HPE VP Kristian Kerr On ‘Unprecedented’ VMware Price Increases, Public Cloud Repatriation, New HPE Unified Private Cloud Platform

HPE VP Kristian Kerr On ‘Unprecedented’ VMware Price Increases, Public Cloud Repatriation, New HPE Unified Private Cloud Platform

‘Customers are facing unprecedented rises in VMware [pricing], virtualization and memory,’ said Kerr in an interview with CRN. ‘So our positioning is very much to create budget in that environment by leading with HPE technologies.’


New HPE Vice President of Worldwide Hybrid Cloud Channel and Partner Ecosystem Kristian Kerr said the company’s new “fourth- generation” unified private cloud platform is opening the door for partners to provide compelling hybrid cloud “infrastructure economics” for customers.

“Customers are facing unprecedented rises in VMware [pricing], virtualization and memory,” said Kerr in an interview with CRN. “So our positioning is very much to create budget in that environment by leading with HPE technologies.”

To that point, Kerr said HPE has been “very successful” working hand…