At the heart of this alliance is HPE’s Docker ready server programme, which ensures HPE servers are bundled with Docker Engine and support. This enables customers to create distributed applications that are portable across any infrastructure. By combining the strength of the number one cloud infrastructure provider with the leader in containerisation, HPE and Docker will deliver hybrid infrastructure solutions and an application portfolio ranging from legacy to microservices applications, fully supported by HPE.
“In order to survive and thrive in the idea economy, companies must transform the IT experience so that lines of business and developers can innovate faster, smarter and fearlessly,” said Loh Khai Peng, Singapore Managing Director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. “Hewlett Packard Enterprise is innovating across its entire data centre portfolio to help customers with that transformation. Together with Docker, we are making it easier for IT to deploy and manage containers, while giving organisations solutions that optimise their investments and power a new generation of applications that are the business.”
“By 2018, more than 50% of new workloads will be deployed into containers in at least one stage of the application life cycle*.”
The joint HPE and Docker solutions will help fuel this trend by delivering HPE’s Composable Infrastructure combined with Docker’s Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) approach to provide the kind of predictability and management enterprise IT expects. This will be accomplished by the creation of a bidirectional application lifecycle that fosters a shared partnership between developers and operations teams.
“The default availability of Docker’s technology on every HPE server and HPE’s hyperconverged platform enables enterprises to take advantage of the benefits of containerisation while leveraging their investments in existing systems and process,” said Ben Golub, CEO of Docker. “Having a strategic alliance that starts with Docker Engine but extends to include our commercial end-to-end platform, Docker Datacenter, provides HPE customers with a comprehensive solution that covers all of their requirements over time. Enterprises leveraging this joint solution can achieve immediate efficiencies while focusing on existing applications, which can include a 20X optimisation on their infrastructure, while shipping their applications 13X faster.”
As part of the alliance, HPE and Docker will deliver value-added, commercial solutions and services through all major HPE channels, including:
● Docker-ready HPE Servers – HPE will offer preconfigured server platforms ready for Docker Engine and Docker containers. These pretested server models, including HPE ProLiant, HPE Apollo and HPE Cloudline, will be delivered ready for container environments, resulting in greater optimisation of hardware, improved time-to-application performance and greater portability.
● Docker-ready converged and composable HPE systems – the HPE Synergy, HPE BladeSystem and HPE Converged System come ready for Docker deployments. In addition, customers can deploy Docker in hyperconverged environments to enable DevOps in virtualisation clusters.
● Joint go-to-market for Docker Datacenter – Organisations looking to build, ship and run Docker at scale in multiple different environments will be able to do so using Docker Datacenter. HPE and Docker will work together on joint sales and support programmes across HPE customers and channel partners, as well as ensuring that Docker Datacenter works seamlessly for containerised applications.
● Enterprise-grade Docker support and consulting services – HPE now offers technology assessments, design and implementation services for Docker containers and microservices (platform security, workload modernisation consulting). In addition, HPE will provide a single source of enterprise-grade support for Docker. In addition, HPE and Docker are collaborating to introduce new HPE container-enabled technologies that are integrated and tested with Docker, including:
- HPE Reference Configuration for Docker Datacenter on HPE Hyper Converged 380 – Describes how quickly customers can deploy Docker Datacenter in a production environment by leveraging the Hyper Converged 380’s virtual machine vending capabilities.
- HPE Reference Architecture for Docker Datacenter for the Converged Architecture 700 – Provides a consistent management view for adopting private cloud and container environments.
- Docker-integrated Native Volume Plugin for HPE 3PAR StoreServ all-flash arrays – Flash-optimised HPE 3PAR StoreServ arrays provide persistent storage for container environments via a new Docker-integrated Native Volume Plugin.
Finally, HPE is making investments to Docker-enable its cloud and software portfolio through the use of application programming interfaces (APIs), the Docker plugin framework and Docker Datacenter development licenses. Functionality includes application security, monitoring, and configuration management.
Interested?
General availability of the Docker ready HPE Servers including HPE ProLiant, HPE Apollo and HPE Cloudline and Docker-integrated Converged and Composable HPE Systems are targeted for Q416. Docker-integrated solutions spanning HPE’s storage, networking and software assets are available today.
Interested?
Read the TechTrade Asia blog posts on
Composable infrastructure
The introduction of OneView 3.0
HPE's expansion of the Helion cloud in June 2016
HPE's advertising campaign on The Machine in conjunction with Star Trek Beyond
*Gartner: Containers Will Change Your Data Center Infrastructure and Operations Strategy, 28 March 2016
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