News in the Channel - issue #27

PRODUCT LAUNCH HPE PROLIANT SERVERS

simplifies server set-up and ongoing management, particularly in remote or branch-office deployments where local IT resources are not available. New HPE Compute Ops Management features, including AI-informed insights, map-based visibility and third-party tool integration, will be available to HPE ProLiant Compute Gen10 servers and newer. To aid customers evaluating future purchases, a standalone tool called HPE Power Advisor estimates environment performance metrics such as energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Servers optimised for performance New additions to the ProLiant Compute Gen12 portfolio are designed to address demanding workloads that include AI, data analytics, edge computing, hybrid cloud and virtual desktop infrastructure solutions. Addressing the exponential growth in power demands placed on data centres, the ProLiant Compute Gen12 portfolio is engineered to optimise performance, energy efficiency and cost with up to 41% better performance per watt compared to legacy enterprise systems. In addition, ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers deliver up to 65% in power savings per year and enable organisations to free up data centre capacity with one Gen12 server providing the same compute performance as seven Gen10 servers, according to HPE. To meet customer demand for more energy efficient data centres, HPE is offering optional direct liquid cooling (DLC) on Intel-based HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 one-socket and two-socket rack servers. Liquid removes heat more efficiently than air, removing more than 3,000 times more heat based on volume. HPE has built the world’s fastest direct- liquid cooled supercomputers and with more than 300 DLC patents and some 50 years of experience, HPE is a leader in deploying direct liquid-cooled servers and data centres.

Insights needed to thrive Early adopters have been quick to praise the servers. “Partnering with reliable, innovative hardware vendors like HPE helps us meet the evolving needs of our clients and empower them with comprehensive, workload-optimised IT infrastructure solutions,” said William Bell, executive vice president, products at phoenixNAP. “We were the first customer in the world to order HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers and the benefits of the upgrade were immediate. By delivering these advanced technologies as a service, phoenixNAP enables organisations of all sizes to tackle challenges related to performance, energy efficiency, data security, and infrastructure management at scale.”

William Bell executive vice president, products

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Krista Satterthwaite, senior vice president and general manager, Compute at HPE, added: “Our

Our customers are tackling workloads that are overwhelmingly data-intensive and growing ever-more demanding.

customers are tackling workloads that are overwhelmingly data-intensive and growing ever-more demanding. “The new HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers give organisations – spanning public sector, enterprise and vertical industries like finance, healthcare and more – the horsepower and management insights they need to thrive while balancing their sustainability goals and managing costs. This is a modern enterprise platform engineered for the hybrid world, designed with innovative security and control capabilities to help companies prevail over the evolving threat landscape and performance challenges that their legacy hardware cannot address.” Availability Six of the eight new ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers will be available before April. This includes the ProLiant Compute DL320, DL340, DL360, DL380, DL380a and ML350 Gen12 servers. The Synergy 480 and ProLiant Compute DL580 Gen12 servers are expected to be available from the summer.

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Krista Satterthwaite, senior vice president and general manager, Compute

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