
To help build out its infrastructure offerings, HPE completed its acquisition of Nimble Storage in April 2017. Therefore, HPE has chosen to be “all in” supplying infrastructure to the world. Just because you don’t have to buy a server to run a workload in AWS doesn’t mean your workload isn’t running somewhere physical. In a cloud world, does it make sense for a leaner, meaner HPE to march ahead as an infrastructure company? HPE argues, “Yes.” Companies still need infrastructure. And let’s not forget the networking portfolio unified under the Aruba brand, which now includes the ProCurve product line. There’s still ProLiant, 3PAR, Nimble, HCI, blade systems, Superdomes, OneView, and so on. In fact, it doesn’t seem like HPE’s portfolio of hardware and software has shrunk all that much. In other words, they’re still selling hardware and software under brand names many IT folks are familiar with. What are they focused on? In marketing speak, HPE is focused on hybrid IT, apps & data, and the intelligent edge. name : Create volume if not present is HPE, aside from one of the biggest names in IT infrastructure? If you peel away all of the recent separations, divestitures, and spin mergers, HPE is a smaller, more focused company. # if state is present, then create a volume if not present. # If state is "create", then create a volume if not present.


