[Info-vax] HPE buys Cray

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/18/2019 8:02 AM, Kerry Main wrote:
>> From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Arne Vajhøj via Info-vax
>> Sent: May 17, 2019 7:23 PM
>> On 5/17/2019 2:34 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> Not really OpenVMS related, but I just saw that HPE will buy Cray...
>>>
>>> https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3076006/hpe-buys-cray
>>> https://www.cnet.com/news/hpe-to-acquire-supercomputer-maker-cray-for-
>>> 1-3b/
>>> https://www.zdnet.com/article/hpe-buys-supercomputer-company-cray-for-
>>> 1-3-billion/
>>
>> I wonder - is this an indication that HPE is not looking top be acquired?
>>
>> Maybe they realized that there are not many potential buyers, so now they
>> want to stay independent.
> 
> Getting Cray for only $1.3B looks like fire sale, so perhaps Cray was
> hurting financially?

Likely.

Super-computers has become mostly commodity parts. I doubt that there
is as much profit as there once was.

In fact a quick check shows a 134 M$ loss in 2017.

> Also, remember that HPE bought SGI a year or two ago, so HPE appears to be
> adopting a renewed focus on the super computer and high end data analysis
> and AI market.
> 
> HPE-Cray:
> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/hpe-buys-supercomputer-company-cray-for-1-3-b
> illion/>
> 
> HPE-SGI:
> <https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/press-release/2017/03/hewlett-packard-en
> terprise-completes-acquisition-of-sgi.html>

Yes. It seems like HPE is starting to look for markets to be in
for the future.

Arne