# ABB and HPE partner to combine industrial automation with IT

ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) agreed to combine ABB Ability digital operations technologies with HPE hybrid IT products to generate actionable insights from industrial data.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2017-12-29
- Status: announced
- Products: industrial automation solutions, hybrid IT products
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md) (partner)
- [Hewlett Packard Enterprise](https://endata.com/companies/17073.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [telecompaper.com](https://www.telecompaper.com/news/abb-and-hpe-join-forces-in-industrial-automation--1226131), 2017-12-29: "ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) said they have agreed to combine the 'ABB Ability' digital operations technologies (OT) services with HPE hybrid information technology (IT) products."

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