ProLiant

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.