HPE Helion explained

HPE Helion
Location City:	Palo Alto, California
Location Country:	United States
Key People:	Kerry Bailey, Bobby Patrick, Mark Interrante, Bill Hilf
Industry:	Computer software IT services IT consulting
Parent:	Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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.^[1] HPE Helion grew from under to over by 2016. HP closed the public cloud business on 31 January 2016.^[2] HP has hybrid cloud and other offerings but the Helion public cloud offering was shut down.^[3]

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.^{[4] [5]} The HPE-sponsored cloud services catalogue Cloud28+ exclusively featured software built with HPE Helion OpenStack when it launched in 2014.^[6]
• HPE Helion Stackato is a platform as a service (PaaS) based on Cloud Foundry, which HPE acquired in July 2015.^[7] 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.^[8]
• 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.^[9] It allows AWS applications to be moved on-premises with no modification to the workload, design patterns, or mindset.

External links

• Official website, archived in October 2016

Notes and References

1. Web site: Osborne. Charlie. HP to invest $1bn in open-source cloud computing, launches Helion portfolio. ZDNet. 2 December 2016.
2. Web site: 2015-10-21. HP is officially shutting down its Helion public cloud in January 2016. 2020-12-15. VentureBeat. en-US.
3. Web site: Davis . Jessica . October 22, 2015 . HP Kills Public Cloud, Cedes To AWS, Google, Microsoft . 9 November 2019 . informationweek.
4. Web site: Talbot. Chris. HP Helion OpenStack, Development Platform Go Live. Talkin' Cloud. 2 December 2016. 2 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161202172013/http://talkincloud.com/iaas/102714/hp-helion-openstack-development-platform-go-live. dead.
5. Web site: HP launches first products to support its Helion cloud strategy. Cloudcomputingintelligence.com. 2 December 2016.
6. Web site: Cloud 28+ catalogue off to a strong start. TechNative. 25 April 2016 . 2 December 2016.
7. Web site: Fulton III. Scott M.. The PaaS Game Just Changed — HP Has Acquired Stackato from ActiveState. TheNewStack. 28 July 2015 . 2 December 2016.
8. Web site: Multi Cloud on Your Terms: HPE Helion CloudSystem 10 will be Generally Available this Week. Connect Worldwide. 2 December 2016. 2 December 2016. 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. dead.
9. Web site: McAllister. Neil. HP adds Eucalyptus to Helion cloud, but OpenStack still reigns. The Register. 2 December 2016.