Microsoft has teamed up with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to connect its Azure cloud to the International Space Station through HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2. SBC-2 is set to fly aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft as part of Northrop’s 15th commercial resupply mission to the orbiting laboratory on Feb. 20, and will bring artificial intelligence, cloud connectivity and edge computing capabilities to the ISS.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has received a $35 million contract to construct a supercomputer designed to support the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s geoscience and meteorology studies including weather prediction activities.

Antonio Neri, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said HPE plans to move its headquarters from San Jose, California, to the Houston area as part of efforts to further recruit technical talent and achieve cost savings.

Intel has partnered with the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to validate hardware and software applications in support of the construction of an exascale computing system named Aurora.

NASA has used the Hewlett Packard Enterprise-built Aitken supercomputer to carry out simulations on launch environment and booster separation event at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis manned mission to the moon by 2024. 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is developing a supercomputer to support the National Nuclear Security Administration’s simulation and research activities involving nuclear weapons and stockpile management.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has certified ORock Technologies as a Cloud Bank storage partner to help HPE server customers back up and restore data.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has created a laboratory in Fort Collins, Colo., that offers a live-test environment for telecommunication providers to demonstrate the fifth generation of wireless technology platforms.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is using high-performance computing to address the world’s need for a COVID-19 vaccine.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has partnered with the National Nuclear Security Administration to deploy an exascale computer to the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for nuclear stockpile modernization initiatives.

Mercury Systems has entered into an agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to incorporate parts from the latter’s ProLiant server offering into Mercury’s new rugged rackmount server technology.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has won a potential 10-year, $61.8M contract to provide integrated processor capacity efforts to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s operations center.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s board of directors has nominated finance veteran Charles Noski to the position of independent director and is set to hold an election on April 1 at the company's annual shareholder meeting.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has partnered with the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility to field a parallel storage system that will work to support scientific research efforts in physical genomics, aerospace turbulence and earthquake seismic activities.

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise subsidiary, has authorized Ingram Micro to distribute its wireless networking products to federal government clients, CRN reported Thursday.