HPE Helion
{{Short description|Software portfolio for cloud computing}}
{{Infobox company
| name = HPE Helion
| logo = Hewlett Packard Enterprise logo.svg
| logo_size =
| location_city = Palo Alto, California
| location_country = United States
| key_people = Kerry Bailey, Bobby Patrick, Mark Interrante, Bill Hilf
| founded = {{Start date|2014|05}}
| industry = Computer software
IT services
IT consulting
| parent = Hewlett Packard Enterprise
| website =
}}
HPE Helion was Hewlett-Packard's portfolio of open-source software and integrated systems for enterprise cloud computing. It was announced by HPE Cloud in May 2014.{{cite web|last1=Osborne|first1=Charlie|title=HP to invest $1bn in open-source cloud computing, launches Helion portfolio|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/hp-to-invest-1bn-in-open-source-cloud-computing-launches-helion-portfolio/|website=ZDNet|access-date=2 December 2016}} HPE Helion grew from under {{US$|300 million|link=yes}} to over {{US$|3 billion}} by 2016.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} HP closed the public cloud business on 31 January 2016.{{Cite web|date=2015-10-21|title=HP is officially shutting down its Helion public cloud in January 2016|url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/21/hp-is-officially-shutting-down-its-helion-public-cloud-in-january-2016/|access-date=2020-12-15|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}} HP has hybrid cloud and other offerings but the Helion public cloud offering was shut down.{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Jessica |date=October 22, 2015 |title=HP Kills Public Cloud, Cedes To AWS, Google, Microsoft |url=https://www.informationweek.com/cloud/infrastructure-as-a-service/hp-kills-public-cloud-cedes-to-aws-google-microsoft/d/d-id/1322789 |access-date=9 November 2019 |website=informationweek}}
HPE Helion was based on open-source technology, including OpenStack and Cloud Foundry.
Products
- HPE Helion OpenStack, product based on OpenStack cloud computing project launched in October 2014.{{cite web|last1=Talbot|first1=Chris|title=HP Helion OpenStack, Development Platform Go Live|url=http://talkincloud.com/iaas/102714/hp-helion-openstack-development-platform-go-live|website=Talkin' Cloud|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-date=2 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202172013/http://talkincloud.com/iaas/102714/hp-helion-openstack-development-platform-go-live|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=HP launches first products to support its Helion cloud strategy|url=http://www.cloudcomputingintelligence.com/news/item/1599-hp-launches-first-products-to-support-its-helion-cloud-strategy|website=Cloudcomputingintelligence.com|access-date=2 December 2016}} The HPE-sponsored cloud services catalogue Cloud28+ exclusively featured software built with HPE Helion OpenStack when it launched in 2014.{{cite web|title=Cloud 28+ catalogue off to a strong start|url=https://www.technative.io/hpes-cloud-28-portal-is-off-to-a-strong-start/|website=TechNative|date=25 April 2016 |access-date=2 December 2016}}
- HPE Helion Stackato is a platform as a service (PaaS) based on Cloud Foundry, which HPE acquired in July 2015.{{cite web|last1=Fulton III|first1=Scott M.|title=The PaaS Game Just Changed — HP Has Acquired Stackato from ActiveState|url=http://thenewstack.io/hp-acquires-stackato-activestate-will-integrate-helion/|website=TheNewStack|date=28 July 2015 |access-date=2 December 2016}} Helion Stackato is available for OpenStack, AWS, VMWare and Azure.
- HPE Helion CloudSystem, an integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service offering combining HPE Helion OpenStack and HPE Helion Stackato with HPE Proliant server hardware based on a particular use-case, such as distributed compute or distributed object storage. CloudSystem 10 launched in September 2016.{{cite web|title=Multi Cloud on Your Terms: HPE Helion CloudSystem 10 will be Generally Available this Week|url=http://www.connect-community.org/blog/2016/9/13/multi-cloud-on-your-terms-hpe-helion-cloudsystem-10-will-be-generally-available-this-week|website=Connect Worldwide|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-date=2 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202172050/http://www.connect-community.org/blog/2016/9/13/multi-cloud-on-your-terms-hpe-helion-cloudsystem-10-will-be-generally-available-this-week|url-status=dead}}
- HPE Helion Eucalyptus is an Amazon Web Services-compatible platform for building cloud environments, based in the open-source Eucalyptus software, which HPE launched in March 2015.{{cite web|last1=McAllister|first1=Neil|title=HP adds Eucalyptus to Helion cloud, but OpenStack still reigns|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/03/hp_adds_eucalyptus_to_helion/|website=The Register|access-date=2 December 2016}} It allows AWS applications to be moved on-premises with no modification to the workload, design patterns, or mindset.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161015233604/https://www.hpe.com/us/en/solutions/cloud.html Official website], archived in October 2016
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