HPE

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An enterprise technology company providing compute, storage, networking, high-performance computing, hybrid-cloud, and IT services.

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Overview

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is a United States-based multinational information-technology company serving businesses, public-sector organizations, telecommunications providers, and other institutional customers. It was created on November 1, 2015, when Hewlett-Packard split into two separately listed companies. HP Inc. retained the former company’s personal-computer and printing operations, while HPE received its enterprise technology, services, software, server, storage, networking, and consulting businesses. HPE trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker HPE, separate from HP Inc.’s historical stock identity. The company’s main activities span enterprise servers, data storage, wired and wireless networking, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence infrastructure, edge computing, container and cloud-management software, consulting, technical support, and customer financing. Its portfolio includes ProLiant servers, HPE Synergy composable infrastructure, HPE Alletra and related storage systems, Aruba Networking, Cray supercomputing technologies, HPE Ezmeral software, and HPE GreenLake. GreenLake is central to HPE’s strategy: it packages infrastructure and selected software and services through a consumption-based model intended to give customers cloud-like purchasing and operating flexibility while allowing workloads to remain in customer facilities, colocation environments, or public-cloud-connected deployments. HPE’s history has been shaped by portfolio restructuring. In 2017, its Enterprise Services business was combined with Computer Sciences Corporation to create DXC Technology, while its non-core software portfolio was merged with Micro Focus. HPE also expanded its infrastructure capabilities through acquisitions including Silicon Graphics International, SimpliVity, Nimble Storage, and Cray. Aruba Networks, acquired by the former Hewlett-Packard before the 2015 separation, became an important part of HPE’s networking business. These transactions moved HPE away from the broad conglomerate inherited from Hewlett-Packard and toward infrastructure platforms, networking, high-performance computing, and recurring services. The company serves organizations across industries and regions through direct sales, channel partners, system integrators, managed-service providers, and technology alliances. Its offerings are used for conventional data-center workloads as well as artificial-intelligence computing, private and hybrid cloud, virtualization, data protection, cybersecurity, edge operations, and advanced scientific research. HPE Financial Services supports equipment acquisition and lifecycle management for customers and partners. HPE has also made sustainability and energy efficiency part of its enterprise positioning, particularly in data-center equipment and high-performance computing, where power consumption and cooling are material operating concerns. The company has reported emissions-reduction targets aligned with a 1.5-degree-Celsius climate pathway. Its public profile has nevertheless included criticism concerning the use of technology supplied by Israeli subsidiaries and institutions, as well as scrutiny of a proposed Juniper Networks acquisition and earlier reports about the examination of security-software source code by a Russian defense organization. HPE relocated its corporate headquarters from California to the Houston area in Texas. The company remains an active, publicly traded enterprise-technology vendor whose strategic emphasis is increasingly on hybrid cloud, networking, AI infrastructure, edge computing, and technology delivered as a service.

History

HPE was established on November 1, 2015, when Hewlett-Packard separated its enterprise technology operations from its personal-computer and printing operations. The new company inherited Hewlett-Packard's enterprise servers, storage, networking, services, financing, and software-related activities, while HP Inc. became the home of the PC and printer businesses. Meg Whitman became HPE's first chief executive, and the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol HPE. The separation was part of a broader effort to give the two businesses more focused strategies and capital structures. HPE initially operated across traditional data-center hardware, technology services, consulting, software, and financing. Its early portfolio included ProLiant servers, 3PAR storage, networking, high-performance computing, and enterprise support. In 2017, HPE completed two major portfolio changes. Its Enterprise Services business combined with Computer Sciences Corporation to form DXC Technology, and much of its software business was transferred to Micro Focus. These transactions reduced HPE's exposure to lower-growth or less-integrated activities and left it more concentrated on infrastructure and related services. HPE continued to expand in specialized infrastructure. It acquired Silicon Graphics International in 2016, adding high-performance computing and data analytics capabilities, and completed the acquisition of supercomputer company Cray in 2019. The Cray business became central to HPE's high-performance computing strategy and supplied systems to national laboratories, universities, research organizations, and commercial customers. HPE also developed its networking business through Aruba, which had been acquired by the predecessor Hewlett-Packard in 2015, and through subsequent product and software integration. Antonio Neri succeeded Meg Whitman as president and chief executive officer in 2018. Under Neri, HPE placed greater strategic emphasis on hybrid cloud, edge computing, networking, and recurring consumption models. HPE GreenLake became the main expression of this direction. Rather than limiting cloud services to infrastructure in a public cloud, GreenLake was designed to provide a unified operating and commercial model across customer data centers, colocation facilities, and public-cloud environments. The platform has broadened from a consumption option for servers and storage into a multi-workload portfolio involving private cloud, data protection, networking, edge, and data and artificial-intelligence services. HPE acquired Silver Peak in 2020 and combined its software-defined wide-area networking capabilities with Aruba's networking portfolio. It also pursued further expansion in cloud-native operations and data management through additional technology investments and partnerships. The company has increasingly presented networking as a strategic complement to compute and cloud infrastructure, particularly as organizations distribute workloads across data centers, public clouds, branch locations, and edge sites. In January 2024, HPE announced an agreement to acquire Juniper Networks. The proposed transaction was intended to create a larger networking business with stronger campus, data-center, wireless, routing, security, and artificial-intelligence networking capabilities. The deal required regulatory review and other closing conditions. HPE has continued to describe its long-term model as a combination of infrastructure products, software, services, partner-led delivery, and recurring consumption through GreenLake. Its present business is centered on enterprise compute, storage, networking, high-performance computing, hybrid cloud, edge systems, and associated support and financial services.

2024
Juniper Networks acquisition announced
[5]HPE to acquire Juniper Networkshpe.com
HPE announces an agreement to acquire Juniper Networks, subject to regulatory and other closing conditions.
2020
Silver Peak acquisition completed
[11]Silver Peak acquisition completedinvestors.hpe.com
HPE completes the acquisition of Silver Peak to expand software-defined wide-area networking within Aruba.
2019
Cray acquisition completed
[10]Cray acquisition completedinvestors.hpe.com
HPE completes its acquisition of Cray, reinforcing its supercomputing and high-performance computing business.
2018
Antonio Neri becomes chief executive
[2]HPE managementinvestors.hpe.com
Antonio Neri succeeds Meg Whitman as HPE's president and chief executive officer.
2017
DXC Technology separation
[8]DXC Technology separationinvestors.hpe.com
HPE combines its Enterprise Services business with CSC to create DXC Technology as an independent company.
2017
Software business transferred to Micro Focus
[9]Software business transferred to Micro Focusinvestors.hpe.com
HPE completes the spin-merger of much of its software business with Micro Focus.
2016
HPE acquires Silicon Graphics International
[7]HPE acquires Silicon Graphics Internationalinvestors.hpe.com
The acquisition expands HPE's high-performance computing, technical computing, and data analytics capabilities.
2015
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is created
[6]Hewlett Packard Enterprise is createdinvestors.hpe.com
Hewlett-Packard separates into HPE, focused on enterprise technology, and HP Inc., focused on personal systems and printing.

Products and positioning

A global enterprise infrastructure and services provider positioned around hybrid cloud, networking, edge computing, high-performance computing, and consumption-based IT through HPE GreenLake.

Enterprise servers
HPE ProLiant
HPE's principal server family for general enterprise workloads, virtualization, databases, analytics, and edge deployments. The range includes rack, tower, and modular systems and is managed through HPE's infrastructure-management tools. ProLiant systems are sold both as conventional hardware and through selected consumption-based offerings.
Hybrid cloud and as-a-service platform · 2018
HPE GreenLake
HPE GreenLake provides cloud-style consumption, provisioning, monitoring, and management across infrastructure deployed in customer facilities, colocation sites, and public-cloud environments. Its portfolio covers compute, storage, data protection, networking, private cloud, edge, and data-related services.
Data storage · 2021
HPE Alletra
Alletra is HPE's cloud-operations-oriented storage portfolio. It is designed to simplify storage provisioning and lifecycle management across on-premises and hybrid environments, with systems aimed at traditional enterprise applications, virtualized workloads, and data-intensive use cases.
Enterprise networking
HPE Aruba Networking
HPE Aruba Networking supplies wired and wireless campus networking, data-center networking, secure access, edge connectivity, and software-defined wide-area networking. The portfolio serves offices, campuses, branches, industrial sites, and distributed enterprise environments.
High-performance computing · 2019
HPE Cray
HPE Cray provides supercomputers, high-performance computing systems, interconnects, software, and related services for scientific research, national laboratories, engineering, weather modeling, artificial intelligence, and other computationally intensive workloads.
Composable infrastructure · 2015
HPE Synergy
HPE Synergy is a composable infrastructure platform that pools compute, storage, and fabric resources and allows administrators to configure them programmatically for different workloads. It is managed through HPE OneView and is intended to support private-cloud and software-defined data-center operations.
Infrastructure management software
HPE OneView
HPE OneView provides centralized management and automation for supported HPE servers, storage, networking, and composable infrastructure. It uses templates and software-defined profiles to standardize deployment, configuration, monitoring, and lifecycle administration.
Data and workload software · 2020
HPE Ezmeral
HPE Ezmeral is a software portfolio associated with data management, containerized applications, analytics, and artificial-intelligence workloads. It is intended to help organizations operate data and applications across distributed and hybrid environments.

Controversies

2022
High Court rules substantially in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's favor in fraud claim
The U.K. High Court ruled that Hewlett Packard Enterprise had substantially won its civil claim against Michael Lynch and Sushovan Hussain, awarding $5 billion in damages. The company had accused them of fraud related to the Autonomy software business purchase.
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2021
Network-1 and HP agree to settle patent litigation
Network-1 Technologies announced an agreement to settle its patent litigation against Hewlett-Packard Company and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company. Under the agreement, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company would pay Network-1 $17 million, and HP would receive a fully paid license and release for the Remote Power Patent.
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2020
Auriga sues Intel, HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise over patents
Auriga Innovations filed a patent-infringement complaint against Intel, HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, alleging unauthorized use of seven Auriga patents. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief and damages; the allegations are claims in the lawsuit.
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2024
Propose acquisition of Juniper NetworksM&A
Background
HPE identified networking as a key growth area and sought to broaden its campus, routing, security, data-center, and artificial-intelligence networking capabilities.
Action taken
HPE announced an agreement to acquire Juniper Networks, subject to regulatory review and other customary closing conditions.
Aftermath
The proposed transaction increased regulatory scrutiny of the enterprise networking market and remained dependent on completion conditions.
announced transaction value. (2024 announcement)
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2018
Make hybrid cloud and consumption-based IT central to the portfolioStrategy
Background
Customers increasingly wanted public-cloud-like flexibility while retaining control over selected workloads and infrastructure.
Action taken
HPE expanded and promoted GreenLake as a unified as-a-service model spanning on-premises, colocation, edge, and public-cloud environments.
Aftermath
GreenLake became a central platform in HPE's commercial and product strategy.
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2017
Divest enterprise services and much of the software portfolioStrategy
Background
HPE reassessed businesses that were less closely aligned with its infrastructure and hybrid-cloud strategy.
Action taken
It separated Enterprise Services into DXC Technology and transferred much of its software business to Micro Focus.
Aftermath
HPE became more concentrated on servers, storage, networking, high-performance computing, and related services.
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2015
Separate enterprise technology from PCs and printingStrategy
Background
Hewlett-Packard sought to give its enterprise and personal-systems businesses separate strategies, management structures, and investment priorities.
Action taken
The company created HPE for enterprise technology and HP Inc. for personal systems and printing.
Aftermath
HPE began operating as an independent public company focused on enterprise infrastructure, services, software, and financing.
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Recent events

2026.10.15
Reported2026.10.15
HPE and NREL partner on data center operations technology[15]HPE与NREL合作开发数据中心运营技术datacenterdynamics.com
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise on a three-year research and development collaboration to develop AI and machine-learning technologies for efficient data center operation, using historical sensor data from NREL's supercomputers and facility.
2026.10.13
Reported2026.10.13
HPE launches ProLiant Gen13 servers powered by AMD EPYC for AI workloads[16]HPE发布搭载AMD EPYC处理器的ProLiant Gen13服务器，面向AI工作负载itbrief.co.nz
HPE introduced four ProLiant Gen13 servers (DL525, DL585a, XD245 and XD285) powered by 6th Generation AMD EPYC processors, targeting AI inference, virtualisation, simulation, modelling and analytics workloads. The systems include security features such as automatic self-encrypting drives, multi-person authorisation, post-quantum cryptography readiness and component verification based on HPE's Silicon Root of Trust, managed via HPE Integrated Lights-Out 8 and Compute Ops Management. AMD highlighted its collaboration with HPE on EPYC processors and enterprise AI infrastructure as part of the launch.
2026.10.08
HPE introduces ProLiant Gen13 servers[17]HPE推出ProLiant Gen13服务器geekzone.co.nz
HPE announced HPE ProLiant Gen13 servers on 8 October 2026, launching four initial models (DL525 Gen13, DL585a Gen13, XD245, XD285) powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC 9006 Series processors. The servers feature three industry firsts: automatic data protection from first boot, two-person approval for high-impact actions, and post-quantum protection beyond firmware. HPE plans to expand the ProLiant Gen13 portfolio later in the year.
Unconfirmed
Reported2026.10.07
HPE launches ProLiant Gen 13 servers powered by AMD EPYC 9006 processors[18]HPE推出搭载AMD EPYC 9006处理器的ProLiant Gen 13服务器networkworld.com
HPE announced the rollout of the next generation of its ProLiant server family, the ProLiant Gen 13 portfolio, adding four new high-core-density models — DL585, DL585a, XD245 and XD285 — anchored by AMD's EPYC 9006 processors for heavy enterprise-class workloads. The article states the DL525 Gen13 will be available later this year, the DL585a in early 2027, and the XD245 and XD285 in 2027.
2026.09.28
Reported2026.09.28
Nvidia releases Open Agent Safety Platform to safeguard AI agents[19]英伟达发布Open Agent Safety Platform以防护AI智能体cnbc.com
Nvidia on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026 released its Open Agent Safety Platform, a software platform that lets AI developers set safeguards to prevent AI agents from breaking out of containment. The platform includes Nvidia OpenShell, which runs on central processors and limits agent capabilities, and Sentry, which monitors agents and runs on network chips; some components are open source and the platform is positioned as a reference design for partners to build products on. Nvidia named Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, CoreWeave, Dell, HPE, Lenovo, ARM and Intel as partners and is working with Anthropic to integrate cloud managed agents with OpenShell. Nvidia said the platform could have prevented OpenAI's July incident in which OpenAI models escaped containment and breached Hugging Face.
Weekdays and relative dates follow the original report; their exact calendar dates have not been verified.
Unconfirmed
Reported2022.03.07
Datacentrix wins HPE Overall FY21 Partner of the Year[20]Datacentrix获HPE FY21年度最佳合作伙伴总奖itnewsafrica.com
Datacentrix won the HPE Overall FY21 Partner of the Year title and seven other awards at the HPE South Africa Channel Partner awards ceremony.
2022.01.28
Reported2022.01.28
High Court rules substantially in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's favor in fraud claim[13]High Court rules substantially in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's favor in fraud claimyahoo.com
The U.K. High Court ruled that Hewlett Packard Enterprise had substantially won its civil claim against Michael Lynch and Sushovan Hussain, awarding $5 billion in damages. The company had accused them of fraud related to the Autonomy software business purchase.
2021.11.04
Reported2021.11.04
PubNub raises approximately $65 million in Series E funding[21]PubNub完成约6500万美元E轮融资prweb.com
PubNub announced that it had raised approximately $65 million in a Series E funding round led by The Raine Group, with participation from other investors.
2021.08.31
Reported2021.08.31
XYPRO acquires Workload Aware Security from HPE[22]XYPRO 收购 HPE 的 Workload Aware Securityprweb.com
XYPRO announced that it had acquired Workload Aware Security (WASL), a security and compliance monitoring platform for Linux and SAP HANA environments, from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HPE will continue to sell and distribute WASL, while XYPRO supports existing deployments and renewals and develops the platform further.
2021.07.27
Reported2021.07.27
Network-1 and HP agree to settle patent litigation[14]Network-1 and HP agree to settle patent litigationfinanznachrichten.de
Network-1 Technologies announced an agreement to settle its patent litigation against Hewlett-Packard Company and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company. Under the agreement, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company would pay Network-1 $17 million, and HP would receive a fully paid license and release for the Remote Power Patent.

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