HPE Launches Software Platform Amid Shift to Subscription Model

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. unveiled a software platform to help customers manage their increasingly fragmented information technology, marking another step in the server maker’s efforts to win a bigger place in a world shifting to cloud computing.

The portal, called GreenLake Central, lets clients evaluate the cost, performance, and security of their various computer data systems, the San Jose, California-based company said Tuesday in a statement. The tool also allows companies to buy new computing services and select whether to run them on their corporate servers or those operated by cloud-computing vendors such as Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. The effort may generate more recurring revenue in the midst of HPE’s transition to a subscription-based business model.