HPE Radically Simplifies Application Deployment in Manufacturing Plants
October 04 2017 - 2:02PM
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) today announced a new
platform that radically simplifies application deployment in
manufacturing plants and unifies the operation of legacy and
smart-factory applications. Express App Platform – Manufacturing is
an on-premises solution that is integrated with Cloud28+, the
world’s largest cloud aggregator, and allows manufacturers to
accelerate digital factory transformation while avoiding disruption
of their ongoing operation.
Digitizing manufacturing processes brings many benefits
including operational savings, improved flexibility and new revenue
streams, but traditional applications such as Manufacturing
Execution Systems are often complex and difficult to modernize.
Conversely, applications hosted in the cloud can drive digital
innovation, but also lead to data protection, cost and latency
issues. By hosting both old and new applications on one single
platform in factory premises, the Express App Platform –
Manufacturing eases the transformation and dramatically reduces the
need for separate hosting of legacy and bespoke applications.
“Traditional manufacturing applications support a stable, yet
rigid automation of production processes,” said Volkhard Bregulla,
Vice President, Global Manufacturing Industries at Hewlett Packard
Enterprise. “The Express App Platform – Manufacturing helps
customers integrate smart-factory applications into their
operations to create an adaptable factory without affecting the
current foundation of their ongoing business.”
Deploy Manufacturing Applications with Only Six
ClicksExpress App Platform – Manufacturing allows
customers to deploy applications from the Cloud28+ catalogue with
only six clicks via a seamlessly automated process. Based on
hyper-converged infrastructure HPE SimpliVity 380, the new platform
features the Express App Platform Intelligent Agent which securely
downloads selected applications from the Cloud28+ catalogue and
leverages Docker container technology managed by Kubernetes to
automatically deploy the application in the Express App Platform
environment on the factory floor. Infrastructure automation
software, HPE OneView, automates the provisioning and management of
the required compute, storage and fabric resources. During
operation, built-in backup and disaster recovery ensures the
highest levels of data integrity and availability.
Agile Automation with Sensor-data
IntelligenceExpress App Platform – Manufacturing is
optimized to host applications that support a factory and its
productions lines, including Manufacturing Operations Management
(MOM) applications like Manufacturing Execution Systems or Advanced
Planning and Scheduling, as well as IoT applications. Running those
applications directly on the factory floor allows manufacturers to
better integrate operations management with machine control systems
to leverage IoT sensor-data intelligence for agile automation of
production processes.
Express App Platform – Manufacturing can be used in conjunction
with HPE Edgeline IoT Systems which provide real-time sensor data
acquisition, analytics and control, operated close to the
production lines to deliver faster insights and agility.
The Right Expertise for Digital Factory
Transformation HPE’s services organization, HPE Pointnext,
offers a set of advisory, professional and operational services for
the Express App Platform – Manufacturing, including:
- HPE Factory Deployment Service – helps customers plan,
architect, deploy and integrate the Express App Platform
environment
- HPE Edge Applications Configuration and Integration Service –
helps customers integrate applications running on the Express App
Platform with enterprise applications and machine control
systems
- HPE Flexible Capacity for Express App Platform – offers an
on-demand capacity and a pay-as-you-go consumption model, giving
customers the ability to scale up and scale down capacity as needed
and to pay only pay for what they consume, providing cloud speed
and economics on premises, at or below the cost of public
clouds.
AvailabilityExpress App Platform –
Manufacturing is now available from HPE in the EMEA region. Global
availability is planned for late 2017.
About Cloud28+The mission of Cloud28+ is to
offer customers a seamless on- and off-premises experience, based
on a common platform of shared resources – services, tailored
solutions and knowledge. Recently named by 451 Research as the
largest cloud aggregator (1), Cloud28+ counts approximately 600
partners located in 56 countries – service providers, solution
providers, ISVs, distributors, system integrators, universities and
public sector organizations – contributing to a catalog of more
than 21,000 build and consume services. Through the Cloud28+
catalog, customers and partners can easily find trusted,
enterprise-grade services and install the apps on-premises or
connect directly with a local Service Provider for deployment. The
Cloud28+ community and cloud service catalog can be found at:
http://www.cloud28plus.com.
About Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHewlett Packard
Enterprise is an industry leading technology company that enables
customers to go further, faster. With the industry’s most
comprehensive portfolio, spanning the cloud to the data center to
workplace applications, our technology and services help customers
around the world make IT more efficient, more productive and more
secure.
(1) 451 Research: “HPE’s Cloud28+ now has Azure Stack, in a bid
to accelerate adoption of hybrid IT,” 11 Aug 2017
Editorial contact
Patrik Edlund,
HPEpatrik.edlund@hpe.com
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