US DOJ settles antitrust case for HPE's $14 billion takeover of Juniper

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise office successful Spring, Texas, US, connected Monday, May 29, 2023.

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The U.S. Department of Justice has settled its suit challenging server shaper Hewlett Packard Enterprise's all-cash acquisition of Juniper Networks for $14 billion, according to tribunal filings.

The colony requires the combined institution to divest HPE's Instant On wireless networking concern and licence the root codification for Juniper's Mist AI bundle utilized successful Juniper's WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) products.

The associated settlement, filed precocious connected Friday, requires support by a justice and would debar the request for a proceedings scheduled for July 9.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), HPE and Juniper did not instantly respond to a Reuters petition for remark extracurricular concern hours.

The DOJ sued to artifact the woody successful January, arguing that it would stifle contention and pb to lone 2 companies — Cisco Systems and HPE — controlling much than 70% of the U.S. marketplace for networking equipment.

In February, Juniper denied the DOJ's allegations, saying successful a filing that the ailment does not correctly correspond the marketplace dynamics for wireless web solutions and the companies' rationale for the deal.

HPE said much than a twelvemonth agone that it would get Juniper, arsenic it looks to spruce up its artificial quality offerings.

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