Hewlett Packard Enterprise has declared its intention to acquire Morpheus Data, a company specializing in cloud management, although the purchase amount has not been disclosed.
Established in 2010, Morpheus Data offers software that facilitates the management of hybrid cloud environments, allowing users to oversee operations on both private and public platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
HPE aims to enhance its GreenLake hybrid cloud service by integrating Morpheus technology. This integration promises to assist customers in managing various cloud platforms and includes features like multicloud application provisioning, orchestration, and automation, along with access control and monitoring of backup resources. Morpheus will also remain available as an independent product, according to HPE.
Moreover, Morpheus’ financial management tools will be incorporated into HPE GreenLake, enabling businesses to efficiently monitor and manage their cloud spending. HPE plans to merge its comprehensive IT data across different vendors and clouds with Morpheus’ financial operations services to help clients closely monitor their expenditures, implement usage restrictions, and optimize their cloud resource deployment to reduce costs.
More than 90% of enterprises utilize various clouds, and managing these resources becomes increasingly challenging, as noted by a recent IDC report, Worldwide Intelligent CloudOps Software Forecast, 2024–2028. The study projects that the global market for intelligent CloudOps software will expand to $40 billion by 2028.
“Enterprises are looking for consistent control and standardization across both public and private cloud environments. Hybrid clouds will persist for the foreseeable future, thus tools to handle this complexity are essential now,” IDC mentioned. “The objective with supporting multiple clouds is to allow reusability of code from infrastructure-as-code provisioning across any cloud. Additionally, businesses are aiming for better visibility into cloud costs and recommendations, such as automatically shifting and re-provisioning workloads to the most cost-effective and highly performing cloud available.”
The acquisition of Morpheus by HPE might also tackle imminent talent shortages, as companies navigate complex cloud settings with limited staff, according to experts.
“By the close of 2025, as enterprises finalize their digital transformation initiatives and continue moving workloads to cloud-native technologies like containers and serverless, Global 2000 companies will face even greater challenges in securing skilled personnel to manage the complexity across multiple clouds,” IDC explained.
“A significant portion of revenue for digital businesses is tied to the efficiency, scalability, and robustness of their infrastructure, applications, and data resources. This includes employing applications across public clouds, hybrid on-premises setups, and proprietary edge locations,” IDC noted.
The partnership between HPE and Morpheus is poised to challenge in the CloudOps arena against competitors like Red Hat, VMware by Broadcom, and cloud services from AWS and Google Cloud. The deal is anticipated to be finalized early in the fourth quarter of HPE’s 2024 fiscal year.
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