Posted by Bangalore: HPE SimpliVity has been enhanced for enterprise edge. These new enhancements include advancements in data protection with native backup to the cloud and centralised backup for compliance.
HPE announced enhancements to HPE SimpliVity on Thursday. Besides it also announced support for containers to run cloud-native applications at the edge, and drive business transformation.
New capabilities include:
Kubernetes CSI Plugin for HPE SimpliVity – it provides streamlined management and resilient, all-in-one hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) to run both container and virtual machine (VM) workloads on a unified platform at the edge
HPE SimpliVity enhanced integration with HPE StoreOnce – it protects distributed edge sites with automated, app-aware policies to easily and efficiently replicate apps and data directly to a centralised HPE StoreOnce appliance for compliance and long-term retention
“If you’re a retail company or a business with many stores and locations, I would highly recommend HPE SimpliVity for your branch offices and warehouses,” said Aleh Sadaunichy, Infrastructure Solutions Architect, Staples Solutions.
“The simplicity, scalability, reliability, transcendent speed, and the ease of the restores are why we choose this product. The comprehensive data protection capabilities that include native backup to public cloud are very compelling,” added Sadaunichy.
As organisations are witnessing unprecedented application and data growth at the edge, it is creating new opportunities to extract value from data by running applications and processing data locally. They are also bringing new, cloud-native applications to the edge, while still supporting existing virtualized applications at edge sites.
HPE SimpliVity is an intelligent HCI solution optimized for the enterprise edge. It comes with an efficient, all-in-one appliance with high availability delivered in the smallest footprint.
The solution provides built-in data protection with zero administration enabled by centralised management and automation, along with guaranteed data efficiency for better economics. HPE is now enhancing data protection and its flexibility to run containers alongside VMs at the edge.
”Our customers with businesses in edge environments turn to HPE SimpliVity for its ease of use and outstanding economics,” said Omer Asad, VP & GM – HCI, Primary Storage and Data Management Services, HPE.
“We’re continuing to invest in and develop new capabilities for HPE SimpliVity that enable customers to leverage edge and container-based data to innovate, accelerate delivery of new applications, and provide differentiated experiences to customers,” added Asad.
“New age applications and traditional workloads have driven the accelerated adoption of HCI technologies in the India Market. Most Industry segments in India run several workloads on HPE SimpliVity solutions which is a testimony of growing HCI presence,” said Kamal Kashyap, Director, India – Storage Business Unit, HPE India.