HP Extends Partner Ecosystem with Asia Pacific Cloud Players

HP announced the expansion of its HP Helion Network in Asia Pacific and Japan with the addition of a community of 50 channel partners, system integrators (SIs), service providers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and developers working with HP to deliver open standards-based hybrid cloud services designed specifically to customer needs, the company said.

The extension of the Helion Network will now give enterprises in Asia Pacific and Japan access to an ecosystem of cloud partners and service providers who offer a portfolio of open source hybrid cloud solutions for a wide range of customer requirements and applications. These include workload migrations from traditional IT to the cloud, cloud native and DevOps platforms, data sovereignty, private to public cloud or the deployment of customized cloud offerings like multitenant cloud, enterprise data drives, and content-as-a-service, HP said.

“The HP Helion Network leverages our expertise from running OpenStack® technology at scale and our ability to unite service providers and technology partners who want to drive a transformational journey for themselves and their customers,” said Narayanan Chellappan, Country Director, Cloud Division, HP India. Together, we’ve built a federated ecosystem that enables organizations to transform with partners who know the best path for their customers and can deploy services on the right platform at the right time and at the right cost for their business.”

HP, to enable a focused, skilled and enabled partner ecosystem, is providing its Helion Network partners with a number of benefits including dedicated training, workshops, hands-on sessions, and collaborative sales and marketing programs. HP also provides flexible IT investment and consumption models with HP Financial Services to help cloud partners design and deliver the right cloud solutions for customers, while accelerating their cloud transformation strategy.

Some of the 50 cloud leaders include Triforce, Oriel and Klikon in Australia, Valuepoint Group, PC Solutions and Shro Systems in India, and Asys, Eden T&S and BayNex in Korea.