IT-as-a-Service is booming, and vendors are scrambling to develop the first and best offerings for partners peddling pay-as-you-go models. With its new GreenLake offering, HPE joins the fray.
Whitman was one of the most high-profile women in technology; Neri oversaw HPE’s largest business segment, key to its growth
Will install, manage pay-as-you-go OpenStack cloud in data center of client’s choice
Plans to sell its building in Palo Alto and disperse employees to nearby cities
Company decides commodity gear is not a business it wants to be in, doubles down on higher-margin products
Says will focus on higher-end hardware sales to enterprises and hyper-scalers
HPE strives to keep it simple for enterprises hesitant to embrace the cloud's complexity.