HPE launches products for Docker

MUMBAI, INDIA: Docker technology has been rapidly adopted by developers, DevOps and IT operations professionals as it provides a new way to support agile development practices. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is unveiling a significant portfolio of technologies designed to help organizations leverage Docker.

“Containers are changing the way applications are developed and managed, bridging the gap between IT and developers and helping organizations accelerate their pace of innovation,” said Narayanan Chellappan, Country Director, Cloud Division, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) India.

“HPE is extending Docker capabilities by providing a comprehensive set of enterprise class tools and services to help customers develop, test and run Docker environments at enterprise scale.”

“Developers today require a new model to build, ship and run distributed applications that existing infrastructures were not designed for,” said Nick Stinemates, VP, Business Development & Technical Alliances, Docker. “Docker provides application portability, unifying application deployment to any infrastructure, whether on-premises or in the cloud.”

The new solutions are:

HPE Helion Development Platform 2.0 with support for Docker – Enables developers and IT operators to deploy microservices, a way of designing applications as independently deployable services, packaged as Docker containers.

HPE StormRunner and HPE AppPulse for Docker – Allows developers and IT operations to test, deploy and monitor Dockerized applications with confidence.

Remote Docker Swarm cluster monitoring with HPE Sitescope – Manages and monitors a complete Docker Swarm cluster with HPE Sitescope, an agentless application monitoring software solution.

HPE Codar for Docker – Enables continuous deployment of hybrid workloads, part traditional and part containerized, with a click of a button.

Docker Machine plugin for HPE Composable Infrastructure – Automates the deployment of Docker container hosts from HPE OneView, enabling IT and DevOps to rapidly provision bare metal infrastructure for Docker environments within an organization’s own datacenter and on their own secure networks.

Persistent storage for Docker containerized apps – Flash-optimized HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage arrays and the HPE StoreVirtual software-defined storage solutions now support the use of Docker stateful containers in OpenStack technology environments via the open source Flocker architecture from ClusterHQ.

Enterprise-grade container support – Delivers expanded support for containers in alignment with HPE’s technology solutions roadmaps, with a single point of contact for access to a global network of specialists, 24x7.

Docker Reference Architecture – Provides best practices and guidance on how to deploy Docker on Converged Architecture 700 with Helion CloudSystem 9.0 for improved performance, scalability and management in large hybrid clouds.

Docker Reference Guide – Provides guidance based on an internal HPE Docker implementation for improving the software development and deployment process using Docker on HPE BladeSystem to make CI/CD pipelines more efficient.