The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday filed a lawsuit to block the HPE/Juniper Networks $14 billion deal. Here are five things channel partners need to know.

The US Justice Department sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc., arguing the tie-up would harm competition in the market for enterprise wireless equipment used by large companies,

Some partners and other executives said they were surprised that the Dept. of Justice filed a lawsuit to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) planned $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR).