Hewlett
Packard Enterprise announced the availability of HPE
GreenLake for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI as an integrated system,
pre-built and configured for faster deployment and easier integration.
HPE GreenLake for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI is a cloud service that
allows users to run Windows and Linux virtual machines in a hybrid cloud
environment, on-premises and at the edge, and leverages Microsoft Azure
tools and services with a preconfigured, pay-per-use service from HPE
GreenLake.
"The
next wave of digital transformation will be fueled by apps and data
everywhere, especially at the edge," said Keith White, General Manager,
HPE GreenLake Cloud Services. "With 70% of
apps and data remaining outside the public cloud, HPE GreenLake and
Microsoft Azure offer enterprises a hybrid solution that provides the
cloud experience wherever the customer needs it, while reducing costs
and accommodating business growth so customers can fuel digital
transformation."
Microsoft
Azure Stack HCI is a software-defined, unified system that combines all
of the disparate and siloed elements of a traditional datacenter,
decreasing datacenter complexity. The integrated solution is built on
HPE GreenLake Lighthouse cloud-native infrastructure that incorporates
compute, storage, and networking, to run Azure services on-premises.
Delivered as a service from HPE GreenLake, Azure Stack HCI enables
businesses to transform their on-premises workloads by providing
customers with a cloud experience and operating model for applications
and workloads close to where the data lives, helping customers reduce
costs, increase scalability and simplify management.
"This
integrated and validated offering, delivered through HPE GreenLake, is
important for our customers who require a cloud-like experience
on-premises, and who want to be able to act on their data -- edge to
cloud," said Roanne Sones, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Azure
Edge + Platform. "HPE GreenLake and Microsoft Azure allow users to
innovate anywhere with more flexibility and control over their
on-premises workloads with a hybrid experience."
The HCI market is expected to reach $14.7B by 2024.
Combined with the continued growth of data at the edge, the need for a
hybrid cloud environment is essential to meet compliance, data
sovereignty, economics, customization and performance needs not
available through the public cloud. HPE GreenLake for Microsoft Azure
Stack HCI offers a complete solution, including scalable HCI
infrastructure, software, and services, delivered in a customers'
datacenter or in a colocation facility. Customers can leverage extensive
HPE expertise in Windows and Azure, and with the option of HPE as the
Azure CSP, customers get one invoice, one accountable partner to support
hybrid IT.
Hyperconverged
infrastructure is a fast-growing industry category founded on the
principles of software-defined infrastructure to drive agility with a
cloud-like experience. Together with HPE's ecosystem of partners, HPE
offers market-leading HCI solutions available as a service through the
HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform. These offerings are optimized to
provide customers with choice in selecting the right solution for the
right workload, including general purpose and business critical
applications, virtualized and containerized applications, and small and
large scale environments. This announcement complements HPE's broad
portfolio of hyperconverged infrastructure offerings, including HPE
SimpliVity and HPE Nimble Storage dHCI.
The
HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform enables customers to accelerate
data-first modernization and provides over 50 cloud services that can
run on-premises, at the edge, in a colocation facility, and in the
public cloud. In Q1 2022, HPE reported Annual Recurring Revenue of $798
million and as-a-service orders growth of 136 percent year-over-year. In
April 2022, with the onboarding of Aruba customers, HPE will add over
120,000 customers to the HPE GreenLake platform. The scalable,
pay-as-you go HPE GreenLake platform also delivers robust security,
compliance, and control, and supports a broad partner ecosystem -
including channel partners, distributors, independent software vendors,
service providers, system integrators, and public cloud providers. For
more information on HPE GreenLake, please visit: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/greenlake.html.
Availability
HPE GreenLake for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI as an integrated system will be available globally in May 2022.