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A: HPE uses metering technology to determine how much capacity has been consumed. For example, you can measure by: gigabytes at the storage level, right down to a device or set of devices; servers at the unit level, including individual blades; memory usage per virtual machine; and licenses for backup software or the backend terabytes for backup.

A: You will work with HPE to make an initial assessment of your infrastructure needs, right-sized for your business, including a buffer of capacity that allows you to immediately scale when you need to. Because HPE performs ongoing active capacity management, additional capacity will always be there when you need it.

A: Yes, really. And that’s an average, based on studies and interviews conducted with existing HPE GreenLake customers by Forrester Consulting. For example, the research found that, although the time varied by project and organization, an average global IT project could take up to six months to implement — including the procurement process for additional capacity requirements. Organizations in the study noted a significant decrease in time-to-market — up to 75% — for their global IT projects after the HPE GreenLake investment.

A: Forrester Consulting details IT resource efficiencies, including freeing staff to focus on strategic business initiatives (up to 40%); a reduction in outside fees for maintenance and professional services (up to 90%); and CapEx savings by eliminating overprovisioning and tech refresh costs (up to 40% by year three). Forrester also uncovered “soft” benefits — including improved productivity, reliability and transparency, increased security, and better performance with access to the latest in hardware technology.

A: It’s easy to add additional services to your HPE GreenLake contract with a simple change order. You can explore new services on hpe.com/greenlake/services and even get pricing or request a trial online. With preconfigured services, you can accelerate your time to value with delivery in 14 days or less.

A: IT consulting company Sopra Steria is using HPE GreenLake for private cloud — including flexible server and storage capacity — to deliver a broad mix of diverse workloads to its customers. The company has been able to eliminate CapEx, and has reduced its operational and personnel costs between 15% and 30%, depending on the service.

Also, Toyota Mapmaster Inc. adopted the HPE GreenLake cloud services model to support and accelerate its mapping production system. “In the new environment, servers, storage, and backup devices are stored in four racks quite spaciously,” said Koji Takeo, group manager of the technical development department. “The data center cost has been reduced to about 2/3, with reduction of the number of racks and power consumption.”

A: The HPE GreenLake portfolio offers a broad range of services that include hardware and software from HPE and leading technology partners. For each one, HPE leverages a solution architecture validated by software partners and backed by HPE’s global experience and deep expertise. In addition, HPE has existing agreements with colocation providers where it can act as your single point of contact, so you can enjoy both the benefits of HPE GreenLake and those of your colocation provider. HPE is proud of its partnerships with SAP HANA, Veeam, Nutanix, and other industry-leading solution providers, and believes this is one more area where HPE GreenLake can claim a substantial lead over competitors.

A: Definitely. In fact, HPE GreenLake Central is designed to help companies manage their hybrid ecosystems. Enterprises can rapidly deploy services, gain cost and compliance insights, and simplify management across their data centers, edges, and multi-clouds from the HPE GreenLake Central.

A: Yes. HPE understands the inherent complexity in these mixed environments, which can consume significant time and resources to manage. That’s where HPE GreenLake Management Services can help. For example, HPE experts can support management for configuration, as well as public cloud, SAP HANA, and machine learning operations environments — enabling your IT organization to become an as-a-service provider to your business.