Dell APEX portfolio developments assist prospects strengthen multicloud methods

Dell Applied sciences has unveiled new Dell APEX choices throughout cloud platforms, public cloud storage software program, consumer gadgets and compute.

These additions to its as-a-Service and multicloud portfolio spanning information centre to public cloud and consumer gadgets may assist companies function and innovate sooner by way of improved administration and mobility of their functions and information wherever they reside.

“Our prospects proceed to search for an easier expertise expertise to simply handle and entry their property and functions with predictable prices and larger flexibility,” stated Chuck Whitten, co-chief working officer, Dell Applied sciences (pictured). “That’s the place Dell APEX is available in. Now, Dell APEX spans the breadth of our portfolio to present prospects larger freedom for expertise to help companies as their wants dictate – from PCs and IT on-premises to public clouds and edge areas.”

Dell APEX Cloud Platforms ship constant multicloud operations

Dell APEX Cloud Platforms are a portfolio of totally built-in, turnkey methods integrating Dell infrastructure, software program and cloud working stacks that ship constant multicloud operations by extending cloud working fashions to on-premises and edge environments. Workloads will be positioned within the optimum location based mostly on desired efficiency, value and safety necessities with information mobility throughout a typical multicloud storage layer. Clients will be capable to transfer information seamlessly between on-premises environments and Dell APEX Block Storage for Public Cloud deployments. Every system is designed to speed up IT and developer productiveness utilizing acquainted administration instruments and software-driven automated deployment and lifecycle administration.

The cloud platforms are developed in collaboration with Microsoft, Pink Hat and VMware:

  • Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azureenhances the Azure hybrid expertise with full stack software program integration and automatic lifecycle administration by way of Microsoft native administration instruments and in depth engineering collaboration between Dell and Microsoft. The platform is right for utility modernisation and delivers sooner time to worth of Azure based mostly on Azure Arc-enabled infrastructure with constant operations and governance throughout on-premises information centres, edge areas, and the Azure public cloud utilizing Azure Arc.
  • Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShiftsimplifies container-based utility growth and administration, wherever functions are developed and deployed, by way of full stack software program integration and automation with the {industry}’s main hybrid cloud utility platform powered by Kubernetes. Clients can run containers and digital machines aspect by aspect, natively inside Kubernetes, with a unified expertise for all kinds of workloads, together with AI/ML and analytics, with broad GPU help throughout any hybrid cloud footprint. This providing represents a deep engineering collaboration between Dell and Pink Hat, utilizing enterprise Kubernetes and backed by the world’s main enterprise Linux platform, Pink Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • Dell APEX Cloud Platform for VMwareprovides prospects the pliability to deploy vSphere on a completely built-in system with extremely scalable, excessive efficiency Dell software-defined storage. This new providing joins Dell APEX Personal Cloud and Dell APEX Hybrid Cloud inside the broader Dell APEX portfolio to supply extra alternative for VMware prospects on their multicloud journey.

“For greater than a century, Xerox has frequently redefined the office expertise,” stated Tino Lancellotti, chief data officer, Xerox. “Dell APEX has helped us optimise our multicloud technique in order that we will ship software program and companies that meet the wants of the trendy workforce.”

Dell APEX Storage for Public Cloud enriches the general public cloud expertise

Delivering on the promise of Project Alpine, Dell brings the efficiency and superior software program capabilities of its industry-leading enterprise information storage to public clouds whereas delivering operational simplicity with a unified method to Dell cloud storage and Kubernetes administration.

Dell APEX Block Storage for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Dell APEX Block Storage for Microsoft Azureand Dell APEX File Storage for AWSmix Dell’s enterprise-class storage efficiency, scalability and cyber-resilience with public cloud economics and companies, resembling analytics and synthetic intelligence (AI). Organisations can fine-tune their cloud methods based mostly on enterprise want, and maximise current skillsets by way of superior information mobility and administration consistency between Dell on-premises storage and public clouds. This method avoids the necessity to refactor functions and retrain employees.

Dell APEX Block Storage can quickly develop efficiency and capability for mission essential workloads by way of a novel scale out structure. Elevated resiliency is achieved by distributing information effectively throughout multi-availability zones. Dell APEX File Storage delivers enterprise class file efficiency and capabilities within the public cloud. Clients can help a broad number of performance-intensive workloads together with AI, machine studying, media and leisure and life sciences. 

These presents be part of Dell APEX Protection Storage for Public Cloudas a part of Dell’s portfolio of software-defined storage for public clouds. Dell APEX Safety Storage delivers industry-leading information safety storage for AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud with greater than 17 exabytes of information protected by Dell software program in public clouds so far.

Dell APEX Console enhancements embrace new administration, deployment, information mobility and discovery software-as-a-service (SaaS) choices that make it simpler for operations groups to keep up multicloud storage and Kubernetes clusters.

  • Dell APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage is SaaS that centralises, simplifies and secures administration of Dell APEX Block and File Storage with simple configuration, automated deployment, storage monitoring and information mobility between on-premises and public cloud environments. This enables organisations to handle their multicloud property constantly and securely at scale, optimising workload placement to match their enterprise wants.
  • Dell APEX Navigator for Kubernetes is SaaS that simplifies Kubernetes storage administration, bringing superior information companies resembling information replication, utility mobility and observability, to containers with simply deployed and managed Dell Container Storage Modules.

“Organisations need to streamline their IT environments in order that information and functions can reside in the appropriate place to ship probably the most worth for his or her companies,” stated Matthew Eastwood, senior vice chairman, IDC. “Dell Applied sciences has delivered a big growth of its Dell APEX portfolio that creates commonality between public cloud and on-premises environments to simplify workload placement.”  

Dell APEX brings the cloud expertise to PCs and servers

Dell expands the Dell APEX portfolio to assist customers simply deal with day-to-day IT operations, velocity infrastructure deployment, management prices and handle system takeback securely and sustainably by way of an as-a-Service expertise.

  • Dell APEX Computedelivers scalable, safe naked metallic compute assets in an information centre, edge setting or in a colocation facility. Clients can help virtualised or container-based environments by putting in the hypervisor or working system of their alternative. Organisations will be capable to meet their workload and IT operations wants with scalable and safe compute assets obtainable by way of a predictable, month-to-month subscription.  
  • Dell APEX PC-as-a-Service (PCaaS) helps corporations simplify IT and deploy the newest consumer expertise with predictable prices whereas releasing up capital to put money into fashionable worker experiences. Organisations can customise choices throughout your entire PC portfolio—inclusive of gadgets, software program and companies – with versatile one- to five-year phrases and scaling up or down as wanted. Early prospects utilizing Dell APEX PCaaS have reported 50% much less assist desk effort, 30% financial savings in help prices and 50% much less time spent onboarding worker gadgets.

Dell expands information administration ecosystem for less complicated entry to information perception with Databricks’ Lakehouse Platform 

To supply prospects larger freedom to extract insights from information wherever it resides, Dell and Databricks, the information and AI firm, announce a brand new, multifaceted relationship to attach on-premises information in Dell’s industry-leading enterprise storage platformsand the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.

Dell prospects can join Databricks within the public cloud with Dell object storage, on-premises or in a co-location facility, to analyse information in-place, retailer outcomes and securely share it with third events utilizing Databricks’ Delta Sharing capabilities. Dell and Databricks are collaborating to collectively engineer extra integrations that may ship a seamless expertise for Dell object storage inside the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.

“Microsoft and Dell are simplifying hybrid cloud administration with an built-in resolution that provides prospects constant operations throughout the Azure public cloud and their on-premises and edge environments,” stated Bernardo Caldas, company VP, Azure Edge PM, Microsoft. “Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure supplies native integration of Dell’s differentiated infrastructure platforms and administration software program with Azure Arc, and Arc-enabled companies like Azure Stack HCI and AKS for a unified expertise from cloud to edge.”

“As organisations proceed to evolve and scale their cloud methods, prospects are on the lookout for a constant consumer expertise throughout hybrid infrastructure to speed up cloud-native utility growth and sooner time to worth,” stated Stefanie Chiras, senior VP, Associate Ecosystem Success, Pink Hat. “Pink Hat OpenShift supplies that frequent basis, and thru our continued work with Dell Applied sciences, prospects can profit from a completely built-in Pink Hat OpenShift expertise on Dell’s on-premises infrastructure to increase capabilities wherever they deploy functions throughout the hybrid cloud.”    

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