{"id":51020,"date":"2019-09-27T11:06:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T09:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=51020"},"modified":"2019-09-27T11:06:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T09:06:01","slug":"hpe-completes-acquisition-of-supercomputing-leader-cray-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/51020-hpe-completes-acquisition-of-supercomputing-leader-cray-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"HPE<\/span> completes acquisition of supercomputing leader Cray Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"
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HPC<\/span> is a key component of HPE<\/span>\u2019s vision and growth strategy<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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San Jose, Calif., Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 25, 2019 \u2013 <\/b>Hew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse (NYSE<\/span>:HPE<\/span>) today announ\u00adced it has com\u00adple\u00adted the acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting lea\u00adder Cray Inc., ear\u00adlier than the ori\u00adgi\u00adnal tar\u00adget date. HPE<\/span> paid $35.00 per share, in a tran\u00adsac\u00adtion valued at appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $1.4 bil\u00adli\u00adon, net of cash.<\/span><\/p>\n

The explo\u00adsi\u00adon of data is dri\u00adving a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant expan\u00adsi\u00adon of high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPC<\/span>) as cus\u00adto\u00admers seek to unlock the power of their data through arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence, machi\u00adne lear\u00adning, and big data ana\u00adly\u00adtics, requi\u00adring tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies that can power exas\u00adca\u00adle-class per\u00adfor\u00admance. Over the next three years, the HPC<\/span> seg\u00adment of the mar\u00adket and asso\u00adcia\u00adted sto\u00adrage and ser\u00advices is expec\u00adted to grow from appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $28 bil\u00adli\u00adon in 2018 to appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $35 bil\u00adli\u00adon in 20211<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

HPC<\/span> is a key com\u00adpo\u00adnent of HPE<\/span>\u2019s visi\u00adon and growth stra\u00adtegy as it pro\u00advi\u00addes the back\u00adbone to pro\u00adcess, ana\u00adly\u00adze and extra\u00adct insights from mas\u00adsi\u00adve amounts of data. The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of HPE<\/span> and Cray is expec\u00adted to deli\u00adver signi\u00adfi\u00adcant cus\u00adto\u00admer bene\u00adfits and future offe\u00adrings including:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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  • Enhan\u00adced port\u00adfo\u00adlio: Extends HPE<\/span>\u2019s indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding HPC<\/span> and AI<\/span> port\u00adfo\u00adlio, which pro\u00advi\u00addes more choice and fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty for data inten\u00adsi\u00adve workloads; 

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  • Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon: Increa\u00adses R&<\/span>D infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre and exper\u00adti\u00adse to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of new pro\u00adducts and solutions; 

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  • Ser\u00advice and sup\u00adport: Aug\u00adments world\u00adwi\u00adde capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and covera\u00adge, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly within Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting, whe\u00adre high cus\u00adto\u00admer touch is paramount; 

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  • Exas\u00adca\u00adle lea\u00adder\u00adship: Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting lea\u00adder\u00adship demons\u00adtra\u00adted by win\u00adning the first three exas\u00adca\u00adle sys\u00adtems in the United Sta\u00adtes; and 

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  • HPC-as-a-Ser\u00advice and AI<\/span> \/ ML<\/span> ana\u00adly\u00adtics through HPE<\/span> Green\u00adLa\u00adke offe\u00adring cus\u00adto\u00admers choice, fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and speed to market.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    \u201c<\/span>Brin\u00adging tog\u00ade\u00adther Cray and HPE<\/span> estab\u00adlishes the most com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve end-to-end port\u00adfo\u00adlio across com\u00adpu\u00adte, sto\u00adrage, soft\u00adware and ser\u00advices in the fast-gro\u00adwing high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting and arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence mar\u00adket seg\u00adments,\u201d said Phil Davis, pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Hybrid IT<\/span>, Hew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse. \u201cBut, the real value is what we can accom\u00adplish tog\u00ade\u00adther as one team. We are united in our visi\u00adon to be a glo\u00adbal lea\u00adder in high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting. By com\u00adbi\u00adning the teams\u2019 deep exper\u00adti\u00adse and R&<\/span>D engi\u00adnes, we are bet\u00adter posi\u00adtio\u00adned to help our cus\u00adto\u00admers sol\u00adve their most data-inten\u00adsi\u00adve chal\u00adlenges both today and well into the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    As part of the acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon, Cray pre\u00adsi\u00addent and CEO<\/span> Peter Unga\u00adro, will join HPE<\/span> as head of the HPC<\/span> and AI<\/span> busi\u00adness unit in Hybrid IT<\/span>.<\/p>\n

    \u201c<\/span>For almost 50 years, Cray has been dedi\u00adca\u00adted to being a lea\u00adder in super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting in sup\u00adport of our cus\u00adto\u00admers\u2019 most important mis\u00adsi\u00adons,\u201d said Peter Unga\u00adro, pre\u00adsi\u00addent and CEO<\/span> at Cray. \u201cCray and HPE<\/span> have a shared visi\u00adon for the new exas\u00adca\u00adle era, and by joi\u00adning forces, we\u2019re offe\u00adring the pro\u00admi\u00adse of Cray\u2019s tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy to an expan\u00added mar\u00adket with the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to levera\u00adge HPE<\/span>\u2019s breadth, sca\u00adle and inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon to bring super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting to the enter\u00adpri\u00adse. I\u2019m exci\u00adted for this next chap\u00adter, and on behalf of our com\u00adpa\u00adny and Board of Direc\u00adtors I\u2019d like to thank our valued cus\u00adto\u00admers, part\u00adners, share\u00adhol\u00adders and, of cour\u00adse, our employees, for all of their con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adons in making Cray a lea\u00adder in high-per\u00adfor\u00admance computing.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Both HPE<\/span> and Cray con\u00adti\u00adnue to win new cus\u00adto\u00admers. <\/b>For ins\u00adtance, in the last two quar\u00adters, The Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy has sel\u00adec\u00adted Cray\u2019s Shas\u00adta super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtems and Slingshot inter\u00adcon\u00adnect for the first three exas\u00adca\u00adle sys\u00adtems in the United Sta\u00adtes. Cray has gene\u00adra\u00adted more than $1.5B<\/span> in boo\u00adkings to date for its new Shas\u00adta super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting systems.<\/p>\n

    HPE<\/span> also recent\u00adly announ\u00adced a four-year, mul\u00adti-pha\u00adse col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween HPE<\/span> and NASA<\/span>\u2019s Ames Rese\u00adarch Cen\u00adter to build a new super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter, which NASA<\/span> has named \u201cAit\u00adken,\u201d based on the HPE<\/span> SGI<\/span> 8600 sys\u00adtem. Ait\u00adken will sup\u00adport mode\u00adling and simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons of ent\u00adry, des\u00adcent and landing for future lunar landings.<\/p>\n

    Tog\u00ade\u00adther, HPE<\/span> and Cray will crea\u00adte grea\u00adter oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for growth \u2014 and lead the exas\u00adca\u00adle era of high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting through an inte\u00adgra\u00adted plat\u00adform, broa\u00adder sca\u00adle and com\u00adbi\u00adned resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Tran\u00adsac\u00adtion Details<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

    Cray is ano\u00adther exam\u00adp\u00adle of HPE<\/span> suc\u00adcessful\u00adly acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adting its stra\u00adtegy and enhan\u00adcing its com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve posi\u00adti\u00adon through acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. Brin\u00adging tog\u00ade\u00adther HPE<\/span> and Cray enables an enhan\u00adced finan\u00adcial pro\u00adfi\u00adle for the com\u00adbi\u00adned com\u00adpa\u00adny. The acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon is expec\u00adted to be accre\u00adti\u00adve to HPE<\/span> non-GAAP ope\u00adra\u00adting pro\u00adfit and ear\u00adnings in HPE<\/span>\u2019s fis\u00adcal year 2020. HPE<\/span> will dis\u00adcuss how the inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon of Cray sup\u00adports signi\u00adfi\u00adcant eco\u00adno\u00admic upsi\u00adde through enhan\u00adced growth and pro\u00adfi\u00adta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty at its Secu\u00adri\u00adties Ana\u00adlyst Mee\u00adting on Octo\u00adber 23, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    About Hew\u00adlett Packard Enterprise<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

    Hew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse is a glo\u00adbal tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy lea\u00adder focu\u00adsed on deve\u00adlo\u00adping intel\u00adli\u00adgent solu\u00adti\u00adons that allow cus\u00adto\u00admers to cap\u00adtu\u00adre, ana\u00adly\u00adze and act upon data seam\u00adless\u00adly from edge to cloud. HPE<\/span> enables cus\u00adto\u00admers to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte busi\u00adness out\u00adco\u00admes by dri\u00adving new busi\u00adness models, crea\u00adting new cus\u00adto\u00admer and employee expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces, and incre\u00adasing ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy today and into the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

    For\u00adward-loo\u00adking Statements<\/b><\/p>\n

    This docu\u00adment con\u00adta\u00adins for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments within the mea\u00adning of the safe har\u00adbor pro\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adons of the Pri\u00adva\u00adte Secu\u00adri\u00adties Liti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon Reform Act of 1995. Such state\u00adments invol\u00adve risks, uncer\u00adtain\u00adties and assump\u00adti\u00adons. If such risks or uncer\u00adtain\u00adties mate\u00adria\u00adli\u00adze or such assump\u00adti\u00adons pro\u00adve incor\u00adrect, the results of HPE<\/span> and its con\u00adso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adted sub\u00adsi\u00addia\u00adries could dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from tho\u00adse expres\u00adsed or impli\u00aded by such for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments and assump\u00adti\u00adons. All state\u00adments other than state\u00adments of his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal fact are state\u00adments that could be dee\u00admed for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments, inclu\u00adding, but not limi\u00adt\u00aded to, any state\u00adments regar\u00adding the expec\u00adted bene\u00adfits and cos\u00adts of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion con\u00adtem\u00adpla\u00adted by this docu\u00adment, inclu\u00adding enhan\u00adced oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for growth, the deli\u00advery of cus\u00adto\u00admer bene\u00adfits and the rea\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon of syn\u00ader\u00adgies and other eco\u00adno\u00admic bene\u00adfits; pro\u00adjec\u00adtions of reve\u00adnue, expen\u00adses, net ear\u00adnings, ope\u00adra\u00adting pro\u00adfit, cash flows, or other finan\u00adcial items; any state\u00adments con\u00adcer\u00adning the expec\u00adted deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, per\u00adfor\u00admance, mar\u00adket share or com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve per\u00adfor\u00admance rela\u00adting to pro\u00adducts or ser\u00advices; any state\u00adments regar\u00adding cur\u00adrent or future macroe\u00adco\u00adno\u00admic trends or events and the impact of tho\u00adse trends and events on HPE<\/span> and its finan\u00adcial per\u00adfor\u00admance; any state\u00adments of expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon or belief; and any state\u00adments of assump\u00adti\u00adons under\u00adly\u00ading any of the fore\u00adgo\u00ading. Risks, uncer\u00adtain\u00adties and assump\u00adti\u00adons include the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty that expec\u00adted bene\u00adfits may not mate\u00adria\u00adli\u00adze as expec\u00adted; that the inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon of the acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon post-clo\u00adsing may not occur as anti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted, and the com\u00adbi\u00adned com\u00adpa\u00adnies\u2019 abili\u00adty to achie\u00adve the growth pro\u00ads\u00adpects and syn\u00ader\u00adgies expec\u00adted from the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, as well as delays, chal\u00adlenges and expen\u00adses asso\u00adcia\u00adted with inte\u00adgra\u00adting the com\u00adbi\u00adned com\u00adpa\u00adnies\u2019 exis\u00adting busi\u00adnesses may incur; that the par\u00adties are unable to suc\u00adcessful\u00adly imple\u00adment inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon stra\u00adte\u00adgies; the need to address the many chal\u00adlenges facing HPE<\/span>\u2019s busi\u00adness; the com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve pres\u00adsu\u00adres faced by HPE<\/span>; risks asso\u00adcia\u00adted with exe\u00adcu\u00adting stra\u00adtegy; the impact of macroe\u00adco\u00adno\u00admic and geo\u00adpo\u00adli\u00adti\u00adcal trends and events; the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon of new pro\u00adducts and ser\u00advices and the enhance\u00adment of exis\u00adting pro\u00adducts and ser\u00advices to meet cus\u00adto\u00admer needs and respond to emer\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal trends and other risks that are descri\u00adbed in HPE<\/span>\u2019s SEC<\/span> reports, inclu\u00adding but not limi\u00adt\u00aded to the risks descri\u00adbed in HPE<\/span>\u2019s Annu\u00adal Report on Form 10\u2011K for its fis\u00adcal year ended Octo\u00adber 31, 2018, and sub\u00adse\u00adquent quar\u00adter\u00adly reports on Form 10\u2011Q, and that are other\u00adwi\u00adse descri\u00adbed or updated from time to time in other filings with the SEC<\/span>. HPE<\/span> assu\u00admes no obli\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon and does not intend to update the\u00adse for\u00adward-loo\u00adking statements.<\/p>\n

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    1<\/sup> Source: Hype\u00adri\u00adon May 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    HPC<\/span> is a key com\u00adpo\u00adnent of HPE<\/span>\u2019s visi\u00adon and growth stra\u00adtegy San Jose, Calif., Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 25, 2019 \u2013 Hew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse (NYSE<\/span>:HPE<\/span>) today announ\u00adced it has com\u00adple\u00adted the acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting lea\u00adder Cray Inc., ear\u00adlier than the ori\u00adgi\u00adnal tar\u00adget date. HPE<\/span> paid $35.00 per share, in a tran\u00adsac\u00adtion valued at appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $1.4 bil\u00adli\u00adon, net of cash. The (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1483,540,1344],"class_list":["post-51020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-cray","tag-hpc","tag-hpe","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51021,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51020\/revisions\/51021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}