Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has expanded its AI-powered network management solution, HPE Aruba Networking Central, with new features aimed at enhancing automation and monitoring capabilities. The solution now integrates OpsRamp to enable monitoring of third-party devices from major vendors like Cisco, Juniper Networks, and Palo Alto Networks.
These new capabilities include improved network configuration management, extended network observability, and AI-driven optimization, all powered by insights from a growing customer base. According to David Hughes, it’s chief product officer, these upgrades strengthen network automation by offering insights across a wide array of vendor products, giving customers better control and management of their networks.
OpsRamp, acquired by it in 2023, adds contextual network visibility, helping to reduce blind spots in mixed-vendor environments and speed up troubleshooting. The integration also enhances Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) with HPE Aruba Networking User Experience Insight (UXI) monitoring, enabling continuous SLA monitoring from user to application.
Additional improvements include a unified configuration model across wired, wireless, and gateway products, expanded hierarchical configuration options, and 90 new APIs. Companies like Henkel Corporation anticipate that these upgrades will significantly reduce deployment times, turning what used to take weeks into hours.
The solution also benefits from three times more AI-trained models introduced in the past six months, helping to streamline network planning, deployment, management, and optimization. In 2024, HPE Aruba Networking added new AI-powered security features, such as behavioral analytics and IoT security monitoring, further enhancing the platform’s capabilities. HPE Aruba Networking Central is available as a SaaS solution or through HPE GreenLake for Networking, with AI-powered tools and third-party monitoring available for public preview starting in October 2024.
