Hewlett Packard Enterprise boosts AI capabilities with strategic acquisitions and cloud solutions

In July 2025, at the HPE Discover event, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) CEO Antonio Neri emphasized the company's strategy for helping enterprises leverage artificial intelligence (AI) through its networking and hybrid cloud solutions. Notably, HPE has made significant strides with its recent acquisitions, including Juniper for $14 billion and Morpheus Data, aimed at enhancing its capabilities within the AI and networking sectors. Neri pointed out that the integration of these acquisitions not only bolsters HPE's engineering team—now boasting nearly 7,000 engineers focused on networking—but also positions the company to capitalize on the growing demand for AI across enterprise environments. Neri highlighted the desperate need for seamless data connectivity, essential for AI applications that are data-intensive in nature. HPE's GreenLake platform, which enables firms to adopt services as needed, presents the company as a leader in hybrid solutions, further integrating capabilities that allow customers to utilize AI more efficiently on their unique data sets. The event marked an evolution in HPE's approach, showcasing enhanced offerings like GreenLake Intelligence, thus representing a definitive move towards full-stack hybrid operations. HPE continues to reflect on the future of AI implementation, solidifying its status as a powerhouse in the networking and hybrid cloud market as it prepares to enhance its services to cater to enterprise AI needs in the upcoming decade.