Hewlett Packard Enterprises prrovided more details on its cloud partnership Microsoft (Photo : Reuters)
After earlier announcing its joint venture with Microsoft to develop a new hybrid cloud system, Hewlett-Packard Enterprises (HPE) has provided more information about their partnership.
In a statement released by HPE, formerly a division of HP, the company said that it will be providing new hardware that will support and integrate Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. The new Hyper-Converged 250 for Microsoft Cloud Platform System Standard also combines HPE's ProLiant Technology with Azure, Computer World reported. The appliance is set to be available this week.
The company added that all their existing customers will also be able to use Azure in their servers, allowing them to build their own hybrid cloud setups.
HPE also revealed that they are planning to bring in more products to the Azure platform. Currently, the company's LoadRunner and Quality Center software are already available in the Azure marketplace.
Last October, HPE announced that it is set to terminate its own Hellion Public Cloud service by January next year, Fortune reported. The company said that it will instead focus efforts on making its OpenStack-based private cloud services work with Microsoft's and Amazon's public cloud.
The new partnership is also expected to go further, as HPE will now be participating in Microsoft's Cloud Solutions Provider program and will be offering Microsoft's Enterprise Mobility Suite and Office 365 aside from Azure. For its part, Microsoft will be working on the integration of its System Center line of server products with HPE's OneView management tools in line with its participation to the latter's Composable Infrastructure Partner Program.
