Dell Technologies has announced new cloud, and IT services developed in collaboration with VMware to accelerate how companies consume, manage, and act on critical data.
“Organizations are increasingly relying on multiple clouds and other emerging technologies to remain competitive in today’s demanding business climate, with more than 90% of enterprises expected to rely on a mix of private clouds, various public clouds, and existing infrastructure within the next year,” said Jeff Boudreau, president, and general manager of Dell Technologies Infrastructure Solutions Group.
Also said, “Today’s announcement reinforces the value Dell and VMware offer together and further demonstrates our commitment to delivering technologies that simplify how organizations can use technology to capitalize on a data-driven, always-on economy regardless of where applications and data reside.”
The combination of Dell Technologies APEX Cloud Services with VMware Cloud ensures secure and consistent operations across many cloud environments. Organizations can now migrate workloads across various cloud environments and scale resources fast with predictable pricing and transparent costs thanks to the new Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering. The dell-managed product enables enterprises in meeting local regulatory standards and helps prevent them from harmful assaults with built-in cyber resiliency to help them safeguard their data and avert any dangers to their business. Built on infrastructure that provides 99.9999 percent availability1, the initial deployment can be completed in as little as 14 days.
Organizations can subscribe to, monitor, and optimise the service using the APEX Console. Dell has prepared cloud instances for many popular workloads, making it easier for customers to get started. Organizations can use VMware Cloud to install APEX Cloud Services in their datacenter, at an edge site, or in a co-location facility with Equinix.
“APEX Cloud Services with VMware Cloud is a compelling offering that will make it easier for organizations to quickly deploy application ready infrastructure,” said Steven Kouvo, Core Technology Service Group for Boston Scientific.
Customers can utilise the solution in conjunction with VMware Tanzu to design, test, and execute cloud-native applications alongside traditional applications. Customers can use VMware HCX, which is included in the service, to move workloads across multiple clouds, eliminating the need to re-architect applications for different cloud environments.
“As customers digitize their businesses with both enterprise and modern apps, they expect their infrastructure to deliver cloud-like simplicity regardless of where it runs,” said Mark Lohmeyer, senior vice president and general manager, Cloud Infrastructure Business Group, VMware.
Further said, “Dell Technologies APEX Cloud Services with VMware Cloud helps customers achieve cloud simplicity and enterprise-class security and operations. The service brings the power of co-engineering between Dell Technologies and VMware to help customers adopt more agile and flexible cloud infrastructure to drive better business outcomes.”
Dell EMC ObjectScale software enables businesses to host next-generation Amazon S3-compatible object storage alongside virtual machines, lowering development costs and accelerating application innovation. With Tanzu and the vSAN Data Persistence Platform, Dell Technologies and VMware offer Kubernetes-native, software-defined object storage to VMware vSphere. ObjectScale helps IT manage and scale with ease using existing VMware tools by giving developers self-service storage in a private cloud operating model.
ObjectScale further broadens the scope of Dell EMC VxRail to support modern workloads that require S3, such as AI, analytics, and cloud-native apps. When used in conjunction with VxRail, the ObjectScale software enables IT professionals to use their existing skills in conjunction with VMware tools to support the cloud-native storage that modern apps demand. Customers benefit from a solution set developed collaboratively by VMware, VxRail, and ObjectScale to accelerate digital transformation.
“As an ObjectScale Early Access program participant, we are confident our customers will value the ability to deploy rich, S3-compatible, software-defined object storage wherever they need it, directly from the VMware vCenter interface,” said Carl D’Halluin, chief technology officer at Datadobi.
Also said, “Our solutions DobiMigrate and DobiProtect enhance ObjectScale with powerful migration and protection capabilities to simplify, automate, and protect customer’s most important asset – their data.”
Validated Design for AI from Dell Technologies brings the next generation of AI-powered applications, such as modelling, to virtualized settings, allowing IT professionals to take a consistent approach to AI. This industry-first offering from Dell, VMware, and NVIDIA delivers an AI-ready enterprise platform using the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software suite operating on NVIDIA-Certified Systems. The Dell Technologies Validated Design for AI enables enterprises to apply AI to data fast and efficiently, reducing configuration and integration time by up to 20% 2. On Dell EMC VxRail, PowerScale, and PowerSwitch, the proven design is accessible.
“Making AI accessible to enterprises requires an optimized, full-stack solution that integrates seamlessly with the infrastructure and ecosystems IT teams use every day,” said Manuvir Das, head of Enterprise Computing at NVIDIA. “Dell Technologies Validated Design for AI brings together the leading technologies of NVIDIA, VMware and Dell. It enables enterprises to run demanding AI workloads across hybrid clouds, using familiar VMware management and automation tools.”
Dell EMC SmartFabric Storage Software was announced earlier this year, and the new products build on it. SmartFabric Storage Software will enable enterprises to convert to high-performance, low-latency, and cost-effective IP-based storage area networks, accelerating the transition to next-generation IT infrastructure.
