HP StorageWorks
The HPE Storage (formerly HP StorageWorks) is a portfolio of HPE storage products, includes online storage, nearline storage, storage networking, archiving, de-duplication, and storage software. HP and their predecessor, the Compaq Corporation, has developed some of industry-first storage technologies to simplify network storage. HP is a proponent of converged storage, a storage architecture that combines storage and compute into a single entity. 2011 products and solutions. HP Storage solutions announced in August 2011: Other StorageWorks items: Storage networking. Many models have been rebadged from Brocade Communications Systems, Cisco, Emulex, and QLogic. PolyServe. PolyServe was founded in  2004 by Michael Callahan, serving as chief technology officer, and Carter George, serving as Vice-President, as "a software company in Portland, specializing in database and file serving." HP, when it bought Compaq, acquired its StorageWorks; HP, when it bought PolyServe, placed its 100+ employees within StorageWorks. An example of PolyServe's value is that a large British government agency which had 14 idle backup servers