Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a global information technology company that provides a wide range of hardware and software solutions to enterprises. Founded in 1939 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, HPE specializes in servers, storage systems, networking equipment, and high-performance computing products. The company focuses on enabling organizations to effectively manage their IT environments through innovative technologies that facilitate hybrid cloud and edge computing. HPE's offerings include general-purpose and workload-optimized servers, storage solutions, and networking products, along with software for enterprise security, big data analytics, and cloud management. Additionally, HPE provides professional services, as-a-service models, and investment solutions to support technology deployment and integration. Serving a diverse clientele that includes commercial and public sector organizations, HPE leverages a network of partners to deliver comprehensive IT solutions tailored to the evolving needs of its customers.
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Juniper Networks
Acquisition in 2024
Juniper Networks develops and sells products and services, which together provide its customers with network infrastructure. It aims to create innovative products and solutions that meet the growing demands of the connected world.
Athonet
Acquisition in 2023
Athonet specializes in providing software-based mobile packet core solutions for LTE and 5G wireless networks, catering to a variety of organizations, including Tier 1 mobile operators, challenger telecommunications companies, governments, and public safety agencies. Their offerings include essential components such as a Home Subscriber Server, Home Location Register, Voice-over-LTE, and Voice-over-WiFi capabilities. Athonet's platform is designed for flexibility, allowing deployment in fully virtualized environments, enterprise data centers, or on standard servers. This adaptability supports both centralized and distributed network configurations, enabling the efficient and cost-effective implementation of private LTE and 5G networks tailored for critical applications.
Silver Peak Systems
Acquisition in 2020
Silver Peak Systems, Inc. specializes in broadband and hybrid WAN solutions designed to connect users to applications effectively. The company provides Unity EdgeConnect, a software-defined WAN that facilitates a gradual transition to broadband WAN, whether site-by-site or through a hybrid approach that combines MPLS and broadband Internet. Additionally, Silver Peak offers WAN optimization solutions aimed at enhancing application performance across branch offices, data centers, and the cloud, featuring both virtual and physical WAN optimization appliances. Their product lineup includes replication acceleration solutions to optimize offsite data replication and various compatible data protection products. Established in 2004 and based in Santa Clara, California, Silver Peak operates as a subsidiary of Aruba Networks, following its acquisition in September 2020.
PubNub
Series D in 2019
PubNub, Inc. is a company that provides a Data Stream Network (DSN) and an easy-to-use API, enabling developers to create and manage real-time applications and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, PubNub offers solutions that facilitate various functionalities such as live dashboards, real-time collaboration, and machine-to-machine signaling. With over 70 software development kits (SDKs) available for different platforms and a global data transfer time of approximately 250 milliseconds, PubNub's infrastructure supports scalability for hundreds of millions of devices. Its services cater to a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, gaming, social media, ridesharing, food delivery, fleet management, e-learning, and IT/DevOps.
Plexxi
Acquisition in 2018
Plexxi Inc. is a provider of converged application-defined network infrastructure designed to enhance the performance of applications in software-defined data centers and public/private clouds. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including hardware, management systems, and application integrations, which enable cloud builders to create and manage private, public, and hybrid cloud networks efficiently. Plexxi's solutions focus on optimizing network performance, allowing applications to operate at the speed of business. Founded in 2010 and based in Nashua, New Hampshire, Plexxi operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company following its acquisition in 2018.
SimpliVity
Acquisition in 2017
SimpliVity provides a hyper-converged infrastructure that accelerates the deployment of resources and workloads. It offers OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted building block that delivers server, storage, and networking services as well as a functionality to the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads, OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure, a platform that addresses data efficiency and global management requirements in virtualized and cloud computing environment, OmniView, a web-based support dashboard with predictive analytics for enterprises, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure that integrates with Cisco UCS that assimilates up to a dozen core data center functions on Cisco UCS C240 rack-mount servers that includes hypervisor, compute, network switching, backup, replication, cloud gateway, caching, WAN optimization, real-time deduplication, and more. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Barefoot Networks
Series C in 2016
Barefoot Networks, Inc., founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in designing and developing programmable Ethernet switch chips. The company focuses on simplifying network programming, making it as straightforward as programming a CPU. Its product offerings include advanced features for network management operations, such as scalable load balancing and enhanced telemetry, which enable enterprises, data centers, and telecom providers to implement new functionalities in their network products without sacrificing performance. As of December 31, 2019, Barefoot Networks operates as a subsidiary of Intel Corporation.
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