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Explainers

Modern Enterprise Infrastructure.

A collection of expert explainers and practical insights
from HPE, exploring the technologies shaping modern IT
infrastructure, from compute and networking to hybrid cloud,
AI-ready platforms and real-world implementation.

In This Hub COMPUTE · HYBRID CLOUD · NETWORKING · VIDEO HANDS-ON LABS

01

Compute

The systems, servers and storage foundations
modern enterprise workloads depend on.

AI-Ready Servers

Why legacy server estates can hold back
AI workloads before projects ever reach scale.

Covers
  • GPU data bottlenecks
  • AI-era security requirements
  • Operational visibility across the estate

Why Your Legacy Storage
Is Choking Your GPU

Why a starved GPU usually isn't a chip problem
— it's storage that can't feed data fast enough.

Covers
  • Storage as an active throughput engine
  • Unified access to cut the copy-and-stage tax
  • All-NVMe and GPUDirect paths

02

Hybrid Cloud

The operating models and platforms that help organisations run infrastructure consistently across on-prem, cloud and edge environments.

Why AI Is Breaking Enterprise Virtualization

Why traditional VM stacks and operating models are struggling to support production AI.

Covers
  • Bare-metal-like performance demands
  • Unified control planes and portability
  • Policy, automation, and phased migration

Edge AI

Why running inference close to the data changes what the hardware has to survive and secure.

Covers
  • Lower latency, cost, and compliance at distributed sites
  • Hardware-rooted security for an expanded attack surface
  • Centralised management of distributed fleets

03

Networking

The connectivity, fabric and automation
layer supporting modern enterprise environments.

Self-Driving Networks

How AI-driven networking promises to detect, decide, and act with far less human intervention.

Covers
  • Predictive over reactive operations
  • Closed-loop automation
  • Experience, resilience, and security

How AI Is Changing
Datacenter Network Fabrics

Why AI training traffic breaks traditional hierarchical networks and forces a flatter fabric.

Covers
  • East-west GPU traffic and non-blocking Clos fabrics
  • Ethernet scaling to 800G and beyond
  • Intent-based automation across the fabric lifecycle
04

Video Hands-on Labs

Practical video-led examples showing how modern infrastructure
concepts work in real-world implementation scenarios.

Featured Video

A Day in the Life of
a Self-Driving Network

What autonomous networking looks like in practice — from real-time decisions to continuous optimisation.

Covers
  • How AI-driven networks detect and resolve issues without manual intervention
  • The shift from reactive troubleshooting to predictive, closed-loop operations
  • Real-world scenarios showing how automation improves performance, resilience, and user experience
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