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NUMAlink is a system interconnect developed by Silicon Graphics (SGI) for use in its distributed shared memory ccNUMA computer systems. NUMAlink was originally developed by SGI for their Origin 2000 and Onyx2 systems. At the time of these systems' introduction, it was branded as "CrayLink" during SGI's brief ownership of Cray Research .

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35-542: Hewlett Packard Enterprise entered an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) arrangement with Silicon Graphics International (SGI) to use Numalink as the foundation in some mission critical servers. There was no NUMAlink 1, as SGI's engineers deemed the system interconnect used in the Stanford DASH to be the first generation NUMAlink interconnect. NUMAlink 2 (branded as CrayLink) was announced in October 1996 for

70-438: A hybrid cloud service called GreenLake Hybrid Cloud, built on top of HPE's OneSphere cloud management SaaS console, offered under its brand HPE GreenLake. GreenLake is designed to provide cloud management, cost control, and compliance control capabilities, and will run on AWS and Microsoft Azure . GreenLake includes cloud data services for containers, machine learning, storage, compute, data protection and networking through

105-630: A software product division called HCLSoftware, after completing the acquisition of IBM 's software tools. Notable products under HCLSoftware include HCL AppScan , HCL BigFix , HCL Connections , HCL Commerce Cloud , HCL Digital Experience , HCL Sametime , HCL Notes , iNotes , and Unica . As for Actian , their data & analytics division, notable products include HCL Informix , Actian Data Platform , Actian Ingres , Actian Zen , and Actian NoSQL . HCLSoftware division had revenue of ₹ 11,692 crore (US$ 1.4 billion) in fiscal year 2023–24. HCLTech has had four CEOs since its inception: HCLTech

140-459: A "spin-merge" with Micro Focus , who would acquire HPE's "non-core" software (which included the HP Autonomy unit), and HPE shareholders would own 50.1 percent of the merged company, which would retain its current name. The merger concluded on September 1, 2017. In November 2016, PC World wrote that "HPE, and before it, Hewlett-Packard, failed to develop middleware tools to really make

175-689: A 32 socket system with up to 48 TB of coherent shared memory. Hewlett Packard Enterprise The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company ( HPE ) is an American multinational information technology company based in Spring, Texas . HPE was founded on November 1, 2015, in Palo Alto, California , as part of the splitting of the Hewlett-Packard company. It is a business-focused organization which works in servers, storage, networking, containerization software and consulting and support. The split

210-439: A cyber attack." In November 2017, Meg Whitman announced that she would be stepping down as CEO, after six years at the helm of HP and HPE, stating that, on February 1, 2018, Antonio Neri would officially become HPE's president and chief executive officer. The announcement created controversy leading to a 6% drop in stock price, which quickly recovered during the next few days. In June 2018, Hewlett Packard Enterprise launched

245-556: A dent in the software market, where other companies like IBM , SAP , and Oracle are excelling," and that "without major software product lines, HPE's integrated offerings won't be as strong as competitors like Dell, which have the software and hardware assets", adding that "If all HPE is doing at this point is focusing largely on hardware, you have to ask what the end game here is." In September 2016, Hewlett Packard Enterprise transferred two patents to Texas-based wholly owned shell company Plectrum LLC. These two patents were originated at

280-423: A group of eight engineers, all former employees of Delhi Cloth & General Mills , led by Shiv Nadar , started a company that would make personal computers. Initially floated as Microcomp Limited , Nadar and his team (which also included Arjun Malhotra, Ajai Chowdhry , D.S. Puri, Yogesh Vaidya and Subhash Arora) started selling teledigital calculators to gather capital for their main product. On 11 August 1976,

315-571: A joint venture with Deutsche Bank by acquiring a 51% stake in the latter's Indian subsidiary Deutsche Software (later renamed DSL Software). In 2004, HCL bought out the remaining 49% stake in DSL Software, which then became part of HCL's banking technology division. In 2003, HCL won a contract to develop embedded software for Airbus A340 's flight warning system. That same year, HCL sold its entire stake in HCL Perot Systems,

350-468: A management portal called GreenLake Central. In February 2019, Meg Whitman announced she would not be seeking re-election to the board of directors, ending her professional involvement in HPE. In May 2019, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced plans to acquire Cray Inc for US$ 35 per share. The announcement came soon after Cray had landed a US$ 600 million US Department of Energy contract to supply

385-639: A seven-year old IT services company, to joint venture partner Perot Systems for over $ 105 million. In 2005, HCL expanded its operations in Northern Ireland. At the 2006 UK Trade and Investment India Business Awards in New Delhi, the then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the expansion. In 2008, HCL acquired the UK-based consultancy Axon Group for £440 million and merged HCL's enterprise application services (EAS) division into Axon. In

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420-597: Is aligned with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. HCLTech HCL Technologies Limited ( d/b/a HCLTech ) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) consulting company headquartered in Noida , Uttar Pradesh . Founded by Shiv Nadar , it was spun out in 1991 when HCL entered into the software services business. The company has offices in 59 countries and over 220,000 employees. In 1976,

455-450: Is capable of 3.2 GB/s of peak bandwidth through two 1.6 GB/s unidirectional links. The name NUMAflex reflects the modular design approach around this time. NUMAlink 4 is the fourth generation of the interconnect, introduced in 2004 and used in the Altix 4000 . NUMAlink 4 is capable of 6.4 GB/s of peak bandwidth through two 3.2 GB/s unidirectional links. NUMAlink 5 is the fifth generation of

490-703: Is in Houston , in a limited purpose annexation area. CEO Antonio Neri announced in 2019 that he expects all products to be sold 'as a service' by 2022 via HPE Greenlake. Note: Aruba Networks was acquired by the Hewlett-Packard Company before demerger and was inducted into Hewlett Packard Enterprise while demerging. HPE reported Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) for the twelve months ending 30 September 2020 at 343 Kt (-48 /-12.4% y-o-y). The company commits to reduce emissions by 55% by 2025 from 2016 base year, and this science-based target

525-586: Is the flagship company of the HCL Group. Another HCL Group company, HCL Infosystems, was formed in 1976 to produce calculators. HCL Infosystems later became one of the leading manufacturers of personal computers and laptops in India, but it eventually lost market share to foreign competitors like HP and Dell , and shut down its manufacturing division. In February 2014, HCL Group launched HCL Healthcare, which provides corporate health services. HCL TalentCare

560-715: Is the seventh generation of the interconnect, introduced in 2014 and used in the HPE Integrity MC990 X/ SGI UV 300 , SGI UV 30EX , SGI UV 300H , SGI UV 300RL . NUMAlink 7 is capable of 14.94 GB/s of bidirectional peak bandwidth for up to 64 socket system and 64TB of coherent shared memory. NUMAlink 8 is the eighth generation of the interconnect, introduced in 2017 and used in the HPE Superdome Flex. NUMAlink 8 provides 13.3 GB/s of bandwidth per port and systems using it are capable of 853.33 GB/s of bisection peak bandwidth (64 links are cut) across

595-525: The Frontier supercomputer to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2021. The acquisition was completed in September 2019 in a transaction valued at approximately US$ 1.4 billion . In December 2020, Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed it is relocating its corporate headquarters from San Jose, California to Spring, Texas , a northern suburb of Houston. As of December 2021, HPE headquarters remain at

630-564: The Onyx2 visualization systems, the Origin 200 and the Origin 2000 servers and supercomputers. The NUMAlink 2 interface is the Hub ASIC . NUMAlink 2 is capable of 1.6 GB/s of peak bandwidth through two 800 MB/s, PECL 400 MHz 16-bit unidirectional links. NUMAlink 3 is the third generation of the interconnect, introduced in 2000 and used in the Origin 3000 and Altix 3000 . NUMAlink 3

665-679: The 3Com Corporation, which was bought by HP in 2010, along with about 1,400 patents. On April 11, 2017, it was reported that Synack had raised US$ 21 million in a round of funding that included Hewlett Packard Enterprise. In January 2017, the company acquired data management platform SimpliVity, the developer of the OmniCube hyper-converged infrastructure appliance, for US$ 650M. In April 2017, Hewlett Packard Enterprise completed its acquisition of hybrid flash and all flash manufacturer, Nimble Storage Inc , for US$ 1.2 billion or US$ 12.50 per share. In October, Reuters reported that

700-508: The HPE business remained at HPE including technology services support and consulting as well as software professional services. In August 2016, the company announced plans to acquire Silicon Graphics International (SGI), known for their capabilities in high performance computing. On November 1, 2016, HPE announced it completed the acquisition, for US$ 7.75 per share in cash, a transaction valued at approximately US$ 275 million , net of cash and debt. On September 7, 2016, HPE announced

735-592: The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Morocco and Sri Lanka. In Europe, it covers Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Romania, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal, and United Kingdom. In the Americas, the company has offices in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, and United States. In 2019, HCL Technologies started

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770-791: The acquisition of select assets of Communications Technology Group, a business division of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), for $ 225 million. In August 2024, HCLSoftware announced its intent to acquire the French metadata management platform startup Zeenea for €24 million. After the completion of the acquisition, Zeenea is expected to continue operating as an independent unit under Actian , HCLSoftware's data & analytics division. HCLTech operates in 60 countries, including its headquarters in Noida , India. It has establishments in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa,

805-409: The company announced it would sell its enterprise services division to one of its competitors, Computer Sciences Corporation in a deal valued at US$ 8.5 billion . The merger of HPE Enterprise Services with CSC, to form a new company DXC Technology , was completed on March 10, 2017. Approximately 100,000 current HPE employees were affected. More than 30,000 services employees from other areas of

840-408: The company had allowed a Russian defense agency to examine a cyber-defense system used by The Pentagon . The report noted: "Six former U.S. intelligence officials, as well as former ArcSight [Hewlett Packard Enterprise] employees and independent security experts, said the source code review could help Moscow discover weaknesses in the software, potentially helping attackers to blind the U.S. military to

875-479: The company was renamed Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL). HCL Enterprise developed an indigenous microcomputer in 1978, and a RDBMS , networking OS and client-server architecture in 1983. HCL Technologies began as the R&;D division of HCL Enterprise. The company originally was focused on hardware but, via HCL Technologies, software and services became the main focus. On 12 November 1991, HCL Technologies

910-483: The company was renamed 'HCL Technologies Limited' for "a better reflection of its activities." Between 1991 and 1999, the company expanded its software development capacities to US, European and APAC markets. HCL went public on 10 November 1999, with an issue of 14.2 million shares. By the early-2000s, its wholly-owned subsidiary HCL Comnet had expanded its offerings from VSAT to include network security and IT infrastructure services. In 2001, HCL formed

945-591: The former HP property and headquarters campus of Compaq in northwest Harris County near SH 249 and Louetta. Construction of the new Springwoods Village campus in Spring is expected to complete sometime in early 2022. Concerns about major flooding at the Compaq complex were a contributing factor for HPE CEO Antonio Neri to have the new campus built. The old campus had previously been flooded by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. HPE's $ 14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks

980-551: The interconnect, introduced in 2009 and used in the Altix UV series. NUMAlink 5 is capable of 15 GB/s of peak bandwidth through two 7.5 GB/s unidirectional links. NUMAlink 6 is the sixth generation of the interconnect, introduced in 2012 and used in the SGI UV 2000 , SGI UV 3000 , SGI UV 30 . NUMAlink 6 is capable of 6.7 GB/s of bidirectional peak bandwidth for up to 256 socket system and 64TB of coherent shared memory. NUMAlink 7

1015-555: The remaining 19.6% stake in Actian for $ 100.2 million in 2021, making Actian the data & analytics division of HCLSoftware, but keeping it an independent company. In 2019, HCL Technologies acquired products of IBM including AppScan , BigFix , Commerce , Connections , Digital Experience ( Portal and Content Manager), Notes/Domino , and Unica . In 2021, the company reached $ 10 billion in revenue. In 2022, HCL Technologies rebranded as HCLTech. In May 2024, HCLTech announced

1050-521: The three years following the acquisition, the EAS division's revenue share within HCL increased from 9% to 22%. In October 2017, IBM and HCL announced a strategic partnership, with the latter taking over the development of IBM Lotus Software 's Notes, Domino, Sametime and Verse collaboration tools. In 2018, US-based Actian was acquired by HCL and Sumeru Equity Partners for $ 330 million. HCL America acquired

1085-562: Was ranked No. 107 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. The full name for the company is "Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company", which drops the hyphen that previously existed between the "Hewlett" and "Packard" of the former Hewlett-Packard Company. The company is commonly referred to as "Hewlett Packard Enterprise" or by its initials "HPE". The company has also been referred to as "HP Enterprise" by some media outlets and has even been incorrectly referred to as "HP Enterprises". In May 2016,

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1120-533: Was slightly less than that of HP Inc. In 2017, HPE spun off its Enterprise Services business and merged it with Computer Sciences Corporation to become DXC Technology . Also in 2017, it spun off its software business segment and merged it with Micro Focus . Also in 2024, as part of the change in strategy, HPE's telecommunications business unit, the Communication Technology Group (CTG), was acquired by HCLTech for $ 225 million. HPE

1155-414: Was spun off as a separate unit, being incorporated as HCL Overseas Limited, a provider of software and technology development services. In 1993, HCL also started providing enterprise IT infrastructure management services, winning an order to establish India's first floorless, electronic stock exchange for NSE . In July 1994, the company name was changed to HCL Consulting Limited. On 6 October 1999,

1190-416: Was structured so that the former Hewlett-Packard Company would change its name to HP Inc. and spin off Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a newly created company. HP Inc. retained the old HP's personal computer and printing business, as well as its stock-price history and original NYSE ticker symbol for Hewlett-Packard; Enterprise trades under its own ticker symbol: HPE. At the time of the spin-off, HPE's revenue

1225-642: Was subjected to an investigation by the UK's antitrust watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority . On June 19, 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority announced that it had initiated a merger inquiry to assess potential competition concerns arising from the deal, setting an August 14, 2024 deadline to decide whether to conduct a full investigation. At the time the deal was announced, HPE had agreed to pay $ 40 per share in cash for Juniper. The headquarters

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