Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPE, held their bi-annual Discover conference in London this past week, and I, along with other analysts and global press, was eager to see what’s next for the still relatively-new company. It’s been less than six months since HPE held Discover Las Vegas so this isn’t a one-shot deal where the company must address everything. It’s also important to recognize the primary target market for the event is customers and the channel and secondarily the tech press and analysts. Even one more fine point, this event is primarily targeting non-US companies who wouldn’t have attended Las Vegas.
The General Session keynotes were particularly informative, and here are my takeaways from Day 1 and Day 2 after watching them. Overall, HPE did what it needed to do at Discover London and it’ll be good when the company churn stops and we get to a stasis point.
Day 1 General Session:
Day 1’s address was dedicated to the talk of digital disruption and transformation. CEO Meg Whitman outlined four points of discussion for the day:
- How digital transformation fueled by the explosion of apps and data is disrupting every industry
- How this is driving a fast-emerging world where everything computes
- How HPE and their ecosystem of partners are helping customers accelerate in this new age
- How HPE’s strategy (anchored on hybrid IT and the Intelligent Edge) is accelerating innovation and timed value for their customers.