HPE’s merger with Juniper Networks has been approved by the White House for national security reasons: Source
- US Intelligence has enabled the merger of HPE-Juniper Networks– Sources familiar with the event said it is blocked as a national security measure to counter Huawei’s superiority and a national security measure to counter Huawei’s control. The move sparked concerns about Huawei’s relationship with the CCP, prompting unexplained intervention by activist Laura Loomer.
$14 billion Merger between the Computer Networking Giants Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Network Sources familiar with the event said they were allowed to move on after the US intelligence agency intervened to make it happen as a national security issue. luck.
The sense within the federal government was that the combination of HPE Janiper in the market acts as a “breakwater.” Huawei In a market that could otherwise be more dominant as Chinese companies offer a single, complete technology stack, sources said.
The intervention of unspecified intelligence officers in a merger that was blocked by a Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit is First reported by Axios. However, Fortune can confirm that the fear of Huawei is the issue that caused approval to the merger.
“Huawei is very widely known to be closely linked to the Chinese Communist Party, and its products have been repeatedly identified as a threat to national security in the United States and many other countries,” the source said.
“The competition is global, and the combination of HPE-Juniper is a stronger breakwater against Huawei. It will be the only US-based company that will provide the entire technology stack that Huawei does.”
Huawei did not immediately return two requests for comments. HPE declined to comment when it reached.
The process that leads to transaction approval is Two senior DOJ staff members have lost their jobsIt was easy to draw Laura Rumer’s Angera right-wing online provocateur. On social media, she alleged that HPE paid two consultants to alliance President Trump with $1 million each to engage in “influential prostitutes.” Rumer later deleted the claim.
Two sources said luck They were confused by Rumer’s intervention.