Dell said it has expanded its enterprise technology portfolio with launch of new flexible and modular virtualization and data centre consulting services to help organisations become more efficient through innovative use of technology.
The introduction of the business-ready virtualization configurations, new Dell PowerEdge servers and EqualLogic PS4000 storage array will further simplify the planning, deployment and management of virtualized and physical IT environments, said a company statement.
The expanded lineup attacks cost and complexity for two key areas of enterprise computing – virtualization and high-performance computing (HPC) – while providing differentiated solutions for small-and-medium sized businesses.
“IT departments across various enterprises and organisations today are regularly facing the issue of how they can both effectively, and yet cost efficiently, manage their departments, a particular concern in today’s economic climate," pointed out Mohamed Halawa, enterprise marketing manager, Dell.
"From virtualization to high performance computing clusters, customers are increasingly looking for products that are reliable, powerful, energy efficient and standards-based."
"Dell delivers on the needs of enterprises providing an affordable portfolio of server, storage and virtualization products and services that help put them on the fast track to efficiency," he noted.
"Virtualization is at the heart of data centre efficiency. Dell is delivering enhanced virtualization solutions and services to reduce planning time for a faster path to efficient infrastructures, accelerate virtualization adoption and simplify management of virtual environments," Halawa added.
"Dell’s technology accelerated Dell ProConsulting offerings use electronic discovery, Web based surveys, best practices, comparative data and reference architectures for shorter, more impactful engagements."
"To help holistically optimise data centres, Dell is introducing a variety of consulting options aimed at reducing the cost to plan, manage and run them."
Dell helps eliminate the complexity from managing virtual infrastructure by providing tailored management solution that best fit individual business needs, the company said in the statement.
With new Dell products and services, small-and-medium businesses can more efficiently deploy and manage technology with limited IT resources.
"Investing for long-term IT efficiency is fundamental for any business, but the energy savings and flexibility we get with Dell’s virtualization solutions have made substantial, immediate business impacts for New York-based retail software business and our Boston data center," explained Tim Maliyil, president and CEO, Data Guard Systems.
"Our data center consolidation savings with Dell solutions gave us an immediate 50 percent decrease in energy expenses - $20,000 average savings each month."
"Yet when we need to scale our capability with seasonal demand, we simply copy the virtual environment onto new virtual machines and have extra capacity on Dell PowerEdge servers ready in minutes instead of hours. That kind of savings and business flexibility makes all the difference for me and my business," he added.
Larry Orecklin, general manager, System Center at Microsoft, said, "More than ever, customers are looking to make the most of their server hardware investments and we’re proud to partner with Dell to deliver the solutions and capabilities customers have come to expect from Microsoft."
"As a longtime partner, Dell continues to deliver innovative solutions which, combined with the VMware platform, enable customers of all sizes to maximise their IT investments through flexible, reliable and efficient virtualized infrastructure," Raghu Raghuram, vice president and general manager, Server Business Unit, VMware.
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