http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2016/11/11/will-hp-enterprise-pay-3-9-billion-for-simplivity/#407b5ff15983
"If HPE is able to close a deal for SimpliVity it would signal confidence by HPE’s executives and board after its disastrous Autonomy acquisition – signaling a shift to using cash for building rather than paying severance to “tens of thousands of staff that have lost their job in the last four years as the company cut its cloth to offset leaner demand,” according to The Register."