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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an American multinational information technology provider. The company provides AI, private cloud, computing, storage, networking and software services. 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) was founded in 2015 following the split of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). HPE was formed from the old HP’s Enterprise product and Business divisions, focusing on servers, storage, cloud, and software services. HPE, which specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of storage and server hardware, retained several of HP's occupation-related contracts through its fully owned Israeli subsidiary, Hewlett Packard (Israel) Ltd.

Through the Israeli subsidiary, the company provides servers, software, and services to the Israeli Police, the Israel Prison Service, and the Israeli Population Registry computing system, which contains information on Palestinians residing in the occupied territory.

Services to the Israeli Military

In July 2024, it was reported that HPE had been selected by the Israeli military to lead a new military server farm project. HPE will provide the hardware for the farm and manage the process of selecting the construction company. The farm is reportedly likely to be located underground. 

Services to the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority

Israel’s Population Registry – the Aviv System 

HPE is the sole supplier of Itanium servers for the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority for the operation of the Israeli Population Registry, which contains information on Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory. 

The Population and Immigration Authority (PIBA) core system is the "Aviv" system, a central computing system that serves the Population Registry of the State of Israel. The Aviv system operating system infrastructure was developed by HPE and is based on HPE Itanium servers. Since 2017, the company has been the sole supplier of the servers and their maintenance.

In May 2023, Hewlett Packard (Israel) was contracted as sole supplier by the Population and Immigration Authority to provide three Itanium servers, services, and maintenance for the Aviv System from June 2023 until June 2026 for NIS 3,829,410 (USD 818,250).

The Israeli Population Registry contains information on Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, non-citizen Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem, Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank and Gaza, and Syrians from the occupied Syrian Golan. Through this registry, the Israeli authorities control the permits required for Palestinian workers who work within Israel and in Israeli settlements, as well as permits needed for Palestinians to cross the Green Line for medical needs, family visits, travel abroad, etc., as part of Israel's repressive permit regime. Since the Oslo Accords, the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) has kept a copy of the Palestinian Population registry from the Palestinian Authority (PA), which includes personal information and addresses of all West Bank and Gaza residents. The registry is regularly updated by the Population and Immigration Authority’s unit in the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA), located in the settlement of Beit El in the occupied West Bank. The data on the Registry is systematically used by Israel for the implementation of discriminatory policies against Palestinians who are eligible for different rights under Israeli control, including discrimination in relation to freedom of movement, voting, family reunification and access to services. The Authority is also in charge of issuing permits for all international visitors to the West Bank. The system also documents all of the crossings under Israeli control, including the Allenby Bridge Crossing, which is the only access for West Bank Palestinian residents to travel abroad; and previously the Erez Checkpoint, which was the only crossing for the movement of people between the besieged Gaza and Israel and the West Bank – both controlled by and subjected to Israeli authorities.

In 2017, Hewlett Packard (Israel) was contracted by the Population and Immigration Authority to provide and maintain the servers until 2020 for a total amount of USD 212,318.

Services to the Israel Police

HPE provides servers, software and maintenance services for the Israel Police.

HPE provides many of the servers and software that serve most of the operational systems of the Israel Police and provides it with accompanying software for dedicated management of all its servers. HPE's servers with the police include Enclosures servers, Blade servers, and "pizza" servers. In addition, HPE senior systems engineers work with the police and operate dedicated support teams with the police for proactive services and ongoing troubleshooting.

In 2021, Hewlett Packard Israel was contracted by the Israel Police to provide Data Center Care services for NIS 4 million for three years until 2024. In January 2024, the Israel Police announced its intention to contract Hewlett Packard Israel for Data Center Care services as the sole supplier for an additional period of three years, until the end of December 2026, for an additional NIS 4 million.

In March 2021, HPE was contracted by the Israel Police, with an exemption from a tender, to provide proactive maintenance services for HPE-manufactured server systems until December 2023 for 4 million NIS. The contract is an extension of a previous contract from 2018 that expired in January 2021.

In 2017, HPE was contracted to maintain its Virtual Connect (VC) systems for the Israeli police for NIS 366,000.

Services to the Israel Prison Service

HPE provides equipment and maintenance to the Israel Prison Service's central server farm and the backup center. 

In March 2025, HPE Israel was contracted by the Israel Prison Service (IPS), with exemption from tender, as the sole supplier for the maintenance of HPE equipment installed in the IPS' central server farm and backup farm from March 2025 to the end of February 2026 for NIS 445,000. 

HPE equipment installed in the IPS' central server farm and the backup farm includes a central storage system and seven central SAN switches (Storage Area Network switches), which are used for high-speed data transfer between data centers using compression technology for increased data demands.

In April 2024, Hewlett Packard Israel was contracted by the Israel Prison Service (IPS) as the sole supplier to provide HPE equipment maintenance for NIS 364,075 for a period of one year.

In February 2023, the company was contracted by the IPS, with exemption from tender, to provide maintenance for HPE equipment for NIS 371,856 until February 2024. 

In 2020, the company was contracted to provide computer and communication maintenance for the Israel Prison Service for 2021-2022 for an amount of over NIS 1 million.

Between 2015 and 2020, the company provided the IPS with server maintenance for a total of NIS 2,695,268. 

Israeli Biometric Database 

HPE is the sole supplier of the computing infrastructure for the Israel National Digital Agency.

In 2011, HPE was awarded a tender for the supply, installation, maintenance, and operation of the computing infrastructure for the establishment of the national digital system which includes biometric identification means and biometric identification data in identification documents and the database. In March 2022, the contract was extended by the Israel National Digital Agency until April 2025 to complete the installation and receive maintenance services for NIS 3,500,000. In May 2025, the contract was extended with exemption from tender until the end of May 2028 for NIS 3,129,750. 

In 2008, former company HP was contracted by the Israeli Ministry of Interior to supply equipment and biometric ID cards for Israel’s biometric documentation project for an amount of NIS 230 million. In 2014, the contracts with HP were extended until 2025 and were later inherited by HPE. In 2016, HPE was contracted to continue to supply its services for the Biometric project for over NIS 31 million.