These 6 HPE Acquisitions Are Driving Partners' Sales Growth

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SimpliVity

Date: February 2017

Price: $650 Million

Key Products: SimpliVity, a hyper-converged pioneer, provides HPE with an enterprise-proven software-defined data management platform.

Sales Growth Impact: The hyper-converged market is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 25 percent to nearly $6 billion by 2020. Look for HPE partners to put pressure on hyper-converged rivals Nutanix and Cisco's Hyperflex.

Road Map: HPE is integrating the acclaimed SimpliVity software-defined storage layer with its OneView management platform, Synergy and 3Par. HPE also is integrating SimpliVity with its ProLiant DL380 servers.