HPE and Zerto Launch BC/DR Automation Integration for HPE Operations Orchestration

Zerto Inc. achieved the gold partnership status with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).

The first deliverable out of the partnership is the Automated Failover Testing Pack. This is the first of several packs which will simplify BC/DR automation using HPE Operations Orchestration (HPE OO) as the master orchestrator. The automation failover testing capabilities for HPE OO increases IT data center time savings, while improving overall DR testing compliance. While Automated Failover Testing Pack automatically runs failover tests in full VM environments, other automated processes eliminate the need to cross check multi-department failover success thereby increasing efficiency and productivity for IT teams.

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Traditionally, multiple departments and numerous resources needed to be coordinated to complete DR testing. But as IT changes to be more Hybrid and adopts new style of IT management, it requires more and more automation, comes the need to continuously test and guarantee uptime. With Automated Failover Testing Pack, users simply schedule the failover test in HPE OO. The test runs autonomously and sends a report showing it was a successful test. Failover tests can now run nightly versus annually, providing unprecedented compliance coverage for customers operating in highly regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare. The failover integration is built on company’s Virtual Replication, the technology transforming BC and DR in virtualized environments, allowing greater flexibility, control and cost savings when managing mission-critical applications.

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Mauro Giles, director, global technology alliances, HPE Software, said: “HPE’s customer base has a diverse range of business and service requirements, but the one consistent need is ensuring their operations achieve the highest levels of uptime. When we realized the benefits Zerto could bring to our customer base we fast-tracked their Gold Partner status as their broad capabilities within and beyond BC/DR strategically augments HPE Operations Orchestration’s capabilities. We look forward to fully integrating more capabilities over time as we work to ensure our customers are fully ready for any IT challenge, and achieve better ROI for their IT investments using our combined leading enterprise software offerings.“

Gil Levonai, CMO, Zerto, said: “With the recent acceptance as an HPE Alliance Network Gold Partner, we’ve yet again demonstrated Zerto’s enterprise capabilities as we redefine the new standard in BC and DR software. Our joint development in the new failover capabilities for the HPE Operations Orchestration platform is a testament to our commitment to solving complex IT challenges that break down the barriers to productivity, while improving business and operational performance in ways C-level technologists never thought imaginable. We look forward to expanding our relationship as we tackle new challenges and present new opportunities for the HPE OO user base.”