HPE President and CEO Antonio Neri unveiled new HPE GreenLake organizational and leadership changes all targeted at making further inroads into the hybrid cloud space. Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why the new HPE GreenLake changes, such as the formation of the HPE GreenLake Platform Development team, the HPE GreenLake Cloud Service Services group, SRE and Cloud Services Operations teams, all strengthen HPE’s hand in competing against hyperscalers AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud as well as enterprise-savvy cloud players IBM/RedHat, VMware, and Oracle.
HPE Extends GreenLake Capability with Ampool Acquisition
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his analysis of the recent announcement by HPE of SQL data management vendor Ampool. HPE is building out capabilities for mission critical data management as a service with this acquisition that will complement both the Ezermal and GreenLake platforms, doubling down on streamlining the data management stack.
HPE to Acquire Zerto, a Cloud Data Management and Protection Company, Bolstering GreenLake Storage Portfolio
HPE announced the acquisition of Zerto, a cloud data management and protection company, in a strategic move aimed at delivering the most robust recovery as-a-service solution in the industry. Futurum’s Steven Dickens shares his insights on the acquisition as well as the potential impact on the hybrid cloud storage marketplace.
HPE’s Project Aurora Launches, a New Zero-Trust Offering to Help Address Security Concerns
Futurum Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on news coming out of HPE’s Discover event around the latest zero-trust solution, Project Aurora. As the cybersecurity landscape evolves, new approaches are required to combat the emerging threats. HPE’s zero-trust approach is designed to deliver robust attestation and verification derived through a root-of-trust model at the silicon layer.
Salomon’s Selection of HPE GreenLake Designed to Aid in Meeting its Ambitious Sustainability Goal
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on news coming out of HPE’s Discover event of leading sports manufacturer Salomon’s selection of HPE GreenLake. Not only is this move intended to provide a next-generation, on-premises cloud environment, it’s also a nod toward the company’s focus on ESG and meeting its ambitious sustainability goal — and perhaps a key point of vendor differentiation moving forward.
HPE Announces New Vertically Optimized GreenLake Cloud Services at HPE Discover
HPE announces new vertically optimized GreenLake cloud services at HPE Discover. Futurum analyst Steven Dickens breaks down the three highlighted areas from the HPE announcement, along with thoughts on the growing importance of hybrid solutions in highly regulated verticals such as healthcare and banking, as well as the emergence and co-located solutions as prevalent approaches in the industry.
HPE Decides Time Has Come for HPE Storage to Go Full Cloud-Native in Delivering Cloud Data Services
HPE debuts its new data services platform, consisting of Data Services Cloud Console, Cloud data services, and HPE Alletra, now available through HPE GreenLake and targeted at transforming HPE Storage into an agile, cloud-native data services business. Futurum’s Ron Westfall analyzes the competitive advantages of the new HPE data services platform and why it strengthens HPE’s GreenLake proposition, particularly in streamlining data operations from edge to cloud, as well as the competitive implications for chief rivals Dell and IBM.
HPE Ezmeral Update: New Products And Partnerships Ready To Power Unified Data Access Across Edge And Cloud Environments
The new HPE Ezmeral product and partnership updates sharpen HPE’s Kubernetes management platform portfolio and market messaging. Futurum’s Ron Westfall unpacks the nuances of these updates including how the HPE Ezmeral updates target the data scientists, developers, and IT decision makers with the comprehensive orchestrated Kubernetes (K8) management platform required to accelerate application development innovation and scale AI/ML and data-intensive workloads throughout hybrid and multi-cloud environments. What’s ahead? Ron believes that it’s time for K8 management platform market pace setters VMware and IBM/Red Hat to heed and specifically counter the burgeoning HPE Ezmeral proposition.
HPE Raises the Stacks in the Open RAN Realm
HPE is in a distinct position to upset the competitive balance in the open 5G space, including the Open RAN market segment. Futurum’s Ron Westfall discusses the specifics of the launch of HPE’s Open RAN Solution Stack and the fact that he believes it poses a serious competitive challenge to Open RAN specialists, as well as sets the stage for HPE to duel long-term with the incumbent RAN and mobile infrastructure players in determining the destination of the overall Open 5G ecosystem. Factor in HPE assets such as the formation of HPE CTG, HPE GreenLake/Ezmeral, and HPE 5G Core Stack, HPE is now in a strong position to become a prime influencer across the entire 5G ecosystem.
HPE Accelerates Mainstream Adoption of HPC as a service Through HPE GreenLake
HPE accelerates mainstream adoption of HPC as a service through HPE GreenLake. This is a smart move by the vendor who is trying to bring HPC to the masses and make it more accessible to enterprises of all sizes.