HPE Making ‘Orderly Exit’ from Russia, Belarus

Private cloud provider Hewlett Packard Enterprise said on June 1 it is leaving Russia and Belarus entirely.

“It is no longer tenable for us to continue operations in Russia and Belarus, and we are proceeding with an orderly exit of our remaining business in these countries,” HPE wrote in a blog.

The announcement follows the same news from parent company HP on May 31.

HPE — along with dozens of other big-tech firms, many of which exited right away — slowed its business with Russia and Belarus after Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine earlier this year. HPE suspended its sales and shipments to the two countries in late February. However, it did not stop doing business there completely until now.

HPE says it is “committed to transparent communication with our impacted team members, customers and partners as we wind down business operations in the two countries.”