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Rami Rahim

Former Chief Executive Officer & Director, Juniper Networks

Search every verified Rami Rahim interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Rami Rahim, executive vice president, president, and general manager of HPE Networking, appeared at HPE Discover 2026 in Las Vegas in June, where he delivered a keynote and participated in interviews. He promoted the concept of a "self-driving network," which he described as a network that configures, optimizes, and heals itself. Rahim stated that such a network is critical for the AI era, arguing that "best effort networking" is no longer sufficient and that enterprises need a solid network foundation to become "agentic enterprises." He said that the combination of HPE and Juniper has brought together "an amazing set of ingredients" to create a self-protecting network with integrated security. Rahim also discussed the role of networking in AI data centers, stating that while networking accounts for only 10 to 15% of total investment, it is a "true force multiplier" that determines the return on compute investment. He said there is "no end in sight" to demand for token generation, requiring continued innovation in silicon, systems, and software. Rahim asserted that HPE Networking has made the most progress of any technology company in using AI to manage networks, and that the future of networking "will not just support AI, it will run on AI." He described the combination of compute, storage, networking, and automation across the stack as a key differentiator that standalone networking companies would find difficult to match.

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“There is no end in sight to the demand right now for the generation of tokens. What that means for us is we need to continue to push the envelope on silicon, systems and software for scale across, scale out, and scale up.”

“If you take a look at a typical AI data center, maybe only around 10 to 15% of the total investment in that data center is going to be networking. But it is a true force multiplier. That investment is going to determine how much you're going to get out of your billions of dollars that you put into compute. If you're running your network at 50% capacity, having blocking issues, congestion issues, guess what? That inve”

“The SRX 4700 is the world's fastest quantum‑safe firewall by a mile; we're doing in one rack unit what others take 14 rack units to do, proven through third‑party testing.”

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