It reflects a broader shift in enterprise networking, where organisations are increasingly prioritising AI-driven operations, integrated security and automation over hardware specifications alone. The analyst firm also notes that campus networking software is becoming a primary source of competitive differentiation as networking hardware itself becomes increasingly commoditised. Against this backdrop, Huawei’s continued leadership (see chart, below) position reflects the direction in which enterprise networking is evolving. Traditionally, network operations teams have been responsible for identifying faults, diagnosing root causes and implementing fixes. Gartner’s latest assessment suggests that the future of enterprise networking will be defined less by hardware specifications and more by intelligence, automation and security.