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INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres at the data centre and the mobile edge can benefit from this solution as they roll out highly performant, agile and scalable platforms for 5G. Red Hat is the primary contributor to the open source Ceph and OpenStack communities and supports an open ecosystem of compute platforms and hardware vendors. Ranga Rangachari, Vice President and General Manager, Storage, Red Hat organisations to run dedicated compute and storage layers at the centre with hyperconverged nodes at the edge all running on industry-standard hardware. In addition, all OpenStack services are containerised leading to additional cost savings and more efficient resource management • Broader organisational efficiency: Customers can use existing knowledge and assets around private cloud infrastructure while taking advantage of the benefits offered by OpenStack technology. Hyperconverged infrastructure has great appeal with IT generalists, who are rapidly replacing siloed specialist roles in the modern enterprise. In addition, edge technicians who may lack deep knowledge of OpenStack deployment and configuration can benefit from the unified lifecycle and user experience Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Cloud can benefit customers implementing systems for NFV (network functions virtualisation) infrastructures to deploy more functionality at the edge of the network. In addition to the lifecycle and operational benefits, it also includes all the networking capabilities of Red Hat OpenStack www.intelligentcio.com CUSTOMERS LOOKING TO BUILD A COMMON FOUNDATION ACROSS DATA CENTRE AND EDGE DEPLOYMENTS NOW HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO ENABLE FASTER ROLLOUT OF SERVICES TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. Platform 13 such as Real-time KVM and OpenDaylight. Communication service providers (CSPs) and network equipment providers (NEPs) looking for innovation Ranga Rangachari, Vice President and General Manager, Storage, Red Hat, said: “Customers looking to build a common foundation across data centre and edge deployments now have the confidence to enable faster rollout of services to their customers. Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Cloud provides customers with the power and versatility of hyperconvergence in the hybrid cloud.” Henry Baltazar, Research Vice President, 451 Research, said: “In our recent Voice of the Enterprise Servers and Converged Infrastructure survey, 71% of respondents were using hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) to simplify infrastructure management and maintenance, while 60% were looking to benefit from accelerated provisioning and automation through the use of HCI. “Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Cloud provides the infrastructure consolidation and simplified lifecycle management which many OpenStack customers are looking for to accelerate their private cloud deployments at the edge and in data centres.” Ruben Sousa, Chief Technology Officer, ITCenter, said: “The opportunity for streamlined appointment of Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Ceph Storage has opened new doors for our business. Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Cloud now serves as the open cloud architecture for our telco platform and enables the cost efficiencies, reduced footprint, and simplified lifecycle management demanded by our customers.” Availability Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Cloud became available in June 2018. n INTELLIGENTCIO 77