The Future of Storage – Everything you need to know about HPE's GreenLake

After dominating the recent Hewlett Packard Enterprise Discover event, it’s clear to see that the IT giant’s hybrid cloud service GreenLake is here to stay. Providing a flexible and scalable solution for businesses that want to leverage cloud-like capabilities, it also allows them to maintain control over their infrastructure.????

Cloud computing services have revolutionised the world as we know it, with many companies being persuaded that hosting their data purely in the cloud is more cost-effective, secure and convenient than using just an on-premises solution. HPE’s hybrid cloud solution GreenLake enables organisations to deploy and manage a mix of on-premises and cloud resources. It allows businesses to run workloads on dedicated infrastructure in their own data centres, while also seamlessly integrating with public cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. It provides a flexible and scalable solution for businesses that want to leverage cloud-like capabilities while maintaining control over their infrastructure. GreenLake combines the benefits of public cloud services with the security and control of on-premises infrastructure.?

As data volumes continue to grow at an exponential rate, businesses across the globe are looking for ways to store and manage their data more efficiently and cost-effectively. Hybrid cloud storage solutions are becoming more popular in part thanks to their cost saving benefit, as Forbes reports: “from the cost perspective, it can save up a decent amount that would otherwise be spent on maintaining on-prem resources and an in-house IT team.”?

HPE’s GreenLake offers a number of benefits over traditional storage solutions, one of the main advantages being its consumption-based pricing model. Instead of upfront capital investments or long-term contracts, customers pay for the resources they actually use on a metred basis. This approach is ideal for many modern businesses as it offers greater cost predictability and flexibility, allowing organisations to scale resources up or down based on their needs.?

Many business leaders use HPE’s solution to take advantage of the latest storage technologies without having to invest in new hardware, enabling them to simplify their IT infrastructure and operations. GreenLake provides a wide range of infrastructure resources, including compute, storage, networking, and security services. These resources are available on-demand, allowing organisations to quickly provision and scale their infrastructure based on workload requirements.?

Another key benefit is the managed services that come with GreenLake. HPE takes on the responsibility of managing and maintaining the underlying infrastructure, including hardware, software, and operations. This allows businesses to focus on their core competencies and strategic initiatives while offloading routine IT tasks to HPE's experts.?

With GreenLake, businesses have peace of mind thanks to the enhanced control and security. They can retain control over their data and infrastructure, which can be crucial for industries with strict compliance or security requirements. It meets the needs of even the most demanding organisations from financial services to iGaming. It offers a number of key security features to help ensure compliance across such regulated industries, from data encryption to access control, auditing and compliance reporting. Data stays on-premises or in the customer's chosen location, providing a higher level of control and reducing the risks associated with data residency and sovereignty.?

Peter Stroud, FGS CEO, spoke to James Hall, HPE’s Global Storage CTO, at a recent FGS event in Malta, and GreenLake was a key focus of their talk. Embracing the future is part of the HPE ethos, and as James explained to Peter, their key focus is always how can they help their customers the most.?

“HPE is undergoing a huge transformation, which is all about making your life easier. We are focused on sitting on your side of the desk. When we ask customers the question: ‘How can we help you?’ the number one answer we get back is: ‘I just want to go home on time.’??

The GreenLake Cloud platform is designed to do one thing - to help all of you go home on time. At the end of the day, if your hardware works and it performs and your end users or business-to-business customers are happy, the only other thing that counts is making you go home on time. That's what we're doing.”??

HPE GreenLake is designed to address the evolving needs of businesses that want to embrace the benefits of cloud computing while maintaining control over their infrastructure. By providing a flexible and scalable hybrid cloud solution, GreenLake helps organisations optimise costs, improve agility, and drive innovation in their IT operations, as well as help the business leaders of today get home on time.?

If you’re looking to update your data storage FGS delivers the full package of integration; understanding the requirement, designing in partnership and challenging conceptions. Resulting in a solution that aligns perfectly with your business, both technically and financially. Get in touch today to fast-track modernisation, unlock the potential of data and stay compliant.?

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