Spark announces expanded strategic partnership with HPE

Spark New Zealand Limited
ARBN 050 611 277 Spark City, Level 1, 50 Albert Street, Private Bag 92028, Auckland, New Zealand




MARKET RELEASE – WEDNESDAY, 12 MARCH 2025

Spark announces expanded strategic partnership with HPE
 IT infrastructure and services partnership forms part of technology delivery model
transformation
 Partnership will contribute to reduced annualised IT costs, supporting SPK-26 Operate
Programme cost out

Spark New Zealand (Spark) today announced it has signed an expanded strategic partnership with
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
1
, which will deliver the automation and efficiency benefits of a flexible,
hybrid cloud services model through the HPE GreenLake
2
cloud.

Spark currently manages infrastructure services
3
within its IT environments, both for its own platforms
and those of its business customers.

Under the partnership, Spark will move to a variable model for IT infrastructure in line with market
demand, by further leveraging HPE GreenLake cloud. Spark will also utilise HPE’s global services
capabilities to improve the efficiency of its operations.

Spark Customer Director Enterprise and Government, Mark Beder, said “This partnership will contribute
to reducing annualised IT costs and ensure Spark’s IT environments are continuously updated in line
with advancements in technology, including HPE’s leading automation and AI capabilities.

“We will also implement HPE GreenLake hybrid cloud management capabilities from Morpheus
4
, which
accelerates workload provisioning – providing a more user-friendly operational experience between
public and private cloud environments for Spark and our customers.”

As part of the agreement, HPE will utilise both its local and global workforce to provide services to Spark.

Spark will continue to retain strategic decision-making and control over all components of its IT
environments including critical infrastructure, service delivery, innovation, IT architectural decisions,
security policies, and service orchestration
5
.

SPK-26 Operate Programme

As previously disclosed, Spark has expanded its SPK-26 Operate Programme to include a significant
transformation of its technology delivery model. This delivery model refers to Spark’s IT and network
operations.

Spark has had a long-term focus on modernising its technology, embedding AI into its business, and
building a resilient, adaptive, and automated network. The new technology delivery model accelerates
this long-term focus through the establishment of several strategic partnerships – a common structure
utilised by telcos in offshore markets.


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Under the HPE Partner Ready Program.
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HPE GreenLake is a hybrid cloud platform that enables businesses to standardise around a cloud operating model across hybrid IT,
with flexibility to place the right workloads on the right runtimes and platforms for faster innovation and lower cost
3
Infrastructure services provide the essential resources, such as servers, storage, and networking that businesses need to run
applications and store data efficiently and securely.
4
Morpheus Cloud management platform delivers service orchestration, which refers to the management of complex IT services and
workflows. It involves integrating various services and systems to work together seamlessly, ensuring that tasks are executed in the
correct order and that resources are efficiently utilised.
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Service orchestration refers to the management of complex IT services and workflows. It involves integrating various services and
systems to work together seamlessly, ensuring that tasks are executed in the correct order and that resources are efficiently utilised.

Spark New Zealand Limited
ARBN 050 611 277 Spark City, Level 1, 50 Albert Street, Private Bag 92028, Auckland, New Zealand


Through these partnerships Spark will leverage the scale, capability, and innovation of global partners, to
support better customer outcomes and improved cost efficiency. This supports Spark’s ambition to
deliver an ~$80-$100 million reduction in net labour and opex costs in FY25, and annualised benefits of
$110-$140 million by FY27, as outlined in its H1 25 results presentation.

Spark will continue to keep the market updated as further partnership developments occur.

Authorised by:

Rodney Deacon
Finance Lead Partner – Investor Relations and Commercial


For more information contact:

For media queries please contact:
Althea Lovell
Corporate Relations Lead Partne
r
(64) 21 222 2992
althea.lovell@spark.co.nz

For investor queries please contact:
Rodney Deacon
Finance Lead Partner – Investor Relations and Commercial
(64) 21 631 074
rodney.deacon@spark.co.nz