Amstelveen, 10 maart 2016 -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) kondigt vandaag zijn open, voor cloud geoptimaliseerde storage server aan. Met deze aankondiging is HPE de enige top-tier leverancier die een compleet open infrastructuur productportfolio aanbiedt met mogelijkheden voor het

compute-, networking- en nu ook storage assortiment. Tevens heeft HPE verbeteringen aangebracht aan de HPE Cloudline servers en de HPE Altoline network switches voor serviceproviders.

Volgens 451 Research groeit de markt voor traditionele hosting en Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) van 60 miljard dollar in 2015 naar 70 miljard dollar in 2016. Voor 2019 wordt een verdubbeling van deze markt verwacht. Bedrijven verschuiven de workload van traditionele gedeelde, gevirtualiseerde en speciaal daarvoor bestemde infrastructuurproducten naar applicatieomgevingen, inclusief IaaS en Software-as-a-Service. De implementatie van managed services en alternatieve technologische oplossingen door service providers, inclusief OpenStack, worden beschouwd als de onderscheidende factoren.

De behoefte aan snelle groei en flexibiliteit moedigt service providers aan om de mogelijkheden van een open infrastructuur verder te verkennen. Bijvoorbeeld wanneer zij zoeken naar alternatieven bij het bouwen en beheren van datacenters die gericht zijn op schaalbare cloudfaciliteiten. Deze nieuwe technologieen, gebouwd op open standaarden, maken schaalbare datacenters lucratief. Zo biedt het serviceproviders de mogelijkheid de operationele kosten te verlagen en de efficiency te verbeteren. Daarbij kan snel worden voldaan aan de veranderende vraag van het bedrijfsleven.

Service providers hebben behoefte aan de flexibiliteit en snelheid van datacenterintegratie die past bij open infrastructuren. Tegelijkertijd waarderen ze ook het geintegreerde management en de deployment capabilities die horen bij industriestandaarden", zegt Reaz Rasul, Vice President en General Manager, Global Hyperscale Business van HPE. "HPE is de enige leverancier die een keuze biedt tussen standaard of open infrastructuuroplossingen, om businessgroei te stimuleren en serviceproviders de flexibiliteit te bieden die zij nodig hebben om snel en kostenefficient capaciteit op- of af te schalen."

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Compute for massive cloud storage

With the explosive growth of data, service providers need to increase storage capacity while maintaining the smallest datacenter footprint possible. The HPE Cloudline CL5200 is a high density, multi-node storage server designed for service providers looking for high density storage with an aggressive $/GB to run cloud storage and data analytics applications. Built on open design principles to increase adaptability and facilitate IT integration, the HPE Cloudline CL5200 fits easily into a multi-vendor management environment.

HPE Cloudline CL5200 features minimalist bare-iron design and supports one or two compute nodes for various performance tiers. The server supports up to 80 large form factor hard drives to provide up to 640 TB of storage in a single 4U chassis.

HPE expanded its partnership with Scality in January 2016, to accelerate the adoption of software-defined object and file storage. Scality RING supports HPE's industry standard x86 servers, and now includes certified support for the HPE Cloudline CL5200. This partnership is designed to provide service providers with the flexibility, resiliency, and performance required to drive down the cost of storage at petabyte scale.

HPE `Open' Networking Portfolio

HPE is expanding its portfolio of HPE Altoline switches with the introduction of four new models to its 6900 family, including one that features 25/100 Gbps. The switches will enhance customers' ability to tailor their networking infrastructure to meet their specific applications and workload requirements, and enable service providers and web scale networks to quickly scale their networks at low cost with any product of choice, all while avoiding vendor lock-in.

The HPE Altoline switch family provides service providers with their choice of open source networking operating systems, including Cumulus, Pica8, and later this year, OpenSwitch.

HPE Helion Content Depot brings Open Storage to Open Compute As part of HPE's commitment to the open source community, we are deepening our commitment to meet scale-out open storage requirements. HPE Helion Content Depot offers a mature OpenStack enterprise-grade distribution, supported by reference architectures optimized for the OpenStack Swift object storage project. This solution has been optimized for 2016 with new reference architectures for hyper-scale, multi-data center operations. Leveraging ProLiant Gen 9 servers, this solution meets optimum processing needs and delivers a smaller footprint to allow for greater cost savings while supporting highly available, predictable, massive storage growth. HPE Helion Content Depot solution is available today both direct from HPE and through our channel partners and value-added resellers.

Comprehensive programs and services tailored for service providers HPE is committed to providing flexible, right-size programs and services that empower service providers to grow their business.

"With more companies turning to Symmetry to deliver managed cloud hosting solutions for mission critical applications like SAP, there is an accelerating need to deliver greater performance, scalability, and operational efficiency for our customers," said Jonathan Sharp, vice president, Product Management and Channel Strategy, Symmetry. "The HPE Partner Ready program streamlines a critical piece of the application management process - ensuring our joint customers' cloud services are optimized with reliable HPE hardware and enabling us to better adapt to changing business demands."

HPE offers a comprehensive set of programs and services tailored to the specific needs of service providers, including: HPE Datacenter Care Services for Hyperscale; HPE Service Provider Ready Solutions, including the latest HPE Cloud Backup Service Ready Solution; and HPE Partner Ready Program for service providers.

"At NTT, we deliver outcomes-driven cloud solutions based on integration of best of breed technologies within our infrastructure to help our joint customers stay one step ahead of their competition," said Jeffrey Bannister, Executive Vice President of Global Enterprise Services, NTT America. "The HPE Partner Ready program deepens our long-standing relationship with HPE, and allows us to combine our strengths to unlock hidden value, unleash innovation, ignite sales growth and capture opportunities in key customer segments and markets."

Pricing and Availability

* HPE Cloudline CL5200 servers are now available for direct order worldwide. For details on ordering the CL5200, service providers should contact their HPE account manager.

* HPE Altoline 6920 and HPE Altoline 6940 are now available worldwide, priced from $5,990.

* HPE Helion Content Depot solution is available today both direct from HPE and through our channel partners and VARs.

* HPE Datacenter Care for Hyperscale is available worldwide. Pricing varies by individual customer requirements.