HP Strengthens Database Portfolio With Stratavia Buy

Despite the company being locked in a bidding war with Dell for cloud storage specialist 3Par, HP has announced that it has acquired application and database automation specialist Stratavia.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, HP said the acquisition will strengthen its Software and Solutions portfolio by adding deployment, configuration and management tools for enterprise middleware, databases and packaged applications. In particular, the deal will enhance HP Cloud Service Automation by simplifying and automating deployment in cloud environments.

Database Deal

With applications and IT environments becoming more complex, organisations need to be able to automate changes ranging from large-scale application updates to one-line configuration changes with consistency and control, said Bill Veghte, executive vice president of Software and Solutions at HP.

“Stratavia’s database and application automation solutions, combined with HP’s leading Business Service Automation portfolio, give organisations a one-stop shop for infrastructure and application deployment management,” he said in a statement.

Founded in 2001, Stratavia is headquartered in Denver. Its flagship product is the Data Palette Platform, which is aimed at addressing the automation needs of the database and application stack.

Deployment Automation

“For eight years, Stratavia has been focused on developing application deployment automation solutions supporting tasks including provisioning, code deployment, configuration management, compliance, patching, as well as common user requests including migrations, refresh and back-ups,” said Thor Culverhouse, chief executive officer at Stratavia, in a statement.

“Combining Stratavia’s offerings with HP Server Automation will give clients a way to simplify and automate application deployment operations, minimising downtime and mistakes.”