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Transform compute management across your distributed environments

Learn how you can simplify and automate operations, no matter where your servers live.

AWS_Compute Ops Management_blog_HPE202402172670_1600_0_72_RGB.jpgNew IT initiatives, applications, and edge locations keep your server infrastructure growing constantly. These compute environments continue to spread across distributed locations, creating significant time and resource issues for IT teams, especially in edge locations without IT staff. In fact, issues related to distributed compute are some of the top concerns for IT leaders today.

A Forrester study of HPE ProLiant users showed that almost 60% of IT leaders say their biggest challenge relatedto infrastructure and security is downtime due to server issues. When it comes to efficiency and time to market, almost 58% name time-consuming expensive processes to get staff to edge locations as their top concern, while 59% say limited time and financial resources worry them most regarding resources and budget.[1]

Specifically, teams are concerned about the inability to update distributed servers in a consistent or timely manner, no remote access to servers, and delayed deployment at the edge. As more servers are deployed outside the traditional data center, the complexity of deploying and managing those servers grows.

Now you can simplify compute management across your distributed environments and the server lifecycle with HPE Compute Ops Management . Delivering a consistent, unified, scalable cloud experience, this centralized platform allows you to manage thousands of servers as simply as managing one.

Manage everywhere from anywhere

Every organization has its own server environment. Servers might all reside in a data center or colocations. They might be spread across regional or global locations. Or they might be a combination of data center and edge locations. No matter which scenarios describe your situation, the challenge is managing them all with consistency.

This is exactly what HPE Compute Ops Management was built for—allowing you to securely manage, monitor, and gain visibility of your distributed compute environment of HPE ProLiant servers. A cloud-based compute management solution, HPE Compute Ops Management will help you transform business operations and pivot your team from reactive to proactive through global visibility and insight through a unified console.

Simplify and automate tasks

With HPE Compute Ops Management, you can reduce manual deployment effort and achieve seamless, simplified management through automation. These automated tasks help speed server updates, mitigate risk and reduce time spent preparing and running system updates. Here’s how:

Keep systems consistent: Maintain governance with policy-driven automation controls and compliance tracking.

Update servers faster and easier: Intelligent delta-based downloads for server and iLO firmware updates save time and effort.

Manage and maintain servers at scale: REST APIs update servers with bulk scripted actions and set policy-based firmware compliance baselines.

Speed time to resolution: Receive instant notifications of critical issues, use webhooks to create event triggers, and automate support case creation to HPE Services for hardware failures.

A customer study by Forrester shows that HPE Compute Ops Management has been proven to reduce time spent managing servers by up to 75%, minimize edge server downtime by up to 4.8 hours per year, and save $152,000 in travel and software costs over three years.[2]

Secure server access, monitoring, and management

Customers in the Forrester study have also experienced an enhanced security posture and have seen how HPE Compute Ops Management improves overall security—with faster patching and a secure server management portal.[3] With HPE Compute Ops Management, you can reduce exposure to security risks and compliance issues across your distributed environments with multifactor authentication, governance and policy management, secure connections and shared security responsibilities. Here are some examples:

Secure connectivity, end-to-end: Experience secure authentication from the cloud platform to the individual server level with data encryption.

Improve risk management: Visibility of security status and granular control over iLO security settings and configurations empower you to prioritize risks.

Centralized security management: Avoid exposing servers to security vulnerabilities, data breaches, and compliance violations with access consolidation through a secure gateway.

Shared security responsibilities: A shared security model allows customers to ensure security practices of their on-premises devices and connections to HPE GreenLake cloud.

Compute management, simplified

With a consistent as-a-service experience, HPE Compute Ops Management allows you to manage all of your servers with ease, delivering global visibility, insight, and speed across distributed environments while securely bringing cloud agility to distributed compute infrastructure.

Did you know that you can retire your AWS Enterprise Discount Program commit by purchasing HPE Compute Ops Management through the AWS Marketplace?

Click here to see the list of supported HPE ProLiant servers that can be managed with HPE Compute Ops Management.

Justin McGarry cropped.pngMeet author Justin McGarry

Justin, a seasoned product and go-to-market leader, is currently the vice president of Product Management at HPE, where he oversees one of the fastest growing infrastructure management apps on the HPE GreenLake Platform.  Justin has a proven track record of launching and scaling innovative solutions, building, and leading high-performing teams, as well as delivering customer success and business value. 

Before joining HPE, Justin spent 10 years at VMware, where he developed and launched new solution offerings. He also has a strong background in customer relationship management, partnership development, and digital strategy.  Justin is passionate about simplifying complex ideas and concepts, making it easy for teams and partners to support business initiatives.  He holds an executive certificate in strategy and innovation from MIT Sloan School of Management, an MBA from Baylor University, and a BBA from Texas State University.

 

[1] A commissioned study by Forrester Consulting on behalf of HPE, April 2024
[2] A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact™ of HPE Compute Ops Management, June 2024. Results are for a composite organization.
[3] IBID.
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