By John McMillan, Director, WW Service Provider Programs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
If you are a Service Provider lucky enough to be going to Azure Certified for Hybrid Cloud Airlift, HPE (and I) have great news for you. This promises to be an event that will deliver exactly what you are looking for … from Microsoft and from HPE, your best choice in partners to help you ramp your Microsoft Azure Stack business.
The proof that we are your best choice? It's in the fact that it is simply easier for you to build your Azure hybrid cloud business with HPE. Only HPE offers an unbeatable combination of features and capabilities that help you get to market faster, including:
- Pre-integrated, scalable turnkey solutions
- Pay-as-you-go pricing option
- Joint sales programs that help sell your services
- HPE – Microsoft Innovation Centers to accelerate your deals
Want to know more? Just put the following items on your “must do” list for Airlift:
- Visit the HPE Booth - #2. This is action-central – the place for you to speak with HPE subject-matter experts, learn about joint Microsoft – HPE solutions, and get the inside story on exactly how HPE works with service providers to drive sales and success.
- . Attend the following HPE sessions that will provide very specific examples of what HPE can do and how we deliver results:
- HPE Hardware Deployment Workshop: Monday, March 27, 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Intel Innovation Auditorium - Find ut how to unlock hybrid cloud value for your customers with a complete solution from the Industry’s hybrid cloud infrastructure leader. Join HPE experts to learn how HPE ProLiant for Microsoft Azure Stack delivers Azure-consistent, software-defined IaaS and PaaS for rapid deployment of hybrid cloud workloads featuring a consistent development, management and security experience.
- Deploying Azure Stack with HPE Breakout Sessions – Two sessions will be presented, each featuring an interactive discussion with HPE Azure Stack experts on Early Adoption of HPE ProLiant for Azure Stack. Deep dive on architecture, use cases, workloads and best practices to ramp your Azure Stack business. Both sessions will be held in the Intel Innovation Auditorium. Session 1: Tuesday, March 28, 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm. Session 2: Thursday, March 20, 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm.
3. Also attend the two keynote sessions where HPE will be featured along with other strategic launch partners
• Getting Ready for Azure Stack GTM, Tuesday, March 28, 1:00pm - 2:30pm, Grand Ballroom - Learn how Microsoft and its strategic launch partners can help you create the right GTM strategy for Azure Stack, certify your solution, as well as provide ongoing support and incentives to help you build a healthy business on Azure Stack.
• Azure Stack Architecture, Wednesday, March 29, 3:30pm - 5:00PM - Understand in-depth how Microsoft Azure Stack solutions are architected for network, compute, and storage. Learn how each launch hardware partner is offering complete hardware verified and factory integrated systems, for a robust hybrid cloud customer experience.
Not going to Airlift?
Visit us online to learn more about HPE ProLiant for Microsoft Azure Stack Solutions:
- AZURE STACK INNOVATION CENTER @ THE MTC
- The HPE – Microsoft Alliance web site
- HPE Service Provider webinar: Deliver Azure Hybrid Cloud Services
Also, please make plans now to join us at HPE Discover, June 5-8 in Las Vegas. HPE will offer sessions on HPE Hybrid Cloud and Microsoft Azure Stack. The Session Catalog will be available soon, listing the over 1000 session that will be presented during the event. Searching for “Microsoft” will narrow the results and help you find the specific sessions on Azure Stack.
Regardless of where or how you get the information on HPE-Microsoft Azure Stack solutions, you’ll find proof positive that they impress and deliver exceptional results.
