HPE debuts container platform for hybrid cloud implementations
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HPE debuts container platform for hybrid cloud implementations
A hybrid computing model may be the present and future of the cloud
In context: In the world of enterprise computing, few topics are as hot as hybrid cloud and cloud-native containerized applications. Practically every company that sells to enterprise IT now seems to have an offering and/or an angle that speaks directly to at least one, if not both, of those areas.
Most of the attention, of course, comes from software companies or the software divisions of larger conglomerates because of the critical role that software plays in enabling these technologies. As a company that's been known almost exclusively for hardware over the last several years, HP Enterprise (HPE) was seemingly at a significant disadvantage -at least until their announcement this week at the KubeCon conference.
In a move that was both surprising and encouraging, the company debuted a new Kubernetes-based tool called the HPE Container Platform that it says will help organizations hasten their adoption of hybrid cloud architectures by, among other things, allowing legacy, non-native applications to be containerized and managed in a consistent fashion. Ever since Dell Technologies' purchase of VMWare, in particular, HPE has been seen by many as a company that understood and evangelized the concept of hybrid cloud but didn't really have the tools to back up that vision. With its Container Platform, however, HPE now has what appears to be a solid set of software tools that will allow organizations to address some of their biggest challenges around legacy software modernization.
Unbeknownst to many, HPE has been acquiring a number of smaller software companies over the last few