1Rolling out
0Pilots
0Pulled back
1Plans and forecasts
3Jobs affected
Sep 2025First tracked
On the floor
- HPE pitches a self-driving network run by AI agents
At HPE Discover 2026, HPE described a self-healing, self-optimizing network run through HPE Mist and coordinated by operational agents. Analysts questioned whether the claims hold in mixed vendor environments.
Futurum · Network and Computer Systems Administrators, Computer Network Architects
- HPE Juniper Mist agents fix more network issues on their own
HPE added agentic AI to Juniper Mist. Its Marvis Actions can now autonomously fix more issues, including misconfigured ports, capacity problems and non-compliant hardware, with IT oversight.
Jobs affected
HumanWith AIAIRobot
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators2h 56m of 8h touched · 314,000 workers · $99k · -4.1% by 2035Where AI or robots show up most: Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary (1h 4m a shift, AI on its own)
- Computer Network Architects1h 59m of 8h touched · 180,000 workers · $134k · +7.7% by 2035Where AI or robots show up most: Develop and implement solutions for network problems (30m a shift, AI on its own)
- Computer Network Support Specialists2h 40m of 8h touched · 146,000 workers · $76k · +1.2% by 2035Where AI or robots show up most: Troubleshoot network or connectivity problems for users or user groups (1h 5m a shift, AI on its own)