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News summary
- Dell VxRail boosts application and networking performance with
industry-first jointly engineered HCI solution support for Data
Processing Units (DPUs) while new models expand VMware edge
capabilities with smallest-ever systems
- Dell APEX adds managed VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid services to
help improve developer productivity, and new compute-only options
support more workloads and offer greater efficiency when scaling
infrastructure at the edge
- Dell Validated Designs for AI adds AutoML, helping make it
easier and faster for organizations to create and deploy AI-powered
applications with automated machine learning
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Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) is introducing new infrastructure
solutions, co-engineered with VMware, that deliver greater
automation and performance for organizations embracing multicloud
and edge strategies.
"Customers tell us they want help simplifying their multicloud
and edge strategies as they look to drive more efficiency and
performance from their IT," said Jeff
Boudreau, president, Dell Technologies Infrastructure
Solutions Group. "Dell Technologies and VMware have numerous
joint engineering initiatives spanning core IT areas such as
multicloud, edge and security to help our customers more easily
manage and gain value from their data."
Business data and applications continue to grow in multicloud
environments comprised of edge locations, public clouds and
on-premises IT. Many organizations have already adopted a
multicloud approach, and the number of applications running at the
edge will grow 800% by 2024.1
"IDC's global research shows many organizations are struggling
to balance the rapidly rising complexity and cost of data center,
edge and cloud operations with relentless business demand for
better data integration, security and application performance,"
notes Mary Johnston Turner, IDC
research vice president, future of digital infrastructure agenda.
"These organizations recognize the need for a consistent operating
model tightly integrated with infrastructure platforms that support
sophisticated, large scale data-driven workloads."
Dell VxRail delivers greater
performance and smallest-ever systems at the edge
Dell is introducing several new VxRail systems and software
advancements that improve performance on-premises and at the edge
including the industry's only jointly engineered HCI-based DPU
solution with VMware.2
- Improved system performance: A result of co-engineering
with VMware and its Project Monterey initiative, VxRail systems
support new VMware vSphere 8 software that has been rearchitected
to run on DPUs. Customers can improve application and networking
infrastructure performance and improve TCO by moving these services
from a system's CPU to its new on-board DPU.
- Support demanding workloads: Select VxRail
systems now support VMware's new vSAN Enterprise Storage
Architecture (ESA). With up to 4x vSAN performance
improvement3, customers can better support demanding
mission-critical applications.
- Smallest edge systems: VxRail rugged modular nodes
deliver high performance and scalability in the system's smallest
form factor to date.4 Modular nodes are ideal for edge
use cases including healthcare, energy and utilities and digital
cities because of VxRail's industry-first, on-board hardware
witness5, which will allow for deployment in high
latency, low bandwidth locations.
"The increasing demand for software-defined infrastructure
services for networking, storage and security places more demands
on already-strained CPUs. As more distributed, resource intensive
applications are onboarded, there is a need to reimagine data
center architecture to fully support the requirements of these
applications," said Krish Prasad,
senior vice president & general manager, Cloud Platform
Business, VMware. "Dell VxRail with VMware vSphere 8 will deliver a
foundation for next generation data center architecture by running
infrastructure services on the DPU. This will enable greater
network and application performance and a new level of
sophistication in adopting Zero Trust security strategies to
protect modern enterprise workloads."
Dell APEX expands multicloud and
edge support for VMware environments
Dell is adding several offers to its APEX portfolio for VMware
workloads that help speed development of cloud-native apps and
better allocate compute and storage resources for applications at
the edge.
APEX Cloud Services with VMware Cloud adds managed VMware Tanzu
Kubernetes Grid services, which allows IT teams to help developers
move faster by using a container-based approach to application
development. With Dell-managed Tanzu services, customers
can provision Kubernetes clusters through the vSphere user
interface. Organizations also will be able to help speed
development efforts by building, testing and running cloud-native
applications alongside traditional applications on the same
platform.
APEX Private Cloud and APEX Hybrid Cloud offer new compute-only
options that allow customers to support more workloads and increase
IT infrastructure efficiency by independently scaling compute and
storage resources. Organizations can start small and scale their
infrastructure as their IT needs change. Customers can use Dell's
industry-leading enterprise storage data services by connecting
compute-only instances to Dell storage such as APEX Data Storage
Services.
"APEX Hybrid Cloud lets us manage our multicloud environment
seamlessly and gain better insights into our VMware workloads. It's
allowed us to reduce the cost of supporting applications and
workloads by 20%," said Ben Doyle,
chief information officer, ATN International. "We stood up the Dell
APEX solution quickly, and we easily moved 70% of our
infrastructure to it in under three months. We look forward to
working with Dell Technologies to expand our cloud footprint moving
forward."
Dell Validated Designs for AI –
AutoML uses AI to democratize data science
Dell Validated Designs for AI – Automatic Machine Learning
(AutoML) uses automated machine learning models to help data
scientists of all skill levels develop AI-powered applications.
The solution includes tested and proven configurations of Dell
VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure with H2O.ai, NVIDIA and VMware
software to help customers speed time to insight from data with
automation that delivers up to 18x faster AI
models.6
Organizations report 20%7 faster time to value with
Dell Validated Designs for AI, helping data scientists of all skill
levels develop AI-powered applications faster. VMware Tanzu in Dell
Validated Designs for AI helps provide greater container security
and allows customers to run AI at the edge using VMware Tanzu
services.
Availability
- New Dell VxRail solutions will be globally available beginning
in the second half of 2022.
- Managed VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid for APEX Cloud Services
with VMware Cloud are available now in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia and New
Zealand with additional global availability
forthcoming.
- APEX Private Cloud and APEX Hybrid Cloud updates are available
in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany in September with additional global
availability forthcoming.
- Dell Validated Designs for AI – Automatic Machine Learning
(AutoML) is globally available now.
Additional resources
- Blog: Realize Your Multicloud Reality with Dell and VMware
Innovations
- Blog: Multicloud on Your Terms with VxRail
- Blog: Get a Simple as-a-Service Experience with Dell APEX
- Blog: How Citizen Data Scientists Enable Greater
Innovation
- Connect with Dell via Twitter and LinkedIn
About Dell Technologies
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- Based on research by Vanson
Bourne commissioned by Dell Technologies, "Global Data
Protection Index 2021 Snapshot," carried out February – April,
2021.
- Based on internal analysis of publicly available information,
June 29, 2022.
- Based on internal investigation by VMware. Actual results will
vary.
- Based on Dell internal analysis, August
2022.
- Based on Dell analysis, August
2022. Expected availability January
2023.
- Total Economic Impact™ Study Commissioned By Dell and Intel,
April 2020. Actual results may
vary.
- Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study of Dell Validated
Designs for AI, commissioned by Dell Technologies and AMD,
August 2022. Actual results may vary.
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