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| Whitman (left) and Davis (right) discuss HPE in APJ. |
The Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) strategy is based on three pillars in a way that does not lock anyone in to any particular technology platform, Meg Whitman, President and CEO of HPE explained in a media briefing in Singapore during the opening of the regional hub for HPE Regional hub for in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ).
One pillar is hybrid IT, meaning that apps and workloads will go partly on the public cloud and partly on private clouds. "We make hybrid IT simple," Whitman said. "What we can help companies do is decide where those applications and workloads best reside; what doesn’t lock them in, what gives them the most flexibility."
HPE also believes that there will be an explosion of data received and processed at the edge of the network. "Huge amounts of data being generated. That data will need to be computed and stored at the edge," she said. "We will need high-speed, high-density networks with fibre to optimise that experience and potentially optimise how the Internet of Things (IoT) is experienced."
Last but not least, HPE is investing in services to support the other two pillars of the strategy, Whitman said. "We will make hybrid IT simple. We will power the intelligent edge and we have the services to make it happen," she summarised.
A HPE joint venture in China with Tsinghua University also seems to be working very well, Whitman added.
When it comes to Singapore, its central location has stood out, Whitman noted. The new Singapore-based Customer Experience Center for Asia will also add to the synergy, with people from Australia, China and Japan all willing to travel to Singapore to visit it, she added.
Phil Davis, Regional MD and Senior VP, Enterprise Group, HPE Asia Pacific and Japan, added that lot of multinational corporations (MNCs) have their headquarters here, providing access to a "phenomenal base" of regional expertise. "As a leader of a region it is important to me to build a world class team," he said.
Whitman added that more mergers and acquisitions that align with
HPE's strategy are likely, in addition to broader investments in small
companies and organic innovation.
Whitman said that the new InnovateNext programme was born out of HPE's commitment to innovation. With the Singapore programme, selected companies will be given opportunities to develop vertical solutions use HPE resources such as the physical space and its cloud infrastructure. HPE will also help to showcase their solutions.
"Today innovation comes in many forms - organic innovation, you can buy innovation, sometimes innovation is found in small startups and early stage companies," Whitman said. "Organic innovation, mergers and acquisitions and investments - the pace of innovation is extraordinary. You either follow fast, buy or make investments."
Mohan Krishnan, VP and GM, Business Development, Enablement, Solutions & Technology, Enterprise Group, HPE Asia Pacific and Japan, clarified that intellectual property (IP) will remain with the companies in the programme. "As we work with startups and integrate with broader go-to-market, we will help them scale as well integrate with products and services that we have," he said.
"If can get a Singapore startup to scale globally it reaffirms our commitment to innovation and our commitment to Singapore," Krishnan said. "What HPE can provide is the access to the market, it is the visibility."
For the programme HPE is looking for startups which are already in the IoT space or in the hybrid cloud computing space. The company is working with a handful of startups, some of which are not ready to announce products to the public, Krishnan said. "In three years we want to work with 12 startups and maybe come up with 10 solutions," he said.
Whitman said that the new InnovateNext programme was born out of HPE's commitment to innovation. With the Singapore programme, selected companies will be given opportunities to develop vertical solutions use HPE resources such as the physical space and its cloud infrastructure. HPE will also help to showcase their solutions.
"Today innovation comes in many forms - organic innovation, you can buy innovation, sometimes innovation is found in small startups and early stage companies," Whitman said. "Organic innovation, mergers and acquisitions and investments - the pace of innovation is extraordinary. You either follow fast, buy or make investments."
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| Krishnan answered questions on InnovateNext and introduced the CEC and Innovation Centre. |
Mohan Krishnan, VP and GM, Business Development, Enablement, Solutions & Technology, Enterprise Group, HPE Asia Pacific and Japan, clarified that intellectual property (IP) will remain with the companies in the programme. "As we work with startups and integrate with broader go-to-market, we will help them scale as well integrate with products and services that we have," he said.
"If can get a Singapore startup to scale globally it reaffirms our commitment to innovation and our commitment to Singapore," Krishnan said. "What HPE can provide is the access to the market, it is the visibility."
For the programme HPE is looking for startups which are already in the IoT space or in the hybrid cloud computing space. The company is working with a handful of startups, some of which are not ready to announce products to the public, Krishnan said. "In three years we want to work with 12 startups and maybe come up with 10 solutions," he said.
Whitman also assured the media that the company will continue to invest in Singapore, which is HPE's main hub for the Asia Pacific region. Embedded in Singapore since 1970, HPE’s new facilities consist of R&D, high-tech manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, marketing and sales offices and an Innovation Centre and Customer Experience Centre (CEC).
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