HPE has been benefiting from strong executions in clearing backlogs, improved supply chain and increased customer acceptance. The company's efforts to shift focus to higher-margin offerings like Intelligent Edge and Aruba Central Hyperconverged Infrastructure are aiding its bottom-line results. However, execution challenges faced by the company in Intelligent Edge segment around Aruba sales are hurting its top-line growth. Earlier in March, HPE inked a definitive agreement to acquire Axis Security, a cloud security provider and extended its edge-to-cloud security capabilities by offering a unified Secure Access Services Edge (SASE) solution that will meet the growing demand for integrated networking and security solutions delivered as-a-service.