* 15 minutes to first operational virtual machine. © Copyright 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. February 2015 Learn more: Deploy systems within 15 minutes with preconfigured systems.* Scale up easily with modular building blocks and integrated infrastructure systems. Manage with IT generalists—no virtualisation specialists required. Simplify setup and management with integrated systems. Provide business continuity and data availability. Enable growth and easy upgrades. Deliver hardware and software support from one vendor. Protect data with backup and recovery support. + = Compute Hyper-convergence Storage Networking Management software Five things to know about hyper-convergence It’s the latest buzzword in IT. But what is hyper-convergence? And what can it do for you? 1. What is it? e ABCs of hyper-convergence 2. What are the benefits? Hyper-converged systems are... 4. What should you look for in a solution? A hyper-converged system should: Get everything you need for hyper-convergence with the combined expertise and products of HP and VMware. Take advantage of the benefits of the 14-year HP/VMware partnership for innovation. 5. Why HP and VMware for hyper-convergence? 3. What are the use cases? Here are just a few examples. A. A hyper-converged system is a pre-configured virtualised server platform that combines compute, storage, networking, and management software in a single appliance. B. Hyper-convergence enables you to simply and rapidly deploy mixed-workload and virtual desktop integrated infrastructure solutions across local or remote locations. C. Hyper-converged systems help you lower OpEx due to reduced administrative and footprint resources, redeployment flexibility, and simplified storage management. Efficient Fast Simple Remote locations Standardise IT systems across offices. Manage systems locally or centrally. Systems deployed by IT generalists. Lines of business Streamline application services. Reduce IT overhead. Simplify support. Midsize businesses Accelerate infrastructure deployment. Simplify system management. Enhance disaster recovery. www.uk.logicalis.com/solutions-and-services/data-centre/HC HP and VMware are the market leaders in end-to-end virtualisation vendor for virtualisation based on VMware vendor for virtualised servers HP is the #1 HP is the #1 A B C £ OPEX