Hewlett Packard has just introduced a low cost virtual private cloud offering in the shape of HP Helion Virtual Private Cloud Lean. This is an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) aimed at improving workload performance for mid to large sized enterprises with an emphasis on collaborations and application development. The Helion VPCL includes some standard sized features such as virtualization, backup, recovery and clustering plus SAP HANA add-ons. HP’s VPCL assures lower latency, higher availability, more security and better compliance in a low priced offering. According to Jim Fanella, VP of workload and cloud for HP Enterprise Services, VPCL offers affordable enterprise class performance. According to him this is the first in a series of offerings planned by the company to suit varying requirements and offers variety to customers.
Only a few months ago HP announced plans to invest $ 1 billion for development of new cloud tools that resulted in the Helion Cloud Portfolio services. HP aims to generate more revenues through diverse cloud services even as its PC business struggles. HP VCL prices start at around $ 168 per month for small virtual server configurations.
The HP Helion family includes Helion OpenStack based on Linux, aimed at administrators and developers looking for speedy deployment of private, public or hybrid clouds. It also includes the Helion Open Stack Community for small scale open cloud environment. The Helion Development Platform is aimed at developers and IT professionals. HP Helion Development Platform and Helion Public Cloud are among others making up the Helion family with VCL being the lowest priced and latest addition.
