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Cloud

HPE SMB leader Tim Peters lays out the business unit strategy, with storage being the next target

November 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE SMB leader Tim Peters lays out the business unit strategy, with storage being the next target
HPE made a big play in 2018 around servers in the SMB space, followed up by solutions related to hybrid cloud. While those will continue in 2019, the company is also looking to roll out similar initiatives around simplification around storage and hyper-converged solutions for SMBs.

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Uncategorized

Expanded HPE partnership makes Cohesity an OEM partner and greatly expands go-to-market motion

November 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Expanded HPE partnership makes Cohesity an OEM partner and greatly expands go-to-market motion
Long-time HPE partner Cohesity expects to see major go-to-market gains from the expanded relationship, which makes HPE more likely to position Cohesity aggressively in takeaway deals, and further encourages HPE salespeople to sell Cohesity.

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Cloud

HPE extends hybrid cloud composable strategy with HPE Composable Cloud

November 26, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE extends hybrid cloud composable strategy with HPE Composable Cloud
The big announcement is that the composable capabilities of HPE Synergy has now been extended to rack server environments, but there are several other related goodies, including the expansion of the InfoSight predictive analytics from HPE Nimble beyond storage to all of the infrastructure.

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Networking

HPE unveils new SMB hybrid cloud solutions around new ProLiant Gen 10 ML30 and DL20 servers

October 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE unveils new SMB hybrid cloud solutions around new ProLiant Gen 10 ML30 and DL20 servers
The new solutions include the last two HPE ProLiant servers to be refreshed with Gen 10 technology, as well as software developed in collaboration with Microsoft, which includes new HPE Rapid Setup Software that HPE says will slash partner install times by up to 70 per cent.

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Partnerships

Cyberinc brings isolation-based cybersecurity protection to HPE Complete program

June 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cyberinc brings isolation-based cybersecurity protection to HPE Complete program
Isolation-based security is a fairly new technology, with Symantec being the best-known vendor in the space, but Cyberinc thinks that the additional security value they bring to the table will resonate with HPE’s own core messaging.

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Backup

Commvault continues expanding existing alliances, joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise Complete

March 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault continues expanding existing alliances, joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise Complete
The expansion of Commvault go-to-market abilities with HPE comes on the heels of the expansion of theirInfinidat technology integration into a go-to-market relationship, and last year’s similar agreement with Cisco.

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Networking

HPE makes flurry of new solutions up and down SMB portfolio

September 29, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE makes flurry of new solutions up and down SMB portfolio
In addition to new SMB-focused server, storage, networking and hyper-converged product, HPE has brought their Consume IT OPEX pricing model from the enterprise to SMBs as well.

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Cloud

HPE unveils Project New Stack as top end of expanded HPE composable strategy

June 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE unveils Project New Stack as top end of expanded HPE composable strategy
HPE formally announces its project to extend HPE Synergy to the full hybrid IT environment, which is still known by its internal code name, and which is still in the tech preview stage, but should reach beta in the fall. The company hopes it will be ready to sell by December.

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Partnerships

Hedvig’s distributed storage platform now available through HPE Complete program

June 8, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hedvig’s distributed storage platform now available through HPE Complete program
The Hedvig software-defined technology collapses disparate tiers of storage and unifies block, file, and object interfaces in a single platform, providing HPE and its partners with a capability not otherwise available to them through HPE.

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Servers

HPE introduces ‘breakthrough’ Gen 10 of its ProLiant servers

June 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE introduces ‘breakthrough’ Gen 10 of its ProLiant servers
HPE says that ProLiant Gen 10 is not only the world’s most secure Industry Standard Server – but that none of their competitors can possibly catch up.

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Servers

HPE strengthens small business servers with ClearCenter partnership, reborn MicroServer

June 5, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE strengthens small business servers with ClearCenter partnership, reborn MicroServer
The exclusive deal with ClearCenter provides a Linux platform that provides server, networking and gateway functionality, and combined with the HPE ProLiant MicroServer, provides a low-cost offering for small businesses and SOHOs.

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Storage

Cohesity broadens go-to-market with HPE, Azure, Lenovo partnerships

May 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity broadens go-to-market with HPE, Azure, Lenovo partnerships
The HPE deal, which is the only one that has a reselling component, is likely to have the most immediate impact for Cohesity, but both the others have different types of potential as well.

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Cloud

Axcient makes broad enhancements to SMB cloud platform

March 22, 2017 Mark Cox 1
The Axcient Business Recovery Cloud platform gets a refresh of its HPE hardware, updates for the latest IT environments, and a flurry of improvements based on MSP recommendations.

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Data Centre

HPE, Docker look to future with major strategic alliance

June 8, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE, Docker look to future with major strategic alliance
The two companies announced a broad range of Docker ready HP servers, which will be available in Q4, and a broad range of Docker integrations and other solutions for HPE, which are available now.

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Data Centre

HPE extends software-defined storage strategy

June 7, 2016 Mark Cox 1
The company has announced more details about its composable data fabric strategy, made possible by extending its StoreVirtual technology across all its form factors, to serve as the basis of its strategy for making software-defined ubiquitous in the date centre.

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Data Centre

HPE stresses simplicity with new hyper-converged system for the midmarket

March 15, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE stresses simplicity with new hyper-converged system for the midmarket
The new appliance, built on the ProLiant DL 380, brings a new interface to HPE hyper-converged products, which the company says is extremely user-friendly and easy to use.

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Channel Communities

Hewlett Packard Enterprise stresses SMB, channel commitment with new releases

November 12, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hewlett Packard Enterprise stresses SMB, channel commitment with new releases
For partners, the most interesting thing here may be the Small Business Marketplace e-commerce platform, an explicitly channel-focused online site, rather than a direct-to-customer site that competes with partners. It’s in pilot now in the U.S., but when it will be in Canada is not yet clear.

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Servers

HP announces second generation of hyperconverged StoreVirtual appliances

August 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP announces second generation of hyperconverged StoreVirtual appliances
The new CS 250 is a much-enhanced followup to the appliance HP first announced in December at HP Discover, and which came to market earlier this year.

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Servers

HP adds new cartridges to Moonshot portfolio

October 23, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP adds new cartridges to Moonshot portfolio
New Moonshot apps for application delivery, video transcoding, and a Web infrastructure-in-a-box solution for Web hosters, allow HP to target more custom markets with Moonshot.

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Dale Degen, senior worldwide marketing manager for HP Storage
Storage

HP, Intel seed market for software-defined storage

October 21, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP, Intel seed market for software-defined storage
HP is working with Intel to make 1 TB of StoreVirtual VSA storage available to all purchases of servers with Intel’s latest Xeon processors.

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