HP Helion OpenStack 2.0 offers a cloud platform
HP has launched the production ready HP Helion OpenStack 2.0, an open source based cloud platform designed to meet enterprise requirements. Many companies are turning to the flexibility and economics of the OpenStack project, as they struggle to find the right mix of conventional IT and private cloud technology to run their mission-critical applications and protect sensitive data. The HP Helion OpenStack 2.0 offers an enterprise grade cloud platform, while adding new features to address companies’ lifecycle management and security challenges. It provides trouble-free provisioning of new infrastructure and the capacity to repurpose existing infrastructure to assemble scalability requirements without impacting availability.
The rolling upgrades smoothen the process of the entire cloud environment software upgrades without the need for planned or unplanned downtime. And its continuous patch management allows security patches and updates without application interruption.
HP Helion OpenStack 2.0 also enables customers to create and manage software defined networks (SDN) in a distributed, multi-data centre environment through integration with HP Distributed Cloud Networking (DCN) and Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform. In addition, it removes the boundaries of conventional networking, unlocking the full mechanisation and agility needed for the hybrid cloud.
“Enterprises want to benefit from the powerful capabilities of OpenStack technology, but they must have the enterprise grade capabilities required to support their businesses,” said Narayanan Chellappan, country director, cloud division, HP India.
HP Helion Professional Services can offer a team of qualified HP architects and cloud technologists to help clients decide on the right cloud strategy. This brings an exceptional perspective to the customer, gained from delivering thousands of lines of code to the OpenStack community, as well as hands-on customer deployments of large scale OpenStack clouds. These services also have capabilities that span the entire cloud lifecycle, from advice and strategy, to transformation, implementation and management.