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Back to Podcast EpisodesPodcast #140: Inside HPE SimpliVity with Morpheus VM Essentials
HPE integrates Simplivity Hyperconverged HCI plus Morpheus VM Essentials stack. Get the details in this podcast.
Brian and the team traveled to Spring, TX, to get an up-close look at what HPE is working on. After the tour, Brian sat down with HPE’s Vinay Jonnakuti, Director, Product Management for HCI and Ecosystems, to unpack the newly integrated SimpliVity plus Morpheus VM Essentials stack. They discuss why integrated HCI is important now, the benefits of two-node high availability at the edge, cost savings with per-socket licensing, and how Morpheus combines hybrid cloud and automation. It also includes real-world retail and AI at the edge examples.
Brian and Vinay’s friendship goes way back, making this podcast interactive and fun. They do a bit of reminiscing, talk about the Silicon Valley TV show from 2016, and the fact that Vinay still has the Pied Piper t-shirt.
Then, it’s time to get down to business. HPE is strengthening its vertically integrated HCI stack by combining SimpliVity’s efficient data platform with Morpheus VM Essentials as the control plane. The result is a fully supported, single-vendor solution covering servers, networking, hypervisor, and management. Customers benefit from two-node HA, integrated backup and deduplication, automated deployments and upgrades, and per-socket licensing that lowers TCO, especially for SLED, retail, and distributed enterprises. Morpheus adds hybrid cloud orchestration to the platform, while ProLiant hardware accelerates the adoption of modern NVMe, CPUs, and NICs. Expect regular release schedules and more ISV-backed solutions for the retail, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
There is a lot to learn from this podcast. And it’s only 30 minutes! But if you don’t have the time to watch it in one sitting, we have broken it down into five-minute segments, highlighting the topics covered in each segment.
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- Introduction: Brian and Vinay set the scene at HPE i
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