims to strengthen HPE's position in the AI and hybrid cloud market by developing an industry-leading cloud-native and AI-driven IT portfolio with a comprehensive networking stack. While no detailed financial information will be provided during the webcast, investors can access the presentation and its replay at HPE's investor relations website.

HPE (NYSE: HPE) has successfully completed its acquisition of Juniper Networks, marking a significant strategic expansion in the AI and hybrid cloud market. The transaction doubles the size of HPE's networking business and creates an industry-leading cloud-native and AI-driven IT portfolio.

Under the new structure, former Juniper CEO Rami Rahim will lead the combined HPE Networking business. The merger provides HPE with a complete networking IP stack, from silicon to software and services, and is expected to be accretive to non-GAAP EPS in year 1. The combined networking business will contribute more than 50% of total company operating income.

Following the completion, Juniper's shares (formerly NYSE: JNPR) have ceased trading on the NYSE.

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HPE (NYSE: HPE) and Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) have reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding HPE's planned $14 billion acquisition of Juniper. The agreement, which requires court approval, resolves the DOJ's lawsuit challenging the merger.

As part of the settlement, HPE will divest its global Instant On campus and branch business and provide limited access to Juniper's Mist AIOps technology post-closing. The all-cash transaction values Juniper at $40.00 per share, representing an equity value of approximately $14 billion.

The combined company aims to create a stronger alternative to legacy networking solutions, focusing on AI-native networking solutions and accelerating growth in AI data center, service provider, and cloud segments.

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) has been awarded the HPE Networking Momentum Partner of the Year 2025 by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. This recognition highlights DXC's excellence in delivering networking solutions and achieving outstanding business outcomes for customers.

The award acknowledges DXC's successful collaboration with HPE, particularly through partnerships with Pensando and Aruba, which led to the development of DXC Secure Network Fabric—a software-defined hybrid cloud networking solution. Notably, DXC was also named HPE Aruba Networking Global System Integrator of the Year in 2024.

HPE (NYSE: HPE) and KDDI Corporation have announced a strategic collaboration to launch the Osaka Sakai Data Center by early 2026. The facility will feature NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform built by HPE, powered by NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, aimed at supporting AI infrastructure for startups and enterprises.

The data center will implement hybrid cooling technology, combining air and direct liquid cooling to minimize environmental impact. Through KDDI's WAKONX platform, the facility will offer cloud-based AI computing services, supporting the development of trillion parameter generative AI models and low-latency inferencing capabilities for organizations globally.

The collaboration leverages HPE's five decades of liquid cooling expertise and experience in building large AI clusters, along with NVIDIA's advanced networking solutions including Quantum-2 InfiniBand, Spectrum-X Ethernet, and BlueField-3 DPUs.

HPE (NYSE: HPE) has secured a major partnership with Digital Realty, which will standardize its global data center operations on HPE Private Cloud Business Edition. The deployment will cover more than 300 data centers across 25+ countries on six continents.

The partnership aims to enhance Digital Realty's operational efficiency and workload management while minimizing costs. The solution offers up to 2.5X lower TCO compared to competing solutions. Digital Realty will implement HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, featuring industry-first disaggregated, scale-out block storage with 100% availability guaranteed.

The implementation will be supported by HPE solution provider Infradax and World Wide Technology (WWT), enabling Digital Realty to manage mission-critical operations through a single intuitive interface while ensuring security and resilience.

HPE (NYSE: HPE) has expanded its ProLiant Gen12 server portfolio with two new servers featuring 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors. The new HPE ProLiant DL325 and DL345 Gen12 servers offer double the memory capacity (up to 6TB) compared to previous generations, optimized for virtualization and edge deployments.

Key enhancements include new AI-driven management capabilities through HPE Compute Ops Management, offering up to 75% less server management time and 4.8 hours less downtime per server annually. The company also introduced HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software support, reducing licensing costs by up to 90%, and announced the HPE ProLiant DL145 for Azure Local Integrated System for edge computing.