# HPE SimpliVity

> HPE SimpliVity is Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s hyperconverged infrastructure business and product family, descended from the Massachusetts startup founded by Doron Kempel in 2009. It combines server resources, all-flash storage, data reduction and VM-level backup for enterprise virtualization, virtual desktops and distributed sites. The current PC1000 positioning adds HPE Morpheus VM Essentials alongside the VMware ecosystem.

- **Founded:** 2009
- **Headquarters:** Spring, United States (parent HPE headquarters)
- **Founders:** Doron Kempel (Founder, former chairman and CEO)
- **Products:** OmniCube, HPE SimpliVity 380, HPE SimpliVity 325, HPE SimpliVity PC1000, HPE SimpliVity for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials
- **Notable:** Raised USD 175 million in Series D at a valuation exceeding USD 1 billion in March 2015., Reported cumulative venture funding of USD 276 million in its 2015 announcement., Acquired by HPE in a deal announced at USD 650 million cash; completed February 2017.

## Products & services

- **OmniCube** — Historical appliance built around the OmniStack data architecture; general availability in 2013.
- **HPE SimpliVity 380** — ProLiant-based all-flash HCI node with integrated data efficiency and protection; current QuickSpecs include Gen12.
- **HPE SimpliVity 325** — HCI appliance family; HPE’s Japanese new-product listing announced the Gen12 model in September 2026.
- **HPE SimpliVity PC1000** — Current platform positioning combines SimpliVity hardware with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials for virtualized workloads.
- **HPE SimpliVity for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials** — KVM-based virtualization option; software 6.0.0 released August 2025 and 6.2.0 December 2025.
- **HPE SimpliVity RapidDR** — Disaster recovery orchestration for preconfigured sets of virtual machines between production and recovery sites.

## Achievements

- Raised USD 175 million in Series D at a valuation exceeding USD 1 billion in March 2015.
- Reported cumulative venture funding of USD 276 million in its 2015 announcement.
- Acquired by HPE in a deal announced at USD 650 million cash; completed February 2017.
- Red Bull Racing’s 2018 HPE case study reported race-data post-processing falling from nine minutes to two.
- Published HyperGuarantee offers 90% combined storage-and-backup capacity savings subject to policy and other terms.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — HPE’s release history records SimpliVity 6.0.0 for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials.
- **2025-12** — HPE’s release guide records SimpliVity 6.2.0 for VM Essentials, released December 19.
- **2026-05** — SimpliVity 6.3.0U1 for VMware released May 19 according to the June 11 release guide.
- **2026-07** — New PC1000 business became channel-exclusive July 1 under HPE’s June announcement.
- **2026-09** — HPE’s Japanese new-product listing announced SimpliVity 380 Gen12 and 325 Gen12 on September 17.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/products/private-cloud/simplivity-pc1000.html
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/simplivity-corporation/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HPE
- GitHub: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/simplivity-python
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6iyog60aB4
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/HPE/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HewlettPackardEnterprise/

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