ARN - Channel News: blueAPACHE overhauls cloud platform with HPE

Summary

This blog post, "ARN - Channel News: blueAPACHE overhauls cloud platform with HPE", is a blueAPACHE article from 2020 covering cloud. blueAPACHE has upgraded its cloud platform using Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) infrastructure and cloud offerings. It is written for readers evaluating emPOWER Cloud, Storage as a Service (Private S3). Published in 2020. Figures, product names and event details reflect that time; for current information see the linked service pages.

Key facts

Label Value
Publication year 2020
Topic ARN - Channel News: blueAPACHE overhauls cloud platform with HPE
Services referenced emPOWER Cloud, Storage as a Service (Private S3), Advanced Infrastructure Managed Services
Named products or vendors Microsoft, SQL Server, HPE, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Oracle

Article

blueAPACHE has upgraded its cloud platform using Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) infrastructure and cloud offerings. The IT service provider refreshed its emPOWER Cloud with HPE GreenLake and HPE Storage solutions, which it claims will offer customers a more flexible, hybrid cloud consumption pricing model. Specifically, blueAPACHE deployed HPE Primera storage, HPE Synergy, and HPE ProLiant servers available within the HPE GreenLake service offering. As well as cloud services, the new solutions will allow blueAPACHE to provide infrastructure-as-a-service for workloads, on-premises, fully managed in a pay-per-use model at the edge, in colocations and in data centres. In addition, HPE GreenLake will enable blueAPACHE to bring support for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and SAP HANA environments under one service level agreement.

“As one of a select group of HPE Gold Partners, we’ve become a flagship HPE service provider partner able to offer services from the edge to data centre,” said Chris Marshall, managing director, blueAPACHE. “We’re always looking to see how we can provide customers with choice, free up their internal teams, improve customer support and propel innovation through our emPOWER Services. HPE technology has underpinned our emPOWER Cloud since launching in 2010.” Marshall added that, as a result of its HPE partnership, blueAPACHE could start extending its global reach over the next year. “Our partnership with blueAPACHE continues to strengthen and deliver additional market reach and expertise to drive growth and support HPE’s positioning as an edge-to-cloud platform-as-a-service company,” said Narinder Kapoor, senior vice President and managing director of HPE Asia Pacific. “By using secure, high-performing storage and compute solutions from HPE that are delivered as-a-Service through HPE GreenLake, blueAPACHE’s emPOWER Cloud stack can now expand global scale and reach for its customers.” Read the full article here

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Frequently asked questions

What specific HPE hardware did blueAPACHE deploy as part of this cloud platform refresh?

The article says blueAPACHE deployed HPE Primera storage, HPE Synergy, and HPE ProLiant servers, all available within the HPE GreenLake service offering. It says the refresh also included HPE Storage solutions alongside HPE GreenLake to offer a more flexible, hybrid cloud consumption pricing model.

What database and application environments does the article say HPE GreenLake lets blueAPACHE support under one SLA?

The article says HPE GreenLake enables blueAPACHE to bring support for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and SAP HANA environments under one service level agreement. It presents this as part of the broader move to infrastructure-as-a-service delivered in a pay-per-use model at the edge, in colocations and in data centres.

Since what year does the article say HPE technology has underpinned emPOWER Cloud?

The article quotes managing director Chris Marshall saying HPE technology has underpinned blueAPACHE's emPOWER Cloud since the platform launched in 2010. He describes blueAPACHE as one of a select group of HPE Gold Partners and a flagship HPE service provider partner able to offer services from the edge to the data centre.

What did HPE's Narinder Kapoor say the partnership enables for blueAPACHE's emPOWER Cloud stack?

The article quotes Narinder Kapoor, senior vice president and managing director of HPE Asia Pacific, saying that by using secure, high-performing storage and compute solutions delivered as-a-service through HPE GreenLake, blueAPACHE's emPOWER Cloud stack can now expand global scale and reach for its customers. He added that the partnership continues to strengthen HPE's positioning as an edge-to-cloud platform-as-a-service company.

Is this post still current?

No. This post reports a specific 2020 cloud platform refresh and partnership milestone with HPE, and the products and positioning it describes reflect that period. For current information on blueAPACHE's cloud platform, a reader should use the linked service pages rather than this post.

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Knowledge Base

What did blueAPACHE do to upgrade its cloud platform, according to the ARN Channel News article?

blueAPACHE upgraded its cloud platform, emPOWER Cloud, using Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) infrastructure and cloud offerings, refreshing it with HPE GreenLake and HPE Storage solutions to offer customers a more flexible, hybrid cloud consumption pricing model.

Which specific HPE hardware solutions did blueAPACHE deploy?

blueAPACHE deployed HPE Primera storage, HPE Synergy, and HPE ProLiant servers, all available within the HPE GreenLake service offering.

What new capabilities does the HPE GreenLake deployment give blueAPACHE beyond cloud services?

In addition to cloud services, the new solutions allow blueAPACHE to provide infrastructure-as-a-service for workloads on-premises, fully managed in a pay-per-use model at the edge, in colocations, and in data centres. HPE GreenLake also enables blueAPACHE to bring support for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and SAP HANA environments under one service level agreement.

What did Chris Marshall, managing director of blueAPACHE, say about the HPE partnership?

Chris Marshall said, "As one of a select group of HPE Gold Partners, we've become a flagship HPE service provider partner able to offer services from the edge to data centre." He added that they are always looking to provide customers with choice, free up internal teams, improve customer support, and propel innovation through emPOWER Services, noting that HPE technology has underpinned emPOWER Cloud since its 2010 launch.

What impact did Marshall say the HPE partnership would have on blueAPACHE's global reach?

Marshall added that, as a result of its HPE partnership, blueAPACHE could start extending its global reach over the next year.

What did Narinder Kapoor of HPE say about the partnership with blueAPACHE?

Narinder Kapoor, senior vice president and managing director of HPE Asia Pacific, said the partnership with blueAPACHE continues to strengthen and deliver additional market reach and expertise to drive growth and support HPE's positioning as an edge-to-cloud platform-as-a-service company, and that by using secure, high-performing storage and compute solutions delivered as-a-Service through HPE GreenLake, blueAPACHE's emPOWER Cloud stack can now expand global scale and reach for its customers.

When was this ARN Channel News article about blueAPACHE and HPE originally published?

The article was written by ARN - Channel News and dated October 22, 2020.

How does this news article relate to the HPE case study on blueAPACHE's cloud modernization?

The article aligns with a February 2021 HPE case study (document a50003268ENW) titled "Elevating Cloud Efficiency with as-a-Service IT," which documents how blueAPACHE rebuilt its emPOWER private cloud on HPE GreenLake infrastructure using HPE Synergy composable infrastructure, HPE Primera mission-critical storage, and HPE GreenLake Management Services, enabling blueAPACHE to align infrastructure costs with customer revenue and sustain 30% year-on-year growth.

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