C.R. Howdyshell, CEO of Advizex, a Fulcrum IT Partners company and a top HPE partner, said he sees Juniper's hiring of Galley as Americas channel chief as another sign that HPE and Juniper are going all in to grab networking market share from Cisco. "The door is wide open for HPE Juniper to take share in networking against Cisco," said Howdyshell. "I see this as complementary with HPE GreenLake and networking as a service with Aruba. We are making a bet financially and with additional resources that HPE Juniper will thrive, and this just reinforces that bet. This is just another sign that HPE with Juniper is doubling down on their investments to partner with the channel," he said. Howdyshell said he sees Juniper with Juniper Mist driving innovation into the core of the network with AI in contrast to the Cisco network strategy.