HP announces availability of open source based cloud platform Helion OpenStack 2.0

HP has announced the availability of HP Helion OpenStack 2.0, a production ready, open source based cloud platform designed to meet enterprise requirements. As organizations strive for the right mix of traditional IT and private cloud technology to run their mission-critical applications and protect sensitive data, many are turning to the flexibility and economics of the OpenStack project. [caption id=“attachment_2020763” align=“alignleft” width=“200”]  Image: Reuters[/caption] HP Helion OpenStack 2.0 offers an enterprise grade cloud platform, adding new features to address organizations’ lifecycle management and security challenges, including easy provisioning of new infrastructure and the ability to repurpose existing infrastructure to meet scalability needs, rolling upgrades and continuous patch management. It features network configuration flexibility to enable connectivity with existing IT environments and strict OpenStack API adherence to enable cross-cloud compatibility and ability to leverage the upstream ecosystem of third party plug-ins. HP Helion OpenStack 2.0 also enables customers to create and manage software defined networks (SDN) in a distributed, multi-datacenter environment through integration with HP Distributed Cloud Networking (DCN) and Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform. This removes the boundaries of traditional networking, unlocking the full automation and agility needed for hybrid cloud. HP Helion OpenStack 2.0 is based on OpenStack Kilo. OpenStack Liberty was released on October 15.