{"id":435275,"date":"2020-09-22T11:24:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T09:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=435275"},"modified":"2020-09-22T13:02:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:02:04","slug":"lockdown-in-the-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/435275\/lockdown-in-the-digital-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown in the digital age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The national lockdown has taught businesses a lot about working remotely.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone can work from home, but the ICT sector has mostly been able to make this adjustment.<\/p>\n<p>This is thanks to high-quality business IT products such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise\u2019s (HPE\u2019s) Hybrid IT solution.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinnacle.co.za\/hewlett-packard-enterprise?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Sponsored_Content&amp;utm_content=22_September_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here to learn more about HPE solutions from Pinnacle<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Hybrid IT from HPE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Pinnacle builds HPE solutions such as Hybrid IT for organisations that want to access HPE\u2019s extensive range of enterprise products.<\/p>\n<p>Hybrid IT is important because while many businesses are increasing their use of the cloud, legacy and physical data centres continue to be prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>This means businesses must implement a solution that takes advantage of existing infrastructure and the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>Hybrid IT achieves this by simplifying server and application deployments across both the cloud and your physical data centres, while providing great security for your applications and data.<\/p>\n<p>It also makes resource management invisible to the end user \u2013 meaning it simplifies your virtual applications and data management.<\/p>\n<p>Other benefits of Hybrid IT from HPE include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5x better application performance than traditional IT.<\/li>\n<li>Less than 1 minute to backup and restore a 1TB virtual machine.<\/li>\n<li>69% cost savings compared to traditional IT, and up to 55% compared to the public cloud.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>SimpliVity<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>HPE\u2019s Hybrid IT is powered by SimpliVity, which is its new generation of hyper-converged infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>SimpliVity has evolved from being software-defined to being AI-driven, meaning it manages, optimises, and heals itself when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>It is also powered by machine learning data from InfoSight, meaning it is constantly learning and discovering the best ways to make your business processes run smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>Benefits of HPE SimpliVity include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fast<\/strong> \u2013 It frees up 81% more time, and 88% of customers see dramatic app performance improvements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Powerful and efficient <\/strong>\u2013 Save 90% capacity across storage and backup combined.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multi-cloud <\/strong>\u2013 Offers support for VMware and Hyper-V private clouds, and allows deployment of apps and management of virtual machines in minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Implementing Hybrid IT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The key to getting the full benefits of Hybrid IT is ensuring that your solution is based upon an effective operations model.<\/p>\n<p>If this is achieved, Hybrid IT solutions offer the best possible flexibility when deploying business solutions and developing new processes.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, it is critical that your HPE Hybrid IT solution is implemented by an organisation that knows what it is doing, and is why trusted HPE partners like Pinnacle are so valuable.<\/p>\n<p>Pinnacle has extensive experience installing HPE solutions that fit the specific needs of each unique business.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if cash flow is an issue, HPE and Pinnacle can help with the right financing solution for your business &#8211; be it transitional, financial services, or even pay-as-you-use with GreenLake.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let your digital world be halted when HPE and Pinnacle has an innovative offering that\u2019s right for your business.<\/p>\n<p>We deliver the exceptional &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinnacle.co.za\/hewlett-packard-enterprise?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Sponsored_Content&amp;utm_content=22_September_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>let Pinnacle help you find the right pieces for your puzzle<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national lockdown has taught businesses a lot about working remotely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":435279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[15123,4060],"class_list":["post-435275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-hpe","tag-pinnacle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435355,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435275\/revisions\/435355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}