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| I will say, listen, I think if you look at our server segment that we just published, we delivered very strong performance |
| And as we go forward, we expect that improvement to happen, and that's why we are confident on the conversion of the GPU orders into revenue as we go along, not just because of the GPU availability but also the acceptances |
| The pipeline is very good |
| We also continue to scale our recurring revenue, achieving the second highest year-over-year growth rate since we started tracking ARR in late 2019 |
| This is a promising indicator for our ongoing portfolio shift to higher-margin revenues |
| And as we get into ‘25, obviously with the pending acquisition, I feel HPE will be even in a stronger position as we get through 2024 |
| Demand has stabilized for our traditional server and storage products, and our HPE GreenLake momentum is robust |
| AI server demand is strong |
| We expect significantly stronger free cash flow in the second half of the year led by improvements in inventories as AI service shipments ramp |
| AI server demand remains very strong, evidenced by our growing cumulative order book |
| Both large deals and higher eliminations are indicators of our confidence in the second half of the fiscal year |
| I am pleased that we have delivered non-GAAP gross margin of 36.2%, which is up 200 basis points year-over-year and above 600 basis points from fiscal year 2018 |
| This performance helped our Q1 non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share grow to $0.48, which was above the midpoint of our guidance range despite lower-than-expected revenue, illustrating the positive impact of our pivot to higher growth, higher margin revenue |
| We are accelerating new specialized sales motions to maximize opportunities and improve order linearity across our portfolio |
| Improved cost management will remain an important competency for us in fiscal year 2024 |
| And that's an important indicator because ultimately, that also drives our attach rate of our Operational Services, which in the quarter was very, very good |
| For hybrid cloud, we expect sequential increases through the year as our traditional storage business improves and HPE GreenLake momentum continues |
| For server, we expect improving GPU supply to drive sequential revenue increases through fiscal year '24 |
| While we are experiencing cyclicality in submarkets, I am more confident than ever in our long-term strategy that is aligned to key market mega trends |
| We are successfully passing through interest rate increases, and our asset management margins are returning to normal |
| Most recently, we have seen strong growth in SASE, an offering bolstered by our acquisition of Silver Peak in 2020 and Axis Security in 2023 |
| We are also already seeing some cross-selling benefits of integrating the majority of our HPE GreenLake offering into a single business unit |
| In hybrid cloud, HPE GreenLake continues to resonate in the marketplace and was the private driver of the highest Q1 year-over-year rise in ARR over the 4-plus years we have been reporting it |
| We are pleased with our 29.4% operating margin, which was up 1,000 basis points year-over-year |
| The Intelligent Edge portfolio of subscription revenue grew well above 50% as we are benefiting from growing attach from our strong fiscal year '23 revenue growth |
| As a reminder, our Gen11 services come with an attached subscription to our compute ops management software, which lifts our margin structure |
| We expect AI inferencing to gather momentum in fiscal year '24 |
| We are now converting our APU orders into revenues, and yet very strong demand means our APU backlog is over $3 billion |
| One of the things I'm really proud about our company is the commitment to social responsibility |
| Our APU product revenue increased sequentially to well over $400 million |
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| First, I will touch on our revenue, which was lower than expected in large part because network and demand softened industry-wide and because the timing of several large GPU acceptances shifted |
| Similar to peers in the market, we saw campus networking product demand weakened and the decline later in the quarter was greater than expected |
| As a result, overall AI server orders conversion was below our expectations |
| However, demand in Intelligent Edge did soften due to customer digestion of strong product shipments in fiscal year '23, which is lasting longer than we initially anticipated and is the primary reason Q1 revenue came in below our expectations |
| Revenues of $1.2 billion were down 10% year-over-year |
| Our traditional high-performance computing and supercomputing revenue fell seasonally, sequentially following a strong Q4 |
| Server revenues were $3.4 billion in the quarter, which was down 23% year-over-year |
| Revenue fell 14% year-over-year in constant currency to $6.8 billion |
| The mix shift from Intelligent Edge to server should also weigh on our gross margins |
| While up sequentially, the margin was down 430 basis points year-over-year, given declining revenues |
| Our operating margin was 3.8%, which was down 200 basis points year-over-year |
| Our HPE Financial Services revenue was down 2% year-over-year and financing volume was $1.4 billion |
| Our traditional storage business was down year-over-year on difficult compares, given backlog consumption in Q1 '23 |
| In part, given the higher prepayments in Q1, we expect negative free cash flow in Q2 |
| But overall, Q1 revenue performance did not meet our expectations |
| For Intelligent Edge, we expect the market to remain soft throughout the year |
| Lower revenues and a high mix of third-party product impacted margins in the traditional storage business |
| Our cost reduction efforts will take time to show their benefits, which will result in margin pressure in Q2 |
| We expect weakness in the networking market to persist, which is likely to impact revenue through fiscal year 2024 |
| We now expect the full year non-GAAP gross margin to be slightly down from our prior full year expectation of 35% |
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