In case you haven't heard, GenAI is old news. Now, it's all about agentic AI. At least, that certainly seems to be the theme based on the latest announcements from the major tech industry vendors. All of them are focused on driving the story of more autonomous actions enabled by AI.
That said, there's still a tremendous amount of activity and advancement happening in the "traditional" era of generative AI – particularly around integrating the technology into businesses and their internal IT operations.
To its credit, HPE was among the first to actively discuss and demonstrate the potential for running GenAI-powered applications within the confines of a corporate data center or private cloud. At last year's Discover event, the company unveiled Private Cloud AI, offering organizations the ability to build solutions on their own GPU-equipped servers.
At this year's show, HPE showed real-world progress in those applications, and took the next step toward enabling AI-powered agents as part of those solutions. Built on a framework the company calls GreenLake Intelligence, HPE introduced a suite of multi-part agents that can automate a wide range of IT operations, including storage, networking, configuration, observability, and more.
In fact, the company delivered one of the most compelling and comprehensive stories around agent-based IT development I've seen from any vendor. HPE emphasized that these systems are still designed to keep humans in the loop, a key consideration given how impactful autonomous agents could become.
Building on the company's long-established GreenLake private cloud platform, GreenLake Intelligence leverages both LLMs and traditional machine learning models trained specifically to address IT-related issues using decades of data HPE has accumulated.
A new chatbot-style GreenLake Copilot interface sits on top of these models, allowing IT professionals to ask questions, troubleshoot issues, and explore solutions in plain English. From FinOps and workload optimization to sustainability metrics and network troubleshooting, the goal is to simplify the complexity IT teams face every day.
All GreenLake Intelligence offerings begin with the concept of a multi-agent orchestrator, which manages a variety of more task- or content-specific sub-agents capable of identifying issues or walking through processes. These tools can provide step-by-step guidance on resolving issues, performing tasks, or even do them on their own in an autonomous fashion (again, with human confirmation if desired).
A strong example is HPE's Aruba Central network management application, which uses its own version of the GreenLake Copilot interface. It can quickly detect and help resolve complex problems using AI and ML model data accessed through what HPE calls an agentic mesh. Like other GreenLake Intelligence services, it can also generate visual dashboards from incoming log data, making it easier to spot potential issues in real time.
Another key part of HPE's updated portfolio is its new CloudOps software suite, which combines an enhanced version of the OpsRamp observability platform, Morpheus virtualization and cloud management tools, and Zerto data management and security software.
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