Presented by Bottomline IT

Bottomline IT brings cost-effective virtualization to South African businesses with HPE VM Essentials

 ·20 May 2025

Changes to the market – like software packaging updates, new technologies, and the demands of AI workloads – have caused many businesses to re-evaluate their virtualisation strategies.

These organisations want to reduce the cost of their established deployments, while embracing future opportunities across private and public cloud – all without increasing complexity.

Through its acquisition of Morpheus Data, HPE GreenLake is unrivalled in its ability to meet all these needs for South African businesses – particularly through partners like Bottomline IT.

Bottomline IT helps businesses access the best virtualisation tools through the HPE VM Essentials package, which we detail below.

HPE VM Essentials

HPE VM Essentials is a next-generation virtualization solution that lets users manage existing virtualised workloads, re-platform to the HPE VME hypervisor, and experience a simple VM-vending experience across both stacks. 

The solution is designed to help businesses transition seamlessly to a modern virtual infrastructure that is scalable, secure, and ready for hybrid cloud deployment.

While giving businesses access to the latest technologies like AI and cloud-native workloads, HPE VM Essentials also supports legacy apps – ensuring your current investments are optimised without limiting your ability to scale with modern technologies.

Other benefits of using HPE VM Essentials include:

  • Experience simplified virtualisation – Provision and manage both KVM and VMware-based virtual machines from a single interface.
  • Simplify management – Connect existing VMware clusters for VM-vending into ESXi and HPE VME hypervisor, all from one interface.
  • Flexible consumption model – HPE VM Essentials is available as standalone software or integrated into HPE private cloud.

The Bottomline IT advantage

Bottomline IT is a leading South African ICT service and solution provider.

It provides tailor-made services to ensure your business remains successful throughout its day-to-day operations.

The highly-qualified Bottomline IT team enhances the value of HPE VM Essentials through expert consultation, implementation, and support. 

As a long-standing HPE partner, Bottomline has the technical expertise to design customised migration paths for businesses looking to modernise without disrupting operations.

For businesses in sectors such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing – where compliance and uptime are non-negotiable – this flexibility is crucial.

Make the switch

As virtualization continues to be the backbone of digital transformation, HPE VM Essentials offers a modern, future-ready alternative that empowers businesses to scale with confidence. 

Backed by Bottomline IT’s local expertise and support, it is an offering designed not only for today’s needs, but tomorrow’s growth.

Click here to learn more about HPE VM Essentials from Bottomline IT.

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