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HP and HPE are now two separate companies, split from post-Fiorina HP. HP does consumer grade stuff only, while HPE does the enterprise side (not just consulti

by p_l 5y ago

HP and HPE are now two separate companies, split from post-Fiorina HP. HP does consumer grade stuff only, while HPE does the enterprise side (not just consulting, in fact non trivial portion of HPE consulting arm was spun off and merged into DXC)

exikyut 5y ago
I think "sell the HP-35 for 3.14 × cost of materials" cool-HP became Agilent, right? If I wanted to follow the trail of awesomeness what forest should I be sticking my nose to the ground in? :)
- dbuder 5y ago
  now Keysight, Agilent is medical equip.
- ted_dunning 5y ago
  That depends on which trail of awesomeness you are after. The trail that maintains the legacy of DEC and Silicon Graphics and Cray is in HPE (where I work). The Cray legend is still very much alive, but you can still detect the whiff of the the spirit that made HP and DEC minicomputers extraordinary.
  - p_l 5y ago
    Well, I suspect the SGI legacy is now in better hands than when it was controlled by Rackable with branding filed off. The only good parts they sold us were the Ultraviolets, and those were probably the most nonsensical purchase (protip: do not buy supercomputer modules just to run 8 VMs on it, it's waste of money even if the hw is awesome)
hk1337 5y ago
More specifically, it spun off and merged with CSC to create DXC.
KevinEldon 5y ago
I agree with your point, and want to add that HP does commercial grade end-user compute and printing along with the related enterprise services. They have a whole set of offerings for the medical industry [1], industrial printing [2], and enterprise PC fleet management services [3]. [1] https://www.hp.com/us-en/printers/3d-printers/industries/healthcare.html https://www.hp.com/us-en/printers/3d-printers/industries/hea... [2] https://www.hp.com/us-en/industrial-digital-presses.html https://www.hp.com/us-en/industrial-digital-presses.html [3] https://www.hp.com/us-en/services/manageability.html https://www.hp.com/us-en/services/manageability.html

by p_l 5y ago

exikyut 5y ago

I think "sell the HP-35 for 3.14 × cost of materials" cool-HP became Agilent, right? If I wanted to follow the trail of awesomeness what forest should I be sticking my nose to the ground in? :)

dbuder 5y ago
now Keysight, Agilent is medical equip.
ted_dunning 5y ago
That depends on which trail of awesomeness you are after. The trail that maintains the legacy of DEC and Silicon Graphics and Cray is in HPE (where I work). The Cray legend is still very much alive, but you can still detect the whiff of the the spirit that made HP and DEC minicomputers extraordinary.
- p_l 5y ago
  Well, I suspect the SGI legacy is now in better hands than when it was controlled by Rackable with branding filed off. The only good parts they sold us were the Ultraviolets, and those were probably the most nonsensical purchase (protip: do not buy supercomputer modules just to run 8 VMs on it, it's waste of money even if the hw is awesome)

hk1337 5y ago

More specifically, it spun off and merged with CSC to create DXC.

KevinEldon 5y ago

I agree with your point, and want to add that HP does commercial grade end-user compute and printing along with the related enterprise services. They have a whole set of offerings for the medical industry [1], industrial printing [2], and enterprise PC fleet management services [3]. [1] https://www.hp.com/us-en/printers/3d-printers/industries/healthcare.html https://www.hp.com/us-en/printers/3d-printers/industries/hea... [2] https://www.hp.com/us-en/industrial-digital-presses.html https://www.hp.com/us-en/industrial-digital-presses.html [3] https://www.hp.com/us-en/services/manageability.html https://www.hp.com/us-en/services/manageability.html