HPE Expands GreenLake Cloud Services Portfolio for Hybrid Cloud and Data With Availability of Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Integrated System

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (HPE) announced the availability of GreenLake for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI as an integrated system, pre-built and configured for deployment and integration.

GreenLake for Azure Stack HCI is a cloud service that allows users to run Windows and Linux VMs in a hybrid cloud environment, on-premises and at the edge, and leverages Azure tools and services with a preconfigured, pay-per-use service from GreenLake.

“The next wave of digital transformation will be fueled by apps and data everywhere, especially at the edge,” said Keith White, GM, GreenLake Cloud Services, HPE. “With 70% ⁽¹⁾ of apps and data remaining outside the public cloud, GreenLake and 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.”

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 GreenLake Lighthouse cloud-native infrastructure that incorporates compute, storage, and networking, to run Azure services on-premises. Delivered as-a-service from 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 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 VP, Azure Edge+Platform, Microsoft Corp. “GreenLake and 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 $14.7 billion by 2024 ⁽²⁾. 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. GreenLake for Azure Stack HCI offers a solution, including scalable HCI infrastructure, software, and services, delivered in a customers’ datacenter or in a colocation facility. Customers can leverage firm’s expertise in Windows and Azure, and with the option of the company as the Azure CSP, customers get one invoice, one accountable partner to support hybrid IT.

HCI is a growing category founded on the principles of software-defined infrastructure to drive agility with a cloud-like experience. Together with ecosystem of partners, the company offers HCI solutions available as-a-ervice through the 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 the firm’s portfolio of HCI offerings, including SimpliVity and Nimble Storage dHCI.

The 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 1Q22, the company reported annual recurring revenue’ of $798 million and as-a-service orders growth of 136% Y/Y. In April 2022, with the onboarding of Aruba customers, the firm will add over 120,000 customers to the GreenLake platform. This scalable, pay-as-you go platform also delivers security, compliance, and control, and supports a partner ecosystem – including channel partners, distributors, independent software vendors, service providers, system integrators, and public cloud providers.

GreenLake for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI as an integrated system will be available in May 2022.

⁽¹⁾ IDC Cloud Pulse Survey, 4Q21
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