Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced an expansion of its HPE Aruba Networking and HPE GreenLake cloud offerings to support enterprises in enhancing secure connectivity and hybrid cloud operations.
New capabilities now available in HPE Aruba Networking Central include cloud-based access control security designed to accelerate enterprise-grade zero trust security. This approach treats every user, device, and application as a potential threat until verified, employing robust policy capabilities to strengthen protection measures. Additionally, HPE Private Cloud Enterprise introduces threat-adaptive security features to support compliance with the Digital Operations Resilience Act (DORA), offering the capability to disconnect from the public internet when a network threat is detected.
Phil Mottram, Executive Vice President and General Manager, HPE Aruba Networking, commented on the evolving cyber threat landscape and the need for advanced security: “With the rise in adoption of data-fueled AI applications, organisations are facing more sophisticated threats to anywhere data is stored, captured or transmitted. HPE’s security solutions deliver advanced protection to help organisations mitigate risk, defend against attacks and build resiliency.”
The new features in HPE Aruba Networking Central Network Access Control (NAC) include precision cloud-based access controls, enabling IT teams to define and implement role-based policies for user and device identification. These enhancements are designed to help enterprises advance universal zero trust network access initiatives. Additional features, such as Intrusion Detection System (IDS), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), AI-powered observability, and microsegmentation, are aimed at reducing the impact of potential security breaches.
Among the new security functionalities are the Enhanced Policy Manager for HPE Aruba Networking Central NAC, which establishes detailed network access policies—such as application-to-role, role-to-subnet, and role-to-role policies. This ensures consistent enforcement of security and compliance across edge-to-cloud networks.
Integration between HPE Aruba Networking Central and HPE OpsRamp has been strengthened to provide native monitoring of third-party devices from vendors like Cisco, Arista, and Juniper Networks. Enhanced application profiling, classification, and risk assessment tools now give enterprises the capacity to establish application-specific access policies based on risk criteria.
Updates to HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN bring new Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) integration and Adaptive Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) defence capabilities. These use machine learning to dynamically adjust DDoS protections in real time. All Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) customers now receive a complimentary licence for HPE Aruba Networking Private Edge.
HPE Aruba Networking SSE offers new high-availability and high-performance mesh connectivity for routing traffic between global points of presence, aiming to improve reliability and resiliency. Mesh connectivity automatically determines the fastest secure path for data, providing alternative routes and automatic recovery to ensure continued security, without requiring manual intervention by IT teams.
On the private cloud front, HPE GreenLake receives further security enhancements intended to protect against emerging threats and to support compliance with new regulations. HPE Private Cloud Enterprise now features threat-adaptive security, capable of temporarily isolating critical systems by disconnecting from the public internet when a threat is detected. This function acts as a “digital circuit breaker” and is designed to minimise impacts before securely reconnecting systems once the threat is resolved. These features specifically address requirements for regulated industries, including the financial sector, under DORA.
HPE also announced the general availability of air-gapped cloud management through HPE Private Cloud Enterprise. This service enables customers in regulated industries or government to manage private cloud infrastructure entirely on-premises, without any external connectivity, and is deployed by security-cleared HPE staff. Future enhancements will allow cloud-native and Kubernetes workloads to be managed with the same air-gapped approach.
Additional offerings include HPE Cybersecurity Services for sovereign cloud, providing expertise to integrate sovereign security solutions into an organisation’s risk management framework. New cybersecurity services focused on AI aim to give customers governance and compliance support while transforming operations to predict and counter both traditional and AI-driven threats.
The integration between HPE’s OpsRamp and CrowdStrike provides unified observability and real-time threat detection, designed to enhance performance and resilience for enterprise systems.
HPE’s announcement comes as the company marks a year since signing the CISA Secure by Design pledge. HPE reports that it deploys more than 2,200 security controls within HPE GreenLake, and utilises Zero Trust frameworks to meet requirements set by CIS, CISA Secure by Design, STIG, and DORA.
Other advancements in HPE’s secure by design initiatives include Aruba Networking’s AI-based network detection and response (NDR), ransomware protection through the HPE Cyber Resilience Vault, and the introduction of the HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 portfolio with HPE Integrated Lights Out 7. The new servers also provide a silicon root of trust and feature post-quantum cryptography capabilities meeting FIPS 140-3 Level 3 security certification.
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Source: https://datacentrenews.uk/story/hpe-unveils-enhanced-ai-powered-security-for-cloud-network
Chattanooga has long established a reputation as a tech hub, and the addition of a quantum computer center puts the city further at the forefront of today’s technological advancements and innovations.
“The reason this is so important to the city and state and nation, for that matter, is I think there’s almost no observers that don’t believe the future of the internet and cybersecurity runs right through quantum networking,” Niccolo de Masi, CEO and President of IonQ says.
“Even as we start thinking about our electric system, the things we can improve and do as this technology matures–it’s just incredible,” David Wade, CEO of EPB says. “We’re excited about it for the community,” he says.
The new center is a collaboration between EPB and IonQ and a momentous step toward a new technological era.
“I think this early-moving advance is going to move the city in great stead, the state in great stead and also be a shining light to the country,” de Masi says. “It’s groundbreaking–very exciting. Our whole company was cheering all week as we heard this was going to be something that went into the board meeting for EPB earlier in the week, and David was texting me while he was signing the contract.”
The project will cost $22 million, but a report from the McKinsey Digital Quantum Technology Monitor projects the industry to generate $1-2 trillion over the next decade.
But, what is quantum computing, and what makes it unique?
Wade says quantum computing is a relatively new type of computing that’s more powerful and more advanced than regular computing. Traditional computing explores paths one at a time and is more linear, whereas quantum computing can explore various possibilities all at the same time. Wade says a real-world example is like using GPS to leave a crowded event.
“Today’s technology doesn’t try to look ahead and say ‘there’s 10,000 people going [in the same direction]. We need to split some of them in an opposite direction,’ so it waits until we have that and then it reroutes.” he says. “With technology like quantum, we’ll be able to do things in a totally different way and forecast where folks will be.”
In other words, it’s the equivalent of trying to find an exit in a maze: A regular computer is like sending one person into the maze — exploring one path at a time until they reach the exit. Quantum computing is like sending a million versions of yourself in the maze, exploring millions of paths, all the same time. Wade says most of quantum computing is found in research labs and academia and used for cyber security purposes.
Integrating it into commercial life, like our regular businesses, services and products, is a monumental step for our city’s future. de Masi says, for Chattanooga, they plan to work on the city’s energy distribution.
de Masi says this is the type of technology that will define our future, and it begins here in the Scenic City.
“It’s going to create the next generation of jobs,” de Masi says. “There’s going to be a whole new 5,10, 20, 30 years of recruits who are learning to use quantum computers and quantum networks early enough in their career so they can pioneer and build businesses on this wonderful infrastructure that EPB and IonQ are delivering to Chattanooga.”
De Masi says the entire system is the size of a commercial refrigerator and uses laser scanning to analyze a very intricate chip. The machine plugs into a wall socket and is extremely space efficient.
“They don’t need to be cooled down, and they don’t need a football field of space to run,” he says.
Next steps include the project’s build-out and commissioning, which is expected to be complete by early 2026.
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IBM will invest more than $30 billion in research and development to advance and continue its American manufacturing of mainframe and quantum computers.
IBM today announced a sweeping $150 billion investment plan to strengthen American innovation and leadership in advanced computing over the next five years, including more than $30 billion in research and development to advance and continue its American manufacturing of mainframe and quantum computers.
The move reinforces IBM’s commitment to American manufacturing, with a strong focus on expanding its capabilities in mainframe and quantum computing — two critical pillars for national security and economic competitiveness.
“Technology doesn’t just build the future — it defines it,” said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman, president, and CEO.
IBM’s legacy of powering major American milestones, from the Social Security system to the Apollo Program, continues today in Poughkeepsie, New York, where Big Blue claims its American-built mainframes underpin more than 70% of the world’s transactional value.
Equally significant is IBM’s commitment to quantum computing, a technology poised to redefine the global technology landscape. IBM operates a large fleet of quantum computers and continues to design, build, and assemble these systems domestically. Quantum advancements promise to solve complex problems beyond the reach of classical computing, with profound implications for national security, cryptography, and industrial innovation.
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