I read these threads as I am really worried about my future. Some are very very good because they are considered and objective, some are clearly a little "tainted" shall we say. So I decided to do a little mystery shop. Simple question to HPE online sales peeps, do you have a cloud offering that is like AWS - where you provide credit card - and a consume service? Yes we do was the confident answer....
Not even going to comment on the reply, you can be your own judge of that - here is the business solution.. the Hyper Converged 250!
Hyper Converged 250 family eliminates complex solution stacks. It combines a powerful Apollo server platform and mature StoreVirtual data services from Hewlett Packard Enterprise into one building block to simplify the delivery of virtualized servers and desktops. The Hyper Converged 250 family supports VMware and Microsoft virtualization technologies, and continues to provide a turn-key virtualization solution for medium-sized businesses, enterprises, and IaaS providers.
Designed from the ground up for the software-defined data center, the HC 250 enables a standardized, appliance approach to virtual server deployment, regardless of whether it is used as a primary virtualization platform in medium-sized businesses or as a dedicated resource pool for specific applications in the enterprise.
All hardware and software components are pre-installed and pre-integrated by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and quick customization using the OneView InstantOn software enables faster time to value. After the initial installation, IT administrators manage their virtualized environment within VMware vCenter Server and OneView for vCenter, or with Microsoft System Center user interfaces and HPE OneView for System Center management integrations.
http://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/redirect.aspx?/products/quickspecs/15252_div/15252_div.PDF
I think i need to go and join the army and be all I can be - elsewhere.