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HPE's 'networks for AI' orders are now expected to reach at least $2 billion cumulative in FY26, up from a prior target, and routing orders grew nearly 30% in Q2, indicating accelerating demand for scale-across networking for data center interconnect. — This signals a potentially faster-than-expected share shift in high-end data center switching and routing, posing a greater competitive threat to established players.

Networking sales integration is complete, and the new combined portfolio is seeing strong order momentum in data center switching (up mid 40%) and routing (up mid 20%) on a normalized basis. — The successful integration and product roadmap are creating a stronger combined competitor that is gaining share in enterprise and AI data center networking.

Juniper's 'day one' combining sales forces is now set for January 1st (the next week), a milestone that could lead to disruption or acceleration in networking orders. — Combining sales teams is typically risky for disruption and may allow competitors like Cisco to gain share in the short term; the call implies strong bookings momentum despite this.