Customer at a glance
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Customer at a glance
HPE Helion Cloud Solution
• Private Cloud
Hardware
• HPE ConvergedSystem 700
• HPE 3PAR Storage
• HPE StoreOnce systems
• HPE ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA ( CS500 and CS900 )
Software
• HPE Helion OpenStack
• Windows Server 2012
• Redhat Linux
• Suse Linux
HPE services
• HPE Flexible Capacity
• HPE Datacenter Care ( included in Flexible Capacity )
The second piece is HPE ’ s management toolset , especially operations , monitoring , and automation capabilities . HPE Operations Orchestration “ has been quite powerful for Accenture as its out-of-the-box capabilities provide integration with both internal HPE tools as well as external toolsets .” McCullough adds , “ We ’ ve been leveraging that extensively in several of our solutions to help drive automation within the diierent ooerings and capabilities that we ’ re delivering to clients .”
The third critical piece to Accenture ’ s success is the HPE Flexible Capacity ooering . Accenture has bought into this capability because it allows the company to ooer a public cloud-type consumption model around private cloud hardware and software without forcing clients to invest in large upfront capital purchases . “ It literally allows our clients ,” says McCullough , “ to have on-premise hardware and software that very much looks like a credit card swipe that you see in the public cloud environment .”
Democratization of the cloud
While the technology is a critical component of the solution , innovative business and consumption models are equally as important . The HPE Flexible Capacity component of the solution benefits everyone involved — Accenture , its clients , and HPE . According to Eric Brown , Managing Director at Accenture , Flexible Capacity helps Accenture bring more capabilities to its clients . “ We ’ ve been able to deliver capabilities that clients , in the past , have not been able to aaord by allowing them to pay only for what they consume .”
McCullough elaborates , “ Accenture traditionally is an asset light company , so we typically do not want to invest in significant assets as a part of our solutions . What Flexible Capacity allows us to do is to drive these assets into our as-a-service solution without the need to invest heavily up front .“ Of course , what ’ s good for Accenture is good for HPE . “ The Flexible Capacity program in itself has triggered particular momentum across Accenture for Hewlett Packard Enterprise ,” admits McCullough , “ and we ’ re seeing that grow significantly as we continue to leverage the program .”
Networking looks to the cloud
Moving forward , Accenture is excited about innovative solutions it can bring to clients through its partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise . The company is focusing specifically on the networking space — and is creating solutions around next-generation software defined networking that , according to McCullough are “ absolutely diierentiated in the marketplace .” The HPE Helion private cloud provides the foundation from which to build these solutions . “ Underneath the networking is a Helion OpenStack solution running virtually all of the network functions ,” Adds McCullough . “ We expect nothing but huge growth for us in this networking space with our partnership with HPE over the next couple of years .”
Learn more at hpe . com / helion
For further information please contact your HPE representative , Julie Holland at Phone : + 61 82228246 or Email : julie . holland @ hpe . com