HPE aims to connect, secure edge to cloud with $925M Silver Peak acquisition
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SD-WAN leader Silver Peak for approximately $925 million in cash. According to the announcement, Silver Peak will be combined with HPE’s Aruba business unit, extending Aruba’s technology leadership in the SD-WAN space.
“HPE was an early mover in identifying the opportunity at the edge and that trend is accelerating in a post-COVID world,” explains Antonio Neri, president and CEO of HPE. “With this acquisition we are accelerating our edge-to-cloud strategy to provide a true distributed cloud model and cloud experience for all apps and data wherever they live. Silver Peak’s innovative team and technology bring critical capabilities that will help our customers modernize and transform their networks to securely connect any edge to any cloud.”
Silver Peak’s SD-WAN offerings are expected to strengthen Aruba’s Edge Service Platform (ESP). By combining Silver Peak’s SD-WAN with Aruba’s SD-Branch solutions customers can simplify branch office and WAN deployments to empower remote workforces, enable cloud-connected distributed enterprises, and transform business operations without compromising quality or reliability.
“Today’s announcement comes at a unique moment for our customers, who are grappling with business recovery in the wake of the pandemic,” says Keerti Melkote, president of Intelligent Edge for Hewlett Packard Enterprise and founder of Aruba Networks. “The need for edge-to-cloud architectures has never been more relevant as enterprises look to extend connectivity to branch locations and enable secure work-from-home experiences. Silver Peak’s technology transforms legacy WAN architectures to self-driving WANs, which is a perfect fit with Aruba’s cloud-native, AI-driven Edge Services Platform. Together, we will be able to meet these needs with critical connectivity, security, and AI capabilities to drive the next generation of Edge-to-Cloud transformation.”
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edge hardware | edge networking | edge security | HPE | SD-WAN | WiFi | wireless
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