As part of HPE’s commitment to supporting customers by providing a foundation that accelerates innovation, HPE is sharpening its focus to deliver greater value through the HPE-owned intellectual property (IP) portfolio of products and services.
Although this will enhance differentiation and simplify portfolio messaging, it will result in some changes in the way HPE transacts with these third-party partner vendors.
What’s changing?
- HPE will increase focus on strategic HPE IP, including HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 and X10000, HPE StoreOnce, HPE Zerto Software, HPE GreenLake Platform, and HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions. Additionally, HPE MSA will remain a key offering to accelerate storage requirements in the SMB market.
- HPE will cease the resale of software and services from Qumulo, Scality, and WEKA and will transition from offering purpose-built systems SKUs to run that software to offering comparable, validated hardware configurations using off-the-shelf server SKUs.
What’s not changing?
- While HPE are changing how these joint offerings are made available, HPE want to assure customers that their investment in HPE Solutions with Qumulo, Scality, and WEKA is protected.
- HPE plans to transition the three partnerships to a meet-in-the-channel model consistent with most Independent Software Vendor (ISV) relationships for third-party software on HPE server offerings. Management of the relationships is planned to be under the HPE Technology Partner Program.
- HPE will continue to support all existing HPE purpose-built systems SKUs created to run Qumulo, Scality, and WEKA software until March 3, 2031.
- Qumulo, Scality, and WEKA's obligation for software support will continue through the duration of the entitlement term purchased through HPE.
Timing and next steps
- March 2, 2026, is the final date HPE will accept orders for the resale of Qumulo, Scality, and WEKA software and services SKUs and associated purpose-built systems SKUs.
- Starting February 1, 2026:
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- All hardware quotes must leverage validated, off-the-shelf server SKU configurations.
- Qumulo, Scality, and WEKA software and services must be sourced from their respective channels.
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