As CES wound down, industry watchers are now turning their attention to the National Retail Federation show across the country in New York. Retail, once is slow moving industry, is now ripe with change and the in-store environments have become operationally more complex.
Given Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.‘s Juniper acquisition has now had a bit of time to percolate, I was expecting to see at HPE’s European version of its user event Discover this week in Barcelona how it’s using the combined assets to reshape itself for the artificial intelligence era. The event is the first real glimpse into how the Juniper Networks acquisition is taking shape, just five months after the deal closed.
This past week the Ryder Cup was held at the famed Bethpage Black Golf Course in Farmingdale, New York. While the raucous crowd cheered the U.S. team, and European fans sang, “Ole, Ole,” Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. worked with the Ryder Cup to provide a rock-solid technology foundation for all aspects of the event including fan experience, back-office operations and all other aspects of running an event like this.
Artificial intelligence is at the heart of almost every part of an organization’s strategy, and that includes information technology operations. However, many organizations aren’t seeing clear business results. In fact, a recent MIT Study found that 95% of generative AI projects are failing. One of the big reasons for failure is that AI is being deployed in silos resulting in partial insights into the broader ecosystem.
Now that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and Juniper Networks Inc. this weekend settled with the U.S. Department of Justice, the $14 billion deal that will bring Juniper’s networking and security assets into the HPE portfolio will enable HPE to continue its transformation to a networking-first company. Many industry watchers, me included, had started to wonder if any agreement could be reached prior to the upcoming July 9 court date.