He Gartner Magic Quadrantone of the most influential market research organizations in the technology industry, has recognized Juniper NetworksHuawei, HPE (Aruba) and Fortinet as leaders in the field of wired and wireless enterprise LAN infrastructure. According to the consultancy, this position reflects not only the product development and execution capabilities scalability of these suppliers, but also their credibility, innovation and strategic vision in a highly competitive market.
Enterprise LAN networks, both wired and wireless, form the basis of local connectivity in any organization. These networks allow users, devices and applications to communicate efficiently within a company, guaranteeing daily operations. Today, this market is evolving towards more intelligent, secure and automated networks, driving demand for AI networks and networks as a service (NAS). Gartner predicts that by 2028, 35% of companies will incorporate AI into their LANs, up from less than 10% today.
In the case of Juniper Networksthe company is consolidated for the fifth consecutive year in this report as the supplier with the greatest execution capacity and integrity of vision. His Mist AI platform, which has the AI Agent Marvis Minis and with a built-in digital experience twin, it allows companies to offer continuous and detailed information about the status of their networks.
Huaweithe only non-North American provider in the leaders quadrant, has been recognized for the third consecutive time for its constant evolution in the field of campus connectivity and its innovation in AI-based networks. Additionally, according to Gartner research, its plans to incorporate Wi-Fi 8 concepts into the current generation of Wi-Fi 7 access points reflect its future-oriented vision and commitment to technological evolution.
Likewise, HPE (Aruba) maintains its position as a leader for 19 consecutive years thanks to its HPE Aruba Networking Central platform, integrated with OpsRamp. This combination makes it easy to migrate systems, manage multi-vendor environments by natively monitoring legacy and third-party network and security components.
For its part, Fortinet repeats for the second consecutive year as leader thanks to its portfolio of secure LAN networks, which includes solutions such as FortiSwitch and FortiAP. These solutions are fully integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric framework and operate under a single operating system, FortiOS, which, the report highlights, enables effective convergence between network and security, guaranteeing protection and performance on a single platform.
