Following the divestment and splitting up of so much of its software services, does Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. have the resources to bring together the best of its hardware offerings?

Looking to answer this question and others, SiliconANGLE is at HPE Discover 2017, taking place in Las Vegas, with exclusive commentary and interviews from the mobile studio theCUBE. (* Disclosure below.)

Despite its dismal second-quarter results released last week, HPE executives remain optimistic. HPE saw its server revenue drop 14 percent, storage sales fall 13 percent and networking revenue plunge 30 percent. However, HPE said it’s growing where it needs to grow, such as in all-flash storage business, which was up 33 percent, and in its Aruba wireless business, up 27 percent.

HPE’s main emphasis now is on infrastructure and what it calls hybrid information technology. The company’s recent acquisition of flash storage maker Nimble Storage Inc. for $1 billion fits squarely within HPE’s hybrid IT offerings. Another acquisition that helps HPE’s strategy of “making hybrid IT simple” took place in January when the company acquired hyper-converged system startup SimpliVity Corp. for $650 million. At Discover, the CUBE will explore the integration of these recent acquisitions.

“HPE needs to jettison software, focus research and development more narrowly, make more acquisitions atop of its buy of SimpliVity and Nimble — doing tuck-in acquisitions that, in my opinion, aren’t going to be game changers but underscore the gaps,” said Dave Vellante, co-founder and chief research officer of the analyst group Wikibon, owned by the same company as SiliconANGLE.

HPE announced last year that it would sell most of its software business to U.K.-based Micro Focus International plc for $8.8 billion, a deal on schedule to close Sept. 1.  

HPE Discover could also unveil additional details about “The Machine,” the world’s largest single-memory computer, which HPE is currently working on. Last month, the company said “The Machine” was closer to reality, announcing a new prototype with 160 terabytes of directly addressable main memory. Memory-first data center architecture is both faster and uses less energy. HPE’s first target markets are smart cities, autonomous vehicles and intelligent power grids.

Keynote presenters at HPE Discover include HPE executives Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer; Antonio Neri, executive vice president and general manager of the enterprise group; Ric Lewis, vice president and general manager of software defined and cloud group; Paul Miller, vice president of global marketing, software defined and cloud group; and Dominic Wilde, vice president and general manager of data center networking business unit.

Other presenters include Jian Hsieh, chief scientist of GE Healthcare Ltd.; Jason Shropshire, senior vice president and chief technology officer at InfusionPoints LLC; Kate Swanborg, senior vice president of technology communications and strategic alliances at DreamWorks Animation LLC; Behyar Ghahramani, chief technology officer at Virginia Hospital Center; Giles House, executive vice president, product and chief marketing officer at Callidus Software Inc.; Stephen Lavin, chief technology officer at Redbox Automated Retail LLC; and Dr Steven Pratt, chief technology officer at CenterPoint Energy Services Inc.

How to watch theCUBE interviews

There are various ways to watch all of theCUBE interviews that will be taking place at HPE Discover, including SiliconANGLE TV and YouTube. You can also get all the coverage from the event on SiliconANGLE.

TheCUBE’s coverage for day one starts today at 8:45 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. PDT.

SiliconANGLE TV

You can watch all of theCUBE’s exclusive interviews and commentary from HPE Discover on the dedicated SiliconANGLE TV page.

Watch on the SiliconANGLE YouTube channel

All of theCUBE interviews from HPE Discover, which runs until June 8, will also be loaded onto SiliconANGLE’s dedicated YouTube channel.

Cubecasts

SiliconANGLE also has podcasts available of archived interview sessions, available on both SoundCloud and iTunes, which you can enjoy while on the go.

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE

Tuesday, June 6

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE at HPE Discover include HPE executives Tom Lattin, vice president and general manager of HPE server options; Alastair Winner, vice president of hybrid IT portfolio for HPE Pointnext; Jim Jackson, senior vice president of enterprise group marketing; Partha Narasimhan, chief technology officer of Aruba; and Justin Hotard, senior vice president and general manager of service provider and OEM solutions.

Other HPE executives who will be interviewed include Kara Long, senior director of service provider global accounts and cloudline servers; Pete Murray, vice president of OEM and IoT sales worldwide; Dennis Deane, vice president of strategic alliances; Bill Philbin, vice president and general manager of storage and big data; Mayur Bharath, director of strategy and planning, global business services; Eng Lim Goh, vice president and SGI chief technology officer; and Jeff Carlat, senior director solutions technology enablement, strategic alliances.  

Tuesday’s lineup also includes Bill Walker, vice president of information technology for Fox Group Inc.; Tuomas Sandholm, professor of computer science and director of Electronic Marketplaces Lab at Carnegie Mellon University; Tushar Halgali, IoT senior manager at Deloitte LLP; Kirk Bresniker, fellow and vice president, chief architect at HP Labs; and Natalia Vassilieva, senior research manager at HP Labs.

Wednesday, June 7

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE include HPE Discover presenters Paul Miller and Dominic Wilde.

TheCUBE will also interview HPE executives Ken Won, director of software defined and cloud group marketing; Bob Moore, director of server software and product security; Xavier Poisson, vice president of VP, indirect digital services; Steven Dietch, vice president of worldwide service provider business; Pravesh Sethi, senior vice president of HPE Pointnext Consulting; and Phil Cutrone, vice president and general manager of worldwide OEM, HPE servers business unit.

Other HPE executives who will be interviewed include Tripp Partain, global chief technology officer of OneHPE; Rod Bagg, vice president of analytics and support at Nimble Storage; Susan Blocher, vice president of marketing at data center infrastructure group; Bill Mannel, vice president and general manager of HPC and AI; and Peter Schrady, senior vice president and general manager of ProLiant servers and SMB enterprise segments.

Wednesday’s lineup also includes James Morrison, computer scientist at The Federal Bureau of Investigation; Michael Proper, founder and chief executive officer of ClearCenter; Craig McLellan, founder of ThinkOn Inc.; Peter Mckay, chief executive officer of Veeam Software Inc.; Anthony Rokis, vice president of software engineering for Predix at GE Digital LLC; Paul Sabin, senior network and infrastructure manager at Baker Botts LLP; and Nicholas Nystrom, senior director of research at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.

Thursday, June 8

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE include HPE Discover presenters Ric Lewis, Jason Shropshire and Kate Swanborg.

Guests also include HPE executives Denzil Samuels, global chief channel officer; Ana Pinczuk, senior vice president and general manager of Pointnext; Flynn Maloy, vice president, services marketing; Alain Andreoli, senior vice president, data center infrastructure group; J.R. Fuller, global business development manager IoT Edgeline; and Andrew Wheeler, fellow, vice president and deputy director at HP Labs.

Live stream of HPE Discover

If you aren’t attending HPE Discover in Las Vegas, you can attend virtually thanks to the event’s live stream.

HPE Discover will live stream select keynote presentations and various sessions on its official event page. Live stream coverage starts today at 8:45 a.m. PDT. Don’t miss the Discover General Session presented by Meg Whitman at 1:45 p.m.

(* Disclosure: TheCube is a paid media partner at HPE Discover. Neither HPE nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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