HPE has launched new autonomous networking capabilities, establishing itself as the industry’s first and only provider of fully autonomous, agent-based AIOps networks.
With the addition of new autonomous networking capabilities in HPE Mist and HPE Aruba Central, HPE delivers on its vision of secure, AI-native, fully autonomous networks by enabling infrastructures capable of detecting, diagnosing and resolving issues in real time and without human intervention.
A fundamental aspect of this autonomous networking approach includes a differentiated architecture based on microservices, autonomous agents, and an advanced agentive mesh, designed to go beyond information-based operations and achieve true autonomy. This autonomous network model also allows you to proactively resolve issues before they can impact revenue, operations, or brand reputation.
“Autonomous networking is no longer just an aspiration. It’s a reality,” said Rami Rahim, executive vice president, president and general manager, Networking, HPE. “The networking that HPE now offers represents a fundamental shift for our customers, marking a turning point in enabling them to take advantage of the next frontier of autonomous actions. This redefines the role of autonomous networking from a system that informs to one that acts on behalf of the enterprise, freeing up enterprise networking teams to focus on innovation rather than operations.”
HPE helps the UK Ministry of Justice
HPE customers such as the UK Department of Justice are seeing tangible benefits from the adoption of autonomous networking through the HPE Self-driving Network, and have significantly improved operations by leveraging these capabilities to significantly reduce support tickets and dramatically speed up issue resolution.
These results reflect the broad benefits of autonomous networking across HPE’s product portfolio, where automation and AI-based insights have consistently reduced operational burdens, minimized escalation, and accelerated deployment timelines.
“Over the last four years, the Ministry of Justice has transformed the way it manages a highly complex, multi-vendor digital environment, integrating intelligence directly into the network on a national scale,” explains Nava Ramanan, Director of Technology at the Ministry of Justice. “HPE’s autonomous network enables reliable autonomous actions that help us anticipate and resolve issues before users are affected. This autonomous network-based approach has reduced help desk incidents by approximately 75% and internalized the management of approximately 15,000 devices to give our teams greater control and flexibility.”
HPE boosts autonomous networking with new features
HPE is expanding the capabilities of its autonomous networks by integrating new capabilities, powered by autonomous agents and based on agentive AI, into its HPE Mist and HPE Aruba Central platforms. This advancement in autonomous networks further reduces the need for manual intervention.
New autonomous network agents now offer capacity and radio optimization, self-security actions, and user roaming troubleshooting. Together, these capabilities enable autonomous networks to proactively improve the user experience and prevent issues before they can impact their operations.
New autonomous capabilities designed to optimize and protect the user experience in autonomous networking environments include:
- Dynamic capacity optimization: Enables the autonomous network to identify bottlenecks and dynamically adjust radio frequency parameters, improving coverage and user experience.
- Autonomous Missing VLAN Correction: Autonomous networking automatically corrects configuration errors to prevent traffic interruptions.
- Protection against unauthorized DHCP servers: Strengthens security in autonomous networks by automatically detecting and neutralizing threats.
- Dynamic frequency selection in real time (DFS): optimizes the use of spectrum in the autonomous network avoiding interference.
- Customer roaming insights: Autonomous networks ensure seamless connectivity through continuous analysis of user behavior.
- User Experience Latency Metrics – Provide complete visibility into performance within an autonomous network.
Seamless and secure connectivity
Both HPE Mist and HPE Aruba Central benefit from expanded integration with OpenRoaming, enhancing the efficiency and security of standalone networks, reducing costs, and simplifying the Wi-Fi access experience.
HPE is expanding the capabilities of its autonomous networks by integrating new capabilities powered by autonomous agents
This functionality also accelerates the transition to Zero Trust security models within autonomous network environments. Additional innovations include:
- Simplified online microsegmentation, aligned with autonomous network architectures.
- Testing in real NAC conditions, which allows validating policies within an autonomous network before implementation, reducing risks and guaranteeing operational continuity.
