Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a global enterprise technology company spun off from HP Inc. in 2015. Moved its world headquarters from San Jose, CA to Houston, TX in January 2022. Products span servers, storage, networking, cloud, and supercomputers.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Houston, Texas. HPE was formed on November 1, 2015, when Hewlett-Packard Company completed a strategic split into two independent companies: HPE (enterprise products and services) and HP Inc. (personal computers and printers).
HPE serves enterprise customers across on-premises infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and edge computing. The company's flagship hybrid cloud platform, HPE GreenLake, delivers infrastructure as a service with consumption-based billing — allowing enterprises to pay for compute, storage, and networking as they use it rather than purchasing upfront.
In January 2022, HPE relocated its global headquarters from San Jose, California to Spring, Texas (a suburb north of Houston) — joining Oracle, Tesla, Elon Musk, and other high-profile entities that chose Texas over California in the early 2020s.
Industry-standard x86 servers deployed in data centers globally. The Gen11 series supports AI/ML workloads with GPU acceleration. Among the most widely deployed server platforms in enterprise data centers.
NVMe-ready storage platform available in both all-flash (Alletra 9000) and cloud-native (Alletra 6000) configurations. Managed through HPE's unified storage management portal.
Wi-Fi, wired switching, and SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) networking portfolio. Acquired by HPE in 2015 for $3B. Aruba is a market leader in enterprise Wi-Fi and zero-trust networking.
Hybrid cloud platform delivering compute, storage, and networking as a service with consumption-based billing. GreenLake allows enterprises to run cloud economics on-premises — $13.6B ARR as of FY2024.
High-performance computing systems for government labs, research institutions, and AI training workloads. HPE acquired Cray Inc. in 2019 for $1.3B. Notable installations: the Frontier exascale supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
HPE announced the relocation of its global headquarters from San Jose, California to Spring, Texas (Houston metro area) in December 2021, with the move effective January 2022. CEO Antonio Neri described Texas as “an ideal place to operate and grow our business.”
The Houston region was particularly strategic for HPE due to the energy sector — one of HPE's largest customer verticals. Houston is home to the world's largest concentration of energy companies, and HPE's edge computing, AI, and high-performance computing products are in high demand for upstream and downstream oil and gas operations.
HPE's Houston campus houses executive leadership, product strategy, finance, and a growing R&D presence. The Spring, TX headquarters anchors HPE's presence in the Greater Houston area alongside similarly relocated companies like HP Inc.
Texas tech wave: HPE was part of a broader 2021–2022 trend of large technology companies relocating headquarters to Texas — joining Oracle (Austin), Tesla (Austin), Palantir (Denver adjacent), and others making similar moves from California.
Hewlett-Packard founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a Palo Alto, CA garage with $538 in capital — widely considered the founding of Silicon Valley.
HP splits into two publicly traded companies: HP Inc. (PCs and printers) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (enterprise IT). HPE IPO on NYSE. CEO Meg Whitman leads the transition.
HPE acquires Aruba Networks for $3B, establishing leadership in enterprise Wi-Fi and networking.
HPE acquires SimpliVity (hyperconverged infrastructure) for $650M and Nimble Storage (predictive flash storage) for $1.1B.
Antonio Neri succeeds Meg Whitman as President & CEO. Neri, a 22-year HP/HPE veteran, focuses the company on hybrid cloud and edge computing.
HPE acquires Cray Inc. for $1.3B, entering high-performance computing and government supercomputing. Cray-branded systems become HPE Cray.
Announces headquarters relocation from San Jose, CA to Spring, TX (Houston metro).
Headquarters officially relocated to Houston. GreenLake platform ARR surpasses $7B.
GreenLake ARR reaches $13.6B. HPE announces acquisition of Juniper Networks for $14B, the largest deal in HPE history — adding AI-native networking capabilities.
President & CEO
Antonio Neri joined Hewlett-Packard in 1995 as a customer engineer and rose through multiple technical and operational leadership roles over 22 years. He became President & CEO of HPE in February 2018, succeeding Meg Whitman.
Under Neri's leadership, HPE has focused on transforming from a traditional hardware company into a cloud services company — with GreenLake as the commercial manifestation of that strategy. The $14B Juniper Networks acquisition (announced 2024) marks HPE's most ambitious strategic bet, targeting the AI-native networking market.
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