Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced the expansion of its hybrid cloud offerings with HPE virtualisation capability for HPE Private Cloud, which combines open-source kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) with HPE’s cluster orchestration software.
“The combination of our full-stack hybrid cloud capabilities and our open, hybrid cloud ecosystem makes HPE GreenLake cloud the future-proof hybrid cloud destination for enterprises. HPE GreenLake cloud has a proven track record of being customer-first, and we are committed to open standards and multi-vendor, multi-cloud support,” said Hang Tan, chief operating officer of HPE Hybrid Cloud.
Hybrid cloud capabilities
HPE claims to become the first vendor to offer a full suite of enterprise-grade capabilities and services across the hybrid cloud technologystack.
It includes a modular private cloud infrastructure with AI-powered automation, network virtualisation, and segmentation, data mobility with a unified experience across private & public cloud, leveraging SDS, a complete set of runtimes and AI frameworks, and multi-cloud, multi-vendor cloud services for IT operations management, data protection, cyber resiliency, and sustainability reporting.
It also offers a unified, platform-based cloud control plane, and an advisory and professional services, managed services, and financial services.
Three-step approach
HPE has established a holistic, three-step approach which includes optimisation leveraging HPE Cloud Physics to right-size customer virtualisation footprint, modernisation by partnering with HPE Services to accelerate the adoption of cloud-native and AI platforms and simplifying management of multiple environments across Private and Public Clouds through the unified operating experience of the HPE GreenLake cloud platform and natively integrated hybrid cloud services.
