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HPE Private Cloud Business Edition

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Deliver cloud simplicity—on infrastructure your customers already trust.

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HPE Private Cloud Business Edition (PCBE)  delivers a true private cloud experience with predictable costs, enterprise-grade performance, and rapid time-to-value—built on workload-optimised infrastructure and without the operational complexity that erodes margins or internal resources.

Whether you’re:

  • an organisation modernising infrastructure and seeking cloud agility on your own workload-optimised hardware,
  • a partner delivering repeatable private cloud solutions, or
  • an integrator designing scalable environments across edge, core, and data centre,

 

PCBE provides a flexible, proven platform that supports how you operate today and how you want to grow tomorrow.

Think of it as cloud simplicity and control—on your terms, with the freedom to choose your operating and commercial model. If you want it more technical (for architects) or more commercial (for slides and sales), I can tune it in one pass.

Why Your Customers Need This Now

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Public Cloud Cost Reality
Has Hit Hard

Customers are realising that “pay as you go” often means pay more than you planned.

  • Unpredictable monthly bills
  • Overprovisioned workloads
  • Difficulty optimising costs without specialist skills

PCBE gives them cloud-like consumption with predictable spend.

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Cloud Repatriation Is No Longer a Trend—It’s a Plan

Organisations are actively pulling workloads back from public cloud to regain:

  • Cost control
  • Performance consistency
  • Architectural simplicity

PCBE enables strategic repatriation without going backwards.

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Data Sovereignty and Compliance Are Non-Negotiable

From healthcare to finance to government-adjacent SMBs, customers need to know:

  • Where their data lives
  • Who controls it
  • How it’s protected

PCBE keeps data on-prem or in local facilities—without sacrificing agility.

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IT Teams Are Leaner Than Ever

Customers want outcomes, not complexity.

  • Faster deployment
  • Simplified operations
  • Fewer tools to manage

PCBE delivers enterprise capability without enterprise overhead.

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Why PCBE Wins Deals

This is your sales ammunition—no propeller hats required.

Cloud Experience Without Cloud Lock-In

Customers get self-service, automation, and scalability—without being trapped in a hyperscaler ecosystem.

Great for:

  • SMBs who want flexibility
  • Enterprises avoiding long-term cloud dependency

Predictable Economics That CFOs Actually Like

Consumption-based pricing, delivered in a controlled private cloud environment.

You can confidently say:

“You’ll get cloud agility—without surprise invoices.”

That alone wins meetings.

Enterprise-Grade, Right-Sized

PCBE scales cleanly:

  • Small footprint for SMBs
  • Multi-cluster environments for enterprises
  • Consistent architecture across segments

Same platform. Different scale. No redesign tax.

Fast Time-to-Value

Turnkey design means:

  • Faster deployments
  • Reduced integration risk
  • Shorter sales-to-revenue cycles

Partners deliver quicker. Customers see value sooner. Everyone looks smart.

Built on HPE’s Proven Stack

This isn’t experimental tech—it’s production-ready by design.

  • Trusted HPE technology across the entire stack: compute, storage, networking, and virtualisation

  • Simplified cloud management built in

  • Backed by a vendor your customers already know and trust

Lower risk. Faster decisions. Easier wins.

Cloud Experience Without Cloud Lock-In

Customers get self-service, automation, and scalability—without being trapped in a hyperscaler ecosystem.

Great for:

  • SMBs who want flexibility
  • Enterprises avoiding long-term cloud dependency

Predictable Economics That CFOs Actually Like

Consumption-based pricing, delivered in a controlled private cloud environment.

You can confidently say:

“You’ll get cloud agility—without surprise invoices.”

That alone wins meetings.

Enterprise-Grade, Right-Sized

PCBE scales cleanly:

  • Small footprint for SMBs
  • Multi-cluster environments for enterprises
  • Consistent architecture across segments

Same platform. Different scale. No redesign tax.

Fast Time-to-Value

Turnkey design means:

  • Faster deployments
  • Reduced integration risk
  • Shorter sales-to-revenue cycles

Partners deliver quicker. Customers see value sooner. Everyone looks smart.

Built on HPE’s Proven Stack

This isn’t experimental tech.

  • Trusted HPE infrastructure
  • Simplified cloud management
  • Backed by a vendor your customers already trust

Low risk sells faster.

Your Revenue Opportunity

PCBE isn’t just a product sale—it’s a platform for recurring growth.

For MSPs

  • Consumption-based infrastructure aligned to managed services
  • Sticky recurring revenue models
  • Reduced operational complexity across multiple customers

You manage outcomes. HPE manages the heavy lifting.

For VARs

  • Strong initial deal value with clear differentiation
  • Easy upsell into services, support, and lifecycle refresh
  • A modern private cloud story that competes with public cloud pitches

Less price pressure. More value-based selling.

For System Integrators

  • Enterprise-scale private cloud projects
  • Integration with existing environments
  • Foundation for hybrid and multi-cloud architectures

Bigger deals. Longer engagement cycles. Higher strategic value.

Beyond the Initial Sale: Land, Then Expand

PCBE naturally opens the door to high-margin follow-on opportunities:

Migration Services

Move workloads from legacy infrastructure or public cloud.

Managed Services

Ongoing operations, monitoring, optimisation, patching.

Backup & Disaster Recovery

Data protection, resilience, and compliance services.

Hybrid Cloud Integration

Connect PCBE with public cloud where it makes sense.

Security Services

Hardening, compliance reporting, and threat protection.

Capacity Expansion

Scale consumption as customer needs grow—without renegotiating architecture.

Lifecycle & Refresh Planning

Continuous engagement instead of one-off transactions.

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Migration Services

Move workloads from legacy infrastructure or public cloud.
Migration Services
2

Managed Services

Ongoing operations, monitoring, optimisation, patching.
Managed Services
3

Backup & Disaster Recovery

Data protection, resilience, and compliance services.
Backup & Disaster Recovery
4

Hybrid Cloud Integration

Connect PCBE with public cloud where it makes sense.
Hybrid Cloud Integration
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Security Services

Hardening, compliance reporting, and threat protection.
Security Services
6

Capacity Expansion

Scale consumption as customer needs grow—without renegotiating architecture.
Capacity Expansion
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Lifecycle & Refresh Planning

Continuous engagement instead of one-off transactions.
Lifecycle & Refresh Planning
Person sitting on a chair in front of a whiteboard covered with notes and diagrams, gesturing with one hand.

PCBE turns infrastructure into a long-term account strategy, not a one-and-done deal.

Public Cloud Cost Reality
Has Hit Hard

Customers are realising that “pay as you go” often means pay more than you planned.

  • Unpredictable monthly bills
  • Overprovisioned workloads
  • Difficulty optimising costs without specialist skills

PCBE gives them cloud-like consumption with predictable spend.

sample-1

Cloud Repatriation Is No Longer a Trend—It’s a Plan

Organisations are actively pulling workloads back from public cloud to regain:

  • Cost control
  • Performance consistency
  • Architectural simplicity

PCBE enables strategic repatriation without going backwards.

sample-1

Data Sovereignty and Compliance Are Non-Negotiable

From healthcare to finance to government-adjacent SMBs, customers need to know:

  • Where their data lives
  • Who controls it
  • How it’s protected

PCBE keeps data on-prem or in local facilities—without sacrificing agility.

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IT Teams Are Leaner Than Ever

Customers want outcomes, not complexity.

  • Faster deployment
  • Simplified operations
  • Fewer tools to manage

PCBE delivers enterprise capability without enterprise overhead.

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Getting Started with PCBE Through Dicker Data

You don’t need to be a private cloud expert on day one. We’ve got you.

1

Identify the Right Customers

Start with customers who:

  • Are unhappy with public cloud costs
  • Need data sovereignty
  • Want modern infrastructure without complexity
2

Engage Dicker Data for Enablement

Access:

  • Sales and technical guidance
  • Use-case positioning by customer size
  • Support aligned to your business model
3

Build Your PCBE Motion

Whether you’re:

  • Packaging managed services
  • Positioning a mid-market solution
  • Architecting an enterprise private cloud

We’ll help you turn PCBE into a repeatable, profitable offer.

Cloud Experience Without Cloud Lock-In

Customers get self-service, automation, and scalability—without being trapped in a hyperscaler ecosystem.

Great for:

  • SMBs who want flexibility
  • Enterprises avoiding long-term cloud dependency

Predictable Economics That CFOs Actually Like

Consumption-based pricing, delivered in a controlled private cloud environment.

You can confidently say:

“You’ll get cloud agility—without surprise invoices.”

That alone wins meetings.

Enterprise-Grade, Right-Sized

PCBE scales cleanly:

  • Small footprint for SMBs
  • Multi-cluster environments for enterprises
  • Consistent architecture across segments

Same platform. Different scale. No redesign tax.

Fast Time-to-Value

Turnkey design means:

  • Faster deployments
  • Reduced integration risk
  • Shorter sales-to-revenue cycles

Partners deliver quicker. Customers see value sooner. Everyone looks smart.

Built on HPE’s Proven Stack

This isn’t experimental tech.

  • Trusted HPE infrastructure
  • Simplified cloud management
  • Backed by a vendor your customers already trust

Low risk sells faster.

The Bottom Line

HPE Private Cloud Business Edition helps your customers regain control—and helps you build sustainable revenue.

You win
Faster sales cycles
Stronger differentiation
Long-term customer relationships
Your customers win
Cloud agility
Predictable costs
Secure, scalable infrastructure

And nobody wins a surprise invoice. Which is always a crowd-pleaser.

Ready to make private cloud your competitive edge?
Start the PCBE conversation with Dicker Data today.
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