Simplify virtualisation with HPE SimpliVity with VM Essentials
Reduce complexity, lower virtualisation costs and modernise infrastructure with an all-in-one platform that combines compute, storage, virtualisation and data protection in one solution. Support existing VMware environments while gaining the flexibility to evolve on your terms.
Modernise infrastructure without increasing complexity
Why simplify your virtualisation strategy?
Modern IT teams are under pressure to do more with less. Managing multiple tools, platforms and licensing models can increase costs, consume valuable resources and make infrastructure harder to manage.
HPE SimpliVity with VM Essentials can help organisations to reduce operational complexity by delivering infrastructure, virtualisation and data services through a single platform. The result is a more efficient environment that is easier to manage, more cost-effective to operate and better prepared for future growth.
A true all-in-one platform
Unlike traditional approaches that require multiple tools and integrations, HPE SimpliVity brings together capabilities that organisations need in one unified solution.
Built-in capabilities:
- Compute
- Storage
- Virtualisation
- Data protection
- Backup and disaster recovery
- High availability
- Deduplication and compression
By consolidating these capabilities into a single platform, organisations can simplify management whilst reducing operational overhead and total cost of ownership.
Lower virtualisation costs
Many organisations are reviewing virtualisation spend and looking for ways to reduce software and operational costs. HPE SimpliVity with VM Essentials helps to lower costs through:
- Integrated VM Essentials hypervisor
- Reduced reliance on third-party licensing
- Fewer management tools
- Simplified administration
- Predictable and transparent pricing
By reducing licensing and operational complexity, organisations can gain greater control over infrastructure spending while maintaining flexibility.
Support existing VMware investments
Modernisation should not require disruption. HPE SimpliVity allows organisations to manage existing VMware environments alongside VM Essentials through a single management experience. This hybrid approach provides the flexibility to evolve at your own pace while protecting existing investments.
Benefits of a hybrid approach:
- VMware and VM Essentials coexistence
- Flexible migration paths
- Reduced vendor dependency
- Simplified management
- Long-term infrastructure flexibility
Built for modern IT environments
Whether supporting branch offices, distributed workloads or private cloud initiatives, HPE SimpliVity is designed to adapt to changing business requirements.
Ideal For:
- Infrastructure refresh projects
- Small and medium-sized businesses
- Distributed IT environments
- Hybrid cloud strategies
- Organisations reviewing virtualisation costs
- Lean IT teams seeking operational simplicity
The platform helps organisations to modernise infrastructure without adding complexity or increasing management burdens.
Why HPE SimpliVity with VM Essentials?
- Simplified operations
- Reduced virtualisation costs
- Integrated backup and disaster recovery
- High availability built in
- VMware and VM Essentials support
- Faster deployment and provisioning
- Flexible path to modernisation
- Lower total cost of ownership
- Future-ready platform for hybrid and private cloud environments
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Discover how HPE SimpliVity with VM Essentials can help to reduce complexity, lower costs and support a more flexible infrastructure strategy.