Jo Peterson | HPE GreenLake Day 2021
Channel: SiliconANGLE theCUBE
Date: 17/03/2021

Jo Peterson talks with Dave Vellante for HPE GreenLake Day 2021

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An experience, not a destination: How cloud as infrastructure fits HPE’s GreenLake strategy

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE BY MARK ALBERTSON

If predictions are correct, the shift to cloud-centric, application-based models is about to leave the pace of change over the prior year in the dust.

When IDC released its “FutureScape Highlights” report in October on what will happen next as the IT industry responds to disruption caused by a global pandemic, its top-rated prediction stood out. Ahead of edge-driven investment, a need for resiliency, and autonomous operations, the number one IT industry prediction was that by the end of 2021, at least 80% of enterprises will have installed a process to shift toward a cloud-centric infrastructure twice as fast compared with the start of 2020.

Speed, flexibility and agility will be terms likely to dominate the IT discussion this year as organizations face a rebounding post-COVID economy and reshaped digital landscape. For major industry players such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., it is a conversation framed by the recognition that its GreenLake portfolio offering, geared for a flexible, hybrid computing infrastructure, could well be the right solution at the best possible time.

“Here’s the deal: Cloud is infrastructure and infrastructure is cloud,” said Jo Peterson, vice president of cloud and security services at Clarify360 Earns Inc. “HPE has stepped up; they’ve listened to not only their customers but their partners. Customers want consumable infrastructure. They’ve made that really clear, and HPE has expanded the cloud service portfolio for clients.”

Peterson spoke with Dave Vellante, host of SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming video studio theCUBE, during the recent “HPE GreenLake Day” event. Vellante also spoke with Keith White, senior vice president and general manager of GreenLake at HPE; George Hope, worldwide head of partner sales at HPE; C.R. Howdyshell, president of AdvizeX; Ron Nemecek, business alliance manager at CBTS; Harry Zarek, president of Compugen Inc.; and Ben Klay, vice president of alliances at Arrow Electronics Inc., in separate interviews. Discussion during the event focused on the need for more flexible IT, GreenLake’s adoption by customers and partners, growing dependence on colocated datacenters and HPE’s evolving role as a global provider of hybrid solutions. (* Disclosure below.)