HPE announced an expansion of its retail-ready portfolio to help customers improve connectivity, security, insight, and performance across their operations. The expanded solutions help retailers manage transactions, data, and shopping experiences with confidence across their entire landscape, from the back office and warehouse to the front of the store and curbside. At NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show, HPE is showcasing expanded retail solutions that bring together the self-driving networks of HPE Aruba Networking CX switching and Mist AIOps at the branch edge with the latest HPE Nonstop solutions at the core, demonstrating how secure, resilient connectivity underpins retail modernization.
These solutions are combined with HPE AI-native insight and assurance to give retailers the performance and confidence needed to support in-store operations and modern customer experiences. Built for environments that require absolute continuity, the HPE Nonstop Compute NS9 X5 and NS5 X5 solutions help retailers keep transactions running and data available during peak demand, while new 8-port models in the HPE Aruba networking CX 6000 Switch Series enable flexible deployment at checkout lanes and overhead crawl spaces through a compact, completely silent design. Connecting edge, assurance, and intelligence for always-on retail operations: By strengthening the store edge, user experience visibility, and business insight, HPE addresses retailers’ needs for uptime, security, and scalability from the point of customer interaction through core business systems, introducing new innovations that include: For Business Insight: HPE is expanding access to retail insights, provided by the Mist AIOps platform, by integrating the Marvis virtual network assistant with HPE Juniper Networking Premium Analytics.
This integration brings location intelligence and network performance data, including engagement and occupancy analytics, into Marvis’ natural language interface, helping retailers move from reactive troubleshooting to proactive decision-making. For the Edge: The HPE Aruba NetworkingCX 6000 Switch Series includes new 8-port Power over Ethernet (PoE) and non-PoE models that securely connect point-of-sale (POS) terminals, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and staff systems to the network. Compared to legacy solutions, the new switches offer increased PoE capacity to support modern retail devices such as wireless access points, cameras, and sensors, enabling retailers to deploy new in-store services like digital signage, smart checkout, and edge analytics without reorking their network infrastructure.
With support for Wi-Fi 7, User Experience Insight Sensors identify issues introduced by upgrades or network changes before users are impacted, helping protect revenue. The Nonstop OS software scales easily to handle growing transaction volumes, preparing the core infrastructure to handle greater workloads and new data-rich applications like real-time analytics and AI. Both the HPE Nonstop Computes and HPE GreenLake cloud platform, allowing retailers to align IT investments with business outcomes through a flexible, subscription-based model.
HPE Aruba Networking cX enables easy expansion to new stores and devices, while new AI-native capabilities simplify operations and provide deeper insight into shopping experiences. At the core, an enhanced HPE Nonstop environment delivers the memory and bandwidth for real-time analytics, and high-volume omnichannel services without compromising availability. Discover the HPE showcase at booth 3203.
Availability: The HPE Nonstop Compute solutions and HPE Aruba Networking PX 6000 Switch Series are available from HPE and its worldwide channel partners.
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