VMworld: Dell Expands Portfolio of VMware Solutions From Edge to Core to Cloud

Dell International L.L.C. is announcing additional capabilities to its portfolio of VMware, Inc.‘ solutions, spanning from the edge to the core to the cloud.

These solutions and enhanced integrations are designed to help customers achieve IT transformation goals with a unified, experience across PC and mobile devices, software-defined data centers, hyperconverged infrastructures and multi-cloud platforms.

According to ESG’s 2018 IT Transformation Maturity Study commissioned by the company and Intel Corp., 88% of IT leaders said their companies are under pressure to deliver products and services faster. This requires having a more agile approach to IT. At many companies, the time it takes for a product or service to go from concept to availability depends on where a company is on its IT transformation journey A more responsive IT department allows the business to respond more quickly to evolving external customer demands.^[i]

“From the moment an employee first boots up their device, they’re generating information that can – and should – be used across the enterprise to make smarter, data-driven decisions. When technology infrastructure exists in siloes, businesses can’t outpace competitors, can’t grow and can’t scale,” said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman, products and operations, Dell Technologies. “Working together across the entire spectrum of IT infrastructure, Dell and VMware empower customers to clear unnecessary administrative tasks off IT to-do lists while making users happier and more productive.“

Benefits of enhancements to company’s portfolio of VMware-based solutions include:

At Edge:
- A ready-to-work experience enabling employees to boot up, log in, and be productive in minutes. Preconfigured apps and settings reduce time and resources associated with manual device imaging, repackaging and shipment. The Dell Provisioning for VMware Workspace ONE service enables automatic device setup and extends the efficiencies of cloud management to configuration and deployment.
- Simplified PC lifecycle management with expanded Dell PC-as-a-Service offerings for more customers and regions, including PCaaS for Business (20 to 300 units) and PCaaS for Enterprise (more than 300 units). The company offers the latest PCs, deployment options – including Dell Provisioning for VMware Workspace ONE, software, peripherals, lifecycle services and financing – at a single, predictable price per seat per month.
- Scalability and stability with a consistent foundation from edge to distributed core to cloud with the firm’s IoT solution for Surveillance, which automates scaling enterprises on day one with customer data, speeding up ROI.

VxRail appliance

To core:
- Increase workload capacity, performance, scalability and control with the VxRail G560, which delivers density in a 2U form factor. The VxRail G560 outperforms the previous Dell EMC VxRail G Series with 1.75x more cores; 2x increase in processing power; 4x more memory; and 3x capacity increase improvement in the boot device.
- Save time and lower operational expenses with synchronized VxRail appliance and VMware vSAN update releases, so customers get the latest technology features as quickly as possible to rapidly address changing business needs.
- Continuous innovation and reduction of risk with VxRack SDDC engineered withVxRail E, P, V and now S Series models, all based on 14th generation PowerEdge servers.
- Faster time to production with the Dell EMC Networking Fabric Design Center, including VxRail. The Fabric Design Center, an online tool, helps ensure an efficient and effective networking design for deployment success.
- Investment protection with Future-Proof Loyalty Program protects customers’ core, edge and cloud investments, now including first-time HCI solution support with VxRail, for a set of advanced technology capabilities and programs that enable the company’s solutions to offer value for the entire lifetime of customers’ applications.
- Software-defined storage environment flexibility is further extended with Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes support on the PowerEdge MX, which provides a flexible platform for vSAN Ready Nodes as HCI building blocks. The PowerEdge MX can hold up to eight vSAN Ready Nodes and help create a foundation for a self-sustained VMware Cloud Foundation cluster. It offers right-sized compute, storage and top-of-rack switching all in one high-density package, with the infrastructure managed through a single interface. The PowerEdge MX also supports SATA, SAS and NVMe storage devices, offering the cost benefits of storage tiering with VMware vSAN.

To cloud:
- Enhancements to Dell’s cloud-enabled infrastructure solutions and services portfolio are designed to help customers maximize the value of their IT ecosystem and multi-cloud environments.

Availability:

Dell PC-as-a-Service for Business and PC-as-a-Service for Enterprise are available.
VxRail G560 is available through the company and its partners.
Provisioning for VMware Workspace ONE will be available on September 12.
Networking Fabric Design Center is available through the firm and its partners and features Dell EMC VxRail.
vSAN Ready Node for PowerEdge MX will be available on September 12, 2018.
Synchronous releases between VxRail and VMware will be available starting in 4Q018.