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Business Wire
2 hours ago
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- Business Wire
HPE Expands ProLiant Gen12 Server Portfolio, Helps Customers Modernize Virtualization and Edge Computing With AI-Driven Management
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HPE Discover Las Vegas 2025 – HPE (NYSE: HPE) today announced an expansion to the HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 server portfolio, which delivers next-level security, performance and efficiency. The expanded portfolio includes two new servers powered by 5 th Gen AMD EPYC processors to optimize memory-intensive workloads, and new automation features for greater visibility and control delivered through HPE Compute Ops Management. In addition, HPE ProLiant Compute servers are now available with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software support. HPE Morpheus VM Essentials is an open virtualization solution that helps reduce costs, minimize vendor lock-in, and simplify IT management. HPE also announced new HPE for Azure Local solutions with the HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server to empower expansion of purpose-built edge capabilities across distributed environments. 'Enterprise workloads are growing and evolving, requiring next-generation technologies that maximize IT environments, securely and efficiently,' said Krista Satterthwaite, senior vice president and general manager, Compute at HPE. 'The enhanced HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 portfolio, which now includes new servers powered by 5 th Gen AMD EPYC processors, drives even greater optimized workload performance, security protection from the chip-to-the-cloud, and a boost to productivity with AI-driven management capabilities.' HPE delivers double the memory with new HPE ProLiant Gen12 servers HPE added two new servers to the HPE ProLiant Gen12 portfolio: the HPE ProLiant Compute DL325 and DL345 Gen12 servers with latest AMD EPYC processors. The new servers are optimized to handle memory-intensive workloads, such as virtualization and edge deployments, with twice as much memory – up to 6TB – compared to the previous generation. 1 The new servers feature the next generation HPE Integrated Lights-Out (HPE iLO 7), HPE's industry-leading security IP that builds in protection at the silicon level to protect against threats. The latest version now safeguards the server at the factory floor during assembly to continue all the way through a server's end-of-life and includes protection against future quantum computing attacks. Simplifying management and boosting productivity with enhanced automation features through HPE Compute Ops Management HPE also announced new automated and AI-driven features for HPE Compute Ops Management, a secure, cloud-based software application to monitor and manage servers. Available on all HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers, these new features offer customers a number of benefits across their environment: Enhanced insights – New tool allows customers to view HPE Active Health System files within HPE Compute Ops Management to expedite root cause analysis, avoid opening support tickets, and greatly reduce mean time to resolution Reduced complexity – Seamless integration of multi-vendor server monitoring into existing environments to help simplify operations, decrease the number of tools required for daily activities and achieve a consolidated view of the entire compute infrastructure Decreased downtime – Gain AI-driven insights with workflow policy approvals to safeguard against major disruptive operations often caused by human error. Latest feature ensures that policies are verified and necessary layers of action approval are in place to prevent downtime HPE Compute Ops Management is already helping customers simplify server management, dramatically reducing manual effort in deployment. Improvements include 2: Up to 75% less time spent managing servers Up to 4.8 hours less downtime per server per year Up to $152,000 in travel and software costs saved over three years Modernizing and optimizing costs with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software HPE is further simplifying IT management for customers by enabling HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software on the latest HPE ProLiant servers. With the virtualized solution, customers can achieve higher performance for virtualized workloads while saving space and energy, and reducing licensing costs by up to 90 percent. 3 HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers featuring AMD EPYC™ processors offer performance and power efficiency with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials. Additional details can be found here: Driving Virtualization Forward: The Power of AMD and HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Empowering virtualization at the edge with seamless integration through the HPE ProLiant DL145 for Azure Local Integrated System Additionally, HPE announced that the HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server, engineered for the edge and featuring AMD EPYC processors, is now available as an HPE Integrated System for Azure Local for seamless integration between on-premises infrastructure and cloud services. The HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server is compact, resilient, quiet, and adaptable to fit on any tabletop, wall, or cabinet, making it ideal for any edge environment across retail, financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare. The server is easy to deploy with plug-and-play installation and blends in seamlessly in a customer's environment while delivering high performance for data processing and real-time insights. The HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 servers also offer HPE Compute Ops Management to securely access, monitor, and manage servers, no matter where they live, and are pre-configured with the latest software and security updates to deploy systems quickly. Availability HPE ProLiant DL145 for Azure Local Integrated System is available today. HPE ProLiant Compute DL325 and DL345 Gen12 servers are available for order today and will ship in July. HPE Morpheus VM Essentials software is available today. Latest compute solutions from HPE will be showcased at HPE Discover Las Vegas 2025. About HPE HPE (NYSE: HPE) is a leader in essential enterprise technology, bringing together the power of AI, cloud, and networking to help organizations achieve more. As pioneers of possibility, our innovation and expertise advance the way people live and work. We empower our customers across industries to optimize operational performance, transform data into foresight, and maximize their impact. Unlock your boldest ambitions with HPE. Discover more at 1 Based on comparison between HPE ProLiant Compute DL325 and DL345 Gen11 servers using 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors with up to 3TB memory. 2 Based on customer feedback study from Forrester Consulting, New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact™ of HPE Compute Ops Management, commissioned by HPE (June 2024) 3 Based on internal analysis of the cost of HPE Morpheus VM Essentials licensing versus available market data on cost of existing virtualization licensing. Savings do not include discounts and subject to change without notice.
Yahoo
2 hours ago
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- Yahoo
HPE Expands ProLiant Gen12 Server Portfolio, Helps Customers Modernize Virtualization and Edge Computing With AI-Driven Management
In this article HPE debuts two new HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers with 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors designed for virtualization, VDI and container workloads and deliver 2X the memory compared to the previous generation. New automated management features, including AI-driven capabilities delivered through HPE Compute Ops Management, enable greater IT visibility, security, and control. Expanded virtualization choice through HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software reduces operational complexity and simplifies multi-hypervisor management. Expanded support for virtualization at the edge delivered through the HPE ProLiant DL145 for Microsoft Azure Local Integrated System. LAS VEGAS, June 25, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HPE Discover Las Vegas 2025 – HPE (NYSE: HPE) today announced an expansion to the HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 server portfolio, which delivers next-level security, performance and efficiency. The expanded portfolio includes two new servers powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors to optimize memory-intensive workloads, and new automation features for greater visibility and control delivered through HPE Compute Ops Management. In addition, HPE ProLiant Compute servers are now available with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software support. HPE Morpheus VM Essentials is an open virtualization solution that helps reduce costs, minimize vendor lock-in, and simplify IT management. HPE also announced new HPE for Azure Local solutions with the HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server to empower expansion of purpose-built edge capabilities across distributed environments. "Enterprise workloads are growing and evolving, requiring next-generation technologies that maximize IT environments, securely and efficiently," said Krista Satterthwaite, senior vice president and general manager, Compute at HPE. "The enhanced HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 portfolio, which now includes new servers powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, drives even greater optimized workload performance, security protection from the chip-to-the-cloud, and a boost to productivity with AI-driven management capabilities." HPE delivers double the memory with new HPE ProLiant Gen12 servers HPE added two new servers to the HPE ProLiant Gen12 portfolio: the HPE ProLiant Compute DL325 and DL345 Gen12 servers with latest AMD EPYC processors. The new servers are optimized to handle memory-intensive workloads, such as virtualization and edge deployments, with twice as much memory – up to 6TB – compared to the previous generation.1 The new servers feature the next generation HPE Integrated Lights-Out (HPE iLO 7), HPE's industry-leading security IP that builds in protection at the silicon level to protect against threats. The latest version now safeguards the server at the factory floor during assembly to continue all the way through a server's end-of-life and includes protection against future quantum computing attacks. Simplifying management and boosting productivity with enhanced automation features through HPE Compute Ops Management HPE also announced new automated and AI-driven features for HPE Compute Ops Management, a secure, cloud-based software application to monitor and manage servers. Available on all HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers, these new features offer customers a number of benefits across their environment: Enhanced insights – New tool allows customers to view HPE Active Health System files within HPE Compute Ops Management to expedite root cause analysis, avoid opening support tickets, and greatly reduce mean time to resolution Reduced complexity – Seamless integration of multi-vendor server monitoring into existing environments to help simplify operations, decrease the number of tools required for daily activities and achieve a consolidated view of the entire compute infrastructure Decreased downtime – Gain AI-driven insights with workflow policy approvals to safeguard against major disruptive operations often caused by human error. Latest feature ensures that policies are verified and necessary layers of action approval are in place to prevent downtime HPE Compute Ops Management is already helping customers simplify server management, dramatically reducing manual effort in deployment. Improvements include2: Up to 75% less time spent managing servers Up to 4.8 hours less downtime per server per year Up to $152,000 in travel and software costs saved over three years Modernizing and optimizing costs with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software HPE is further simplifying IT management for customers by enabling HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software on the latest HPE ProLiant servers. With the virtualized solution, customers can achieve higher performance for virtualized workloads while saving space and energy, and reducing licensing costs by up to 90 percent.3 HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers featuring AMD EPYC™ processors offer performance and power efficiency with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials. Additional details can be found here: Driving Virtualization Forward: The Power of AMD and HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Empowering virtualization at the edge with seamless integration through the HPE ProLiant DL145 for Azure Local Integrated System Additionally, HPE announced that the HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server, engineered for the edge and featuring AMD EPYC processors, is now available as an HPE Integrated System for Azure Local for seamless integration between on-premises infrastructure and cloud services. The HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server is compact, resilient, quiet, and adaptable to fit on any tabletop, wall, or cabinet, making it ideal for any edge environment across retail, financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare. The server is easy to deploy with plug-and-play installation and blends in seamlessly in a customer's environment while delivering high performance for data processing and real-time insights. The HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 servers also offer HPE Compute Ops Management to securely access, monitor, and manage servers, no matter where they live, and are pre-configured with the latest software and security updates to deploy systems quickly. Availability HPE ProLiant DL145 for Azure Local Integrated System is available today. HPE ProLiant Compute DL325 and DL345 Gen12 servers are available for order today and will ship in July. HPE Morpheus VM Essentials software is available today. Latest compute solutions from HPE will be showcased at HPE Discover Las Vegas 2025. About HPE HPE (NYSE: HPE) is a leader in essential enterprise technology, bringing together the power of AI, cloud, and networking to help organizations achieve more. As pioneers of possibility, our innovation and expertise advance the way people live and work. We empower our customers across industries to optimize operational performance, transform data into foresight, and maximize their impact. Unlock your boldest ambitions with HPE. Discover more at ___________________________ 1 Based on comparison between HPE ProLiant Compute DL325 and DL345 Gen11 servers using 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors with up to 3TB memory. 2 Based on customer feedback study from Forrester Consulting, New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact™ of HPE Compute Ops Management, commissioned by HPE (June 2024) 3 Based on internal analysis of the cost of HPE Morpheus VM Essentials licensing versus available market data on cost of existing virtualization licensing. Savings do not include discounts and subject to change without notice. View source version on Contacts Media Contact: Cristina Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Mid East Info
5 hours ago
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- Mid East Info
HPE unveils new AI factory solutions built with NVIDIA to accelerate AI adoption at global scale - Middle East Business News and Information
News Release HPE unveils new AI factory solutions built with NVIDIA to accelerate AI adoption at global scale HPE drives AI innovation with modular AI factory solutions powered by NVIDIA Blackwell, fueled by HPE Alletra Storage MP, and optimized to deploy and scale across enterprises, service providers, sovereign entities, and model builders ● HPE Private Cloud AI adds investment protection, air-gapped management, and HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers with the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs ● The new HPE Compute XD690 with eight NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs is the latest entry into NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio ● HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 fuels AI factories with AI-ready data through full integration of Model Context Protocol (MCP) ● HPE OpsRamp Software is a validated observability solution for NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory ● HPE fast tracks AI value creation with support for more than 75 use cases through 26 new Unleash AI partners and the latest NVIDIA AI Blueprints ● HPE and Accenture are collaborating to bring to market new agentic AI solutions for financial services using Accenture's AI Refinery platform with NVIDIA on HPE Private Cloud AI Dubai, United Arab Emirates – June 25, 2025 – HPE Discover Las Vegas 2025– HPE (NYSE: HPE) today announced new solutions to supercharge the creation, adoption and management of AI factories across the entire AI lifecycle and for every type of organization. HPE is expanding its NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio of AI factory solutions with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, including new composable solutions optimized for service providers, model builders and sovereign entities, as well as the next generation of HPE Private Cloud AI, the turnkey AI factory for enterprises. The integrated end-to-end solutions and services for AI factories remove the complexity of customers having to compile a full AI tech stack on their own when building a modern AI-ready data center. 'Generative, agentic and physical AI have the potential to transform global productivity and create lasting societal change, but AI is only as good as the infrastructure and data behind it. Organizations need the data, intelligence and vision to capture the AI opportunity and this makes getting the right IT foundation essential,' said Antonio Neri, president and CEO, at HPE. 'HPE and NVIDIA are delivering the most comprehensive approach, joining industry-leading AI infrastructure and services to enable organizations to realize their ambitions and deliver sustainable business value.' 'We are entering a new industrial era — one defined by the ability to generate intelligence at scale,' said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. 'Together, HPE and NVIDIA are delivering full-stack AI factory infrastructure to drive this transformation, empowering enterprises to harness their data and accelerate innovation with unprecedented speed and precision.' HPE speeds AI factory time to value with next-generation HPE Private Cloud AI The signature offering in the NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio, Private Cloud AI is a fully integrated turnkey AI factory offering with NVIDIA accelerated computing, networking and software. Private Cloud AI will provide: Support for NVIDIA Blackwell accelerated computing with HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers. These servers rank #1 in over 23 AI tests [1] and provide secure enclaves to prevent tampering, as well as post-quantum cryptography and trusted supply chain capabilities at rack and server level. and provide secure enclaves to prevent tampering, as well as post-quantum cryptography and trusted supply chain capabilities at rack and server level. Investment protection and seamless scalability from one GPU generation to the next, including NVIDIA H200 NVL and now with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Server Edition GPUs, to support a wide range of enterprise AI workloads including agentic and physical AI use cases. A new federated architecture unifies resource pooling to make new GPUs and resources available to all AI workloads. Air-gapped management for organizations with strict data privacy requirements. Multi-tenancy that enables enterprises to collaborate and partition resources across teams. The latest NVIDIA AI Blueprints including the NVIDIA AI-Q Blueprint for AI agent creation and workflows. A new 'try and buy' program that lets customers test Private Cloud AI across Equinix's global footprint of high-performance data centers before making a purchase. HPE expands AI factory portfolio with new validated solutions built on industry-leading innovation New AI factory solutions combine the latest AI innovations and expertise from HPE, including five decades of industry-leading liquid cooling and HPE Morpheus Enterprise Software for a unified control plane. Unlike most competing solutions, these validated, end-to-end composable solutions are modular, full tech stacks integrated ahead of time for the customer, speeding time to value. Using AI to Observe AI: HPE OpsRamp Software provides full-stack observability across Private Cloud AI and new AI factory solutions. HPE OpsRamp is also now a validated observability solution for the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory. HPE OpsRamp Software provides full-stack observability across Private Cloud AI and new AI factory solutions. HPE OpsRamp is also now a validated observability solution for the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory. New AI factory at scale is designed for organizations operating at large scale such as service providers and model builders. HPE offers HPE ProLiant Compute XD, NVIDIA AI Enterprise software and blueprints, air- and liquid-cooling technologies and a full range of advisory and professional services. is designed for organizations operating at large scale such as service providers and model builders. HPE offers HPE ProLiant Compute XD, NVIDIA AI Enterprise software and blueprints, air- and liquid-cooling technologies and a full range of advisory and professional services. New AI factory for sovereigns is for nations, governments and public sector organizations and offers additional specialized capabilities such as air-gapped management and solutions and services that enable data, technological and operational sovereignty. By leveraging the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design, AI factory solutions from HPE can be deployed using the latest NVIDIA accelerated computing, NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking, NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs, and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software to ensure high performance, robust security, efficient storage acceleration, and scalable infrastructure for the next era of AI. HPE Compute XD690 joins NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio New HPE Compute XD690 supports eight NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs and reflects HPE's continued commitment to be a time-to-market leader with NVIDIA's latest innovations in accelerated computing for AI. HPE Performance Cluster Manager delivers fully integrated systems management and advanced infrastructure monitoring and alerting across large, complex AI environments that scale thousands of nodes. HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 fuels AI factories, agents and use cases with AI-ready data To ensure AI factories and applications are continuously fueled with AI-ready unstructured data, HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 will support Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Integrating MCP with the X10000's built-in data intelligence accelerates data pipelines and enables AI factories, applications, and agents to process and act on intelligent unstructured data. Additionally, the X10000 supports the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design and offers an SDK to streamline unstructured data pipelines for ingestion, inferencing, training and continuous learning Unleash AI adds 26 new partners, enabling HPE to support more than 75 AI use cases Through new Unleash AI ecosystem partners, the latest NVIDIA AI Blueprints and internal professional services, HPE delivers more than 75 AI use cases to customers. The Unleash AI partner ecosystem now features software solutions for agentic AI, sovereign AI, smart cities, industrial and manufacturing applications, data governance and privacy, responsible AI, video analytics, responsible AI, security and cybersecurity. HPE Private Cloud AI and Accenture AI Refinery simplify agentic AI for financial services HPE and Accenture are collaborating to create agentic AI solutions for financial services and procurement with a new joint go-to-market offering that leverages the Accenture AI Refinery™ platform, which is built on NVIDIA AI Enterprise, and deployed on HPE Private Cloud AI. HPE is applying the solution within its finance organization, exploring uses across category and sourcing strategies, spend management, strategic relationship analysis and contract obligation management. Together, the companies aim to help spur AI adoption and digital innovation in one of the most tightly regulated industries. HPE Services accelerate and simplify AI journey to speed time to value HPE eases the burden of building and adopting AI factories and speeds time to value through new services that assist customers on their AI journey. The new services span designing, financing, building and securing AI factories from Day -1 to Day 2+ with a focus on operating efficiently and sustainably. The services also cover model development and migration, business benefit analysis, deployment, education, management, ongoing support and tech refreshes. HPE Financial Services enables enterprises to start their AI journey faster HPE Financial Services (HPEFS) offers a new program that helps enterprises begin their AI projects sooner with lower payments for Private Cloud AI for the first six months. HPEFS also offers a comprehensive suite of customizable financing and IT lifecycle services to help accelerate the move to AI, including a program that allows customers to use their current tech estate as a source of capital to fund additional AI projects. Availability HPE ProLiant Compute DL380a Gen12 servers are now available to order with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition The next generation of HPE Private Cloud AI with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs will be released in the second half of 2025. New AI factory solutions are available now. HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 with Model Context Protocol support is planned for the second half of 2025. HPE Compute XD690 will be available in October 2025. New AI services are available now. Additional Resources Blog: HPE and NVIDIA: A Partnership Driving the Next Generation of AI Innovation NVIDIA Blog: HPE and NVIDIA Debut AI Factory Stack to Power Next Industrial Shift Blog: The Need for AI factories Blog: Next Generation HPE Private Cloud AI Drives Enterprise AI Performance and Profitability Blog: Unleashing the Power of Data: the Incredible Momentum of HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 Blog: Harness the Power of HPE Services to Harness the Power of AI [1] 'HPE sets new AI inference world records: Continued excellence in performance,' April 02, 2025.
TECHx
7 hours ago
- Business
- TECHx
HPE Unveils New AI Factory Solutions for Enterprises
Home » Emerging technologies » Artificial Intelligence » HPE Unveils New AI Factory Solutions for Enterprises Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced new solutions aimed at accelerating the creation, adoption, and management of AI factories across all organizational types and the entire AI lifecycle. HPE revealed the expansion of its NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio, now including NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. The update introduces new composable solutions designed for service providers, model builders, and sovereign entities. It also includes the next-generation HPE Private Cloud AI, a turnkey AI factory for enterprises. The new end-to-end solutions eliminate the need for customers to compile their own AI tech stack when building AI-ready data centers. According to HPE President and CEO Antonio Neri, achieving AI potential requires strong infrastructure and the right IT foundation. He stated that HPE and NVIDIA offer a comprehensive approach to support organizations in realizing sustainable business value through AI. Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, reported that HPE and NVIDIA are jointly delivering full-stack AI factory infrastructure to help businesses innovate at scale with speed and precision. HPE's Private Cloud AI offers a fully integrated solution featuring NVIDIA accelerated computing, networking, and software. It supports: NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers Investment protection and seamless GPU scalability Air-gapped management for data privacy and multi-tenancy for collaboration It also includes NVIDIA AI Blueprints and a 'try and buy' program at Equinix data centers. HPE introduced new validated AI factory solutions leveraging five decades of liquid cooling expertise and HPE Morpheus Enterprise Software. These modular stacks offer a unified control plane and faster deployment. HPE OpsRamp now provides full-stack observability and is validated for the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory. Additional AI factory models include: A large-scale design for service providers and model builders using HPE ProLiant XD, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, and advanced cooling A solution for sovereign entities with enhanced privacy and sovereignty features The HPE Compute XD690, which supports eight NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, has also been added to the portfolio. It includes the HPE Performance Cluster Manager for managing complex AI environments. To support data-hungry AI workloads, HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 now supports Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. The system accelerates AI data pipelines and supports the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design. HPE's Unleash AI ecosystem has expanded to 75+ use cases and added 26 new partners. These use cases span agentic AI, smart cities, data governance, and cybersecurity. Additionally, HPE and Accenture are co-developing agentic AI solutions for the financial sector. The collaboration uses Accenture's AI Refinery on HPE Private Cloud AI to explore applications in sourcing, spend management, and contract analysis. To support customer adoption, HPE has introduced new services to design, finance, deploy, and manage AI factories. These offerings aim to simplify AI journeys from planning to long-term operation. HPE Financial Services is also offering flexible financing, including lower initial payments for Private Cloud AI and options to fund new AI projects using existing tech assets. HPE continues to position itself as a leader in enterprise AI by delivering complete, integrated solutions that support innovation and scale.
Techday NZ
17 hours ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
HPE & NVIDIA unveil next-gen AI factory solutions for enterprise
HPE has announced a suite of new AI factory solutions developed in partnership with NVIDIA, aimed at accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies across enterprises, service providers, government entities and AI developers worldwide. Expanding AI capabilities The company is expanding its NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio to incorporate systems built on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. These include composable and modular solutions designed for diverse customers, such as sovereign bodies and model builders, alongside the next generation of HPE Private Cloud AI—a turnkey AI factory for enterprises. These offerings are intended to simplify the transition to AI-driven operations by removing the complexity involved in assembling AI-optimised technology infrastructure. Antonio Neri, HPE's President and Chief Executive Officer, emphasised the important role that infrastructure plays in enabling AI adoption. In his words: "Generative, agentic and physical AI have the potential to transform global productivity and create lasting societal change, but AI is only as good as the infrastructure and data behind it." "Organisations need the data, intelligence and vision to capture the AI opportunity and this makes getting the right IT foundation essential. HPE and NVIDIA are delivering the most comprehensive approach, joining industry-leading AI infrastructure and services to enable organisations to realise their ambitions and deliver sustainable business value." NVIDIA Founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, commented on the partnership, stating: "We are entering a new industrial era — one defined by the ability to generate intelligence at scale. Together, HPE and NVIDIA are delivering full-stack AI factory infrastructure to drive this transformation, empowering enterprises to harness their data and accelerate innovation with unprecedented speed and precision." Next-generation Private Cloud AI The refreshed HPE Private Cloud AI incorporates NVIDIA Blackwell accelerated computing within the HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers, which have demonstrated top performance in 23 AI benchmarking tests. New features include secure enclaves, post-quantum cryptography, and a trusted supply chain. The system is designed to provide seamless scalability across GPU generations and supports varied workloads, including agentic and physical AI use cases. The Private Cloud AI offering now features federated architecture, air-gapped management for organisations needing enhanced data privacy, multi-tenancy for team collaboration, and access to the latest NVIDIA AI Blueprints. A "try and buy" programme allows potential customers to test the solution in Equinix's network of high-performance data centres prior to purchase. Broader AI factory portfolio HPE's new AI factory solutions integrate its established technologies, such as liquid cooling and HPE Morpheus Enterprise Software, into validated, end-to-end modular systems. These composable solutions are configured before delivery, reducing deployment time for customers. HPE OpsRamp Software is used to provide full-stack observability and is validated for use with the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory. Additional offers include scaled-up AI factories for service providers and model builders, enhanced solutions for sovereign governments with air-gapped management, and dedicated services supporting operational and data sovereignty. Through adoption of the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design, these HPE solutions can be deployed with the latest advancements in accelerated computing, Ethernet networking, and enterprise AI software, ensuring robust performance and scalability. AI-ready infrastructure The newly announced HPE Compute XD690 supports eight NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs and provides advanced systems management and alerting across extensive AI environments. The HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000, supporting Model Context Protocol (MCP), delivers AI-ready unstructured data to applications and supports the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design for efficient data handling. Expanding use cases and partnerships HPE's "Unleash AI" ecosystem has grown to include 26 new partners, supporting more than 75 use cases such as agentic AI, smart cities, manufacturing, data governance, video analytics, and cybersecurity. In collaboration with Accenture, HPE is also developing agentic AI solutions focused on financial services and procurement, using the Accenture AI Refinery platform on HPE Private Cloud AI. Accenture's solution is currently being used within HPE's own finance organisation, aimed at exploring applications in category and sourcing strategies, spend management, strategic relationship analysis and contract obligation management. New service initiatives HPE has introduced new services that cover all stages of AI factory development, including design, financing, deployment, education, management, and ongoing support. The company's financial services arm provides flexible payment schemes for AI projects, including reduced initial payments for Private Cloud AI and programmes that leverage existing technological assets to fund AI investments. GreenLake Intelligence advances hybrid IT Alongside AI factory developments, HPE unveiled GreenLake Intelligence—a framework that incorporates agentic AI capabilities for hybrid IT operations. GreenLake Intelligence aims to simplify hybrid IT management by delivering agentic AIOps across storage, networking, compute and cloud resources. The GreenLake Copilot will serve as an interface for managing IT environments with AI agents that operate with context and real-time reasoning. Antonio Neri outlined the company's strategy for hybrid IT, saying: "HPE is reimagining hybrid IT as only we can do, catapulting organisations from the era of hybrid complexity to the era of agentic-AI-powered cloud operations. HPE's new vision for hybrid IT is fueled by agentic intelligence at every layer of infrastructure, so enterprises can realise their boldest ambitions and achieve previously impossible levels of IT operations performance and efficiency." Agentic automation and sustainability The new agentic mesh technology in HPE Aruba Networking Central uses network-specific reasoning agents to analyse and remediate network and security issues. The expanded OpsRamp operations copilot adds agentic automation for IT operations, enabling capabilities such as root-cause analysis, explainability, and capacity planning across infrastructure domains. HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 is previewing native support for Model Context Protocol servers, further automating data management. Additionally, GreenLake Intelligence includes services for FinOps, sustainability forecasting, workload planning, and proactive infrastructure optimisation to address cost and carbon footprint concerns. Cloud operations and modernisation The HPE CloudOps Software suite unifies automation, orchestration, governance, and cyber resiliency across multi-cloud and multi-vendor environments. HPE supports customers with enhanced services for adoption and provides tools such as CloudPhysics Plus for infrastructure and workload assessment. The new HPE Cloud Commit programme gives customers flexible purchasing models with potential discounts on long-term investments. HPE Financial Services supports customers with zero percent financing on select software solutions and savings for storage portfolio purchases, further offering lifecycle services for responsible, sustainable technology decommissioning.
