Dell Expands Cloud With VMware vCloud Datacenter Services

Dell Inc. is expanding availability of its Dell Cloud with VMware vCloud Datacenter Services into Canada and Europe and offering an introductory trial offer.

The offer allows organisations of all sizes and industries to experience Dell’s hybrid and public cloud offerings, including security, support and deployment from Dell Services.

It addresses security concerns by offering security services, including active monitoring from SecureWorks, data encryption services from Trend Micro, Inc. and multiple layers of virtual and physical security in Dell data centres. All of these are now included in the current trial offer.

With the Dell Cloud, pooling of servers, networks and storage can increase agility, helping to reduce the time and budget needed to stand up and maintain traditional physical environments. On-demand capacity allows customers to respond to new business opportunities, seasonal or cyclical trends and other fluctuations that affect the need for capacity.

The introductory offer is available in US and Canada through 31 July 2012 for $999. When the trial is over, customers can continue to use VMware vCloud offerings that provide single or multi-tenant environments and either compute-by-the-hour or compute-by-the-month rates of consumption.