HP adds Eucalyptus to Helion cloud portfolio alongside OpenStack

Grazed from V3.co.uk. Author: Daniel Robinson.

HP has announced a refresh of its Helion cloud computing portfolio, updating not only its Helion OpenStack build but also a new release of the Eucalyptus platform it gained when it acquired the firm of the same name last year. Available immediately, the new releases raise interesting questions about HP’s cloud strategy, following the firm’s commitment to the OpenStack platform when it launched Helion last year.

Since then, the firm has acquired Eucalyptus Systems, a developer of private cloud solutions that are API compatible with Amazon’s AWS public cloud services. This enabled enterprise users to operate a hybrid cloud deployment, where workloads could run on their own infrastructure or AWS, and move between the two…

With HP’s acquisition of Eucalyptus, it was assumed the firm would use the opportunity to infuse AWS compatibility into the HP Helion OpenStack build. Instead, the firm has unveiled new versions of both products. HP Helion Eucalyptus 4.1 is the first Eucalyptus product release under the Helion brand since the acquisition. It adds a number of updates including an AWS Cloud Formation compatible service that enables customers to re-use existing AWS application deployment templates on their private cloud…

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