For any business that’s serious about leveraging the value of data, infrastructure modernisation has to be a priority. Data needs to flow effortlessly between data producers and data consumers in a way that’s secure and easy to manage, making it simple to extract value and drive business decisions. When organisations achieve this, the results are clear to see. A recent Forrester Consulting study showed that data-driven companies are 58 percent more likely to beat revenue goals than non-data-driven companies and 162 percent more likely to significantly outperform laggards.
This means data transformation is a conversation that organisations want to have with resellers. No matter where they are in terms of data maturity, they encounter data issues. Many are struggling to put plans into practice and infrastructure is often the stumbling block. And there are many factors at play around this. Are they still using a patchwork of different vendor solutions? Is the IT team tied up in swivel-chair management, using multiple tools and lacking a coherent big-picture view? Is security a concern? Are budgetary constraints making investment tricky?
99 problems but one flexible, cloud-native solution - HPE Alletra
It’s understandable that strong economic headwinds make businesses nervous about capital outlay. This is on top of the usual planning and procurement processes that apply to IT infrastructure investments and act as a drag factor. But it’s in tough economic conditions that businesses need to leverage data to streamline operations and create new business opportunities. This is where HPE Alletra makes total sense. Offering flexible consumption models, HPE Alletra provides a cloud-native data infrastructure solution that accelerates data-driven initiatives. It lets organisations flip the switch to the cloud experience fast.
Superpowers for IT teams with Compute Ops Management
HPE Alletra 4000 data storage servers address a diverse range of workloads and use cases, including real-time data processing, machine learning training and inferencing, stream and batch analytics, modern data lakes, video surveillance, medical imaging, sharing of content repositories, compliance and e-discovery, consolidation and data off-load, and more. But what makes HPE Alletra a win for IT teams is that it comes with HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management as standard.
Compute Ops Management is built on unique cloud-native architecture and brings the cloud experience to wherever data lives. Through an easy-to-use cloud interface, IT teams can manage thousands of data servers as simply as managing one. It enables them to consistently provision and configure HPE Alletra arrays securely from anywhere - from remote sites to edge systems, from data centres to hybrid cloud. Compute Ops Management solves complexity issues and gives IT teams time back in their day, eliminating time-consuming manual tasks and offering optimisation guidance that can be instantly implemented in a few clicks. It also works away in the background to monitor and analyse the environment for server health status, providing intel to drive next actions and helping to deliver better business outcomes. Delivered with a software-as-a-service subscription, it’s a game changer.
Flexible as-a-service consumption takes the pressure off budgets
The benefits of HPE Alletra continue with cloud-like consumption on premises. By opting for HPE Alletra via HPE GreenLake there’s no upfront outlay. Organisations can preserve capital and shift infrastructure to operational expenditure instead, with predictable, transparent pricing - good news for budgets and the procurement process. When it comes to future-proofing, HPE GreenLake enables organisations to right-size their HPE Alletra infrastructure for today, knowing they can expand whenever they need to by having reserve capacity on standby. This flexible model helps to avoid complicated capacity planning and overprovisioning. Simply pay for what’s needed when it’s needed.
Are you ready to capitalise on the HPE Alletra opportunity?
With HPE Alletra and HPE GreenLake, organisations can leverage the latest data storage infrastructure to advance their data-driven initiatives while freeing up capital and increasing IT’s operational speed and agility. It’s the platform organisations need to get data flowing freely and turn it into a valuable strategic asset. If you’d like to know more about the HPE Alletra opportunity, get in touch with the Ingram Micro’s team, or our HPE Business Manager, Jack Savage on jack.savage@ingrammicro.com