Dell Technologies World: Dell Apex Expanded Across On-Premises, Cloud and Edge
Dell expands Dell Apex as-a-service offerings to include cloud platforms, public cloud storage software, client devices and compute.
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Dell Apex Cloud Platforms integrate Dell infrastructure, software, and cloud operating stacks for multicloud operations.
They are designed to extend cloud operating models to on-premise and edge environments. That means workloads can be placed in a location based on performance, cost, and security requirements with data mobility across a common multicloud storage layer. Customers can move data between on-premise environments and Dell Apex Block Storage for Public Cloud deployments.
The cloud platforms are developed in collaboration with Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware.
· Engineering collaboration between Dell and Microsoft is on display with Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure. It offers full stack software integration and automated lifecycle management through Microsoft native management tools. Dell is pitching the platform at application modernisation programs, claiming it delivers faster time to value of Azure-based on Azure Arc-enabled infrastructure.
· Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift looks to simplify container-based application development and management. It offers full stack software integration and automation with a hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes. Customers can run containers and virtual machines side by side, natively within Kubernetes, with a unified experience for a wide variety of workloads, including AI/ML and analytics. It also provides broad GPU support across any hybrid cloud footprint.
· Dell Apex Cloud Platform for VMware gives customers the flexibility to deploy vSphere on a fully integrated system with Dell software-defined storage. The offering joins Dell Apex Private Cloud and Dell Apex Hybrid Cloud within the broader Dell Apex portfolio to offer more choice for VMware customers.
Dell Apex Cloud Platforms will be globally available starting in the second half of 2023.
Project Alpine brings Dell’s block, file and object storage to the public clouds. Delivering on that promise, Dell said it is offering a unified approach to Dell cloud storage and Kubernetes management.
Dell Apex Block Storage for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Dell Apex Block Storage for Microsoft Azure and Dell Apex File Storage for AWS combine Dell’s technology with public cloud economics and services, such as analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). Organizations can benefit from advanced data mobility and management consistency between Dell on-premise storage and public clouds. This approach avoids the need to refactor applications and retrain staff, said the vendor.
Dell Apex Block Storage can expand performance and capacity for mission critical workloads through a scale out architecture. Increased resiliency is achieved by distributing data efficiently across multi-availability zones.
Dell Apex File Storage delivers enterprise class file performance and capabilities in the public cloud. Customers can support a variety of performance-intensive workloads including AI, machine learning, media and entertainment and life sciences.
These offers join Dell Apex Protection Storage for Public Cloud as part of Dell’s portfolio of software-defined storage for public clouds.
Dell Apex Block and File Storage for AWS are globally available now. Dell Apex Block Storage for Microsoft Azure will be globally available in the second half of 2023.
Dell Apex Console enhancements include new management, deployment, data mobility and discovery software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings that make it easier for operations teams to maintain multicloud storage and Kubernetes clusters.
· Dell Apex Navigator for Multicloud Storage is SaaS that centralises, simplifies and secures management of Dell Apex Block and File Storage. It does this with configuration, automated deployment, storage monitoring and data mobility between on-premise and public cloud environments. This allows organizations to manage their multicloud estate at scale, optimising workload placement to match their business needs.
· Dell Apex Navigator for Kubernetes is SaaS that simplifies Kubernetes storage management. It brings advanced data services such as data replication, application mobility and observability, to containers with deployed and managed Dell Container Storage Modules.
Dell Apex Navigator for Multicloud Storage will be available in the United States with planned future geographic expansion during the second half of 2023. Dell Apex Navigator for Kubernetes will be available in the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany during the second half of 2023.
Dell said it is also helping users handle day-to-day IT operations through an as-a-service experience.
· Dell Apex Compute delivers bare metal compute resources in a datacentre, edge environment or in a colocation facility. Customers can support virtualized or container-based environments by installing the hypervisor or operating system of their choice. Organizations will be able to meet their workload and IT operation’s needs “with scalable and secure compute resources available through a predictable, monthly subscription.”
· The vendor said Dell Apex PC-as-a-Service (PCaaS) helps companies simplify IT and deploy the latest client technology with predictable costs while freeing up capital to invest in modern employee experiences. Organizations can customise offerings across the entire PC portfolio with one- to five-year terms and scaling up or down as needed. Early customers using Dell Apex PCaaS have reported 50% less help desk effort, 30% savings in support costs and 50% less time spent onboarding employee devices.
Dell Apex PC-as-a-Service is available now in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Dell Apex Compute is available now in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
To provide customers greater freedom to extract insights from data wherever it resides, Dell is partnering with data and AI company, Databricks. The two will connect on-premises data in Dell’s enterprise storage platforms and the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
Dell customers can connect Databricks in the public cloud with Dell object storage, on-premises or in a co-location facility. They can analyze data in-place, store results and securely share it with third parties using Databricks’ Delta Sharing capabilities. Dell and Databricks are collaborating to jointly engineer additional integrations that will deliver “a seamless experience” for Dell object storage within the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
Dell object storage and Databricks Lakehouse Platform connection is available today with access to public cloud data coming soon.
To provide customers greater freedom to extract insights from data wherever it resides, Dell is partnering with data and AI company, Databricks. The two will connect on-premises data in Dell’s enterprise storage platforms and the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
Dell customers can connect Databricks in the public cloud with Dell object storage, on-premises or in a co-location facility. They can analyze data in-place, store results and securely share it with third parties using Databricks’ Delta Sharing capabilities. Dell and Databricks are collaborating to jointly engineer additional integrations that will deliver “a seamless experience” for Dell object storage within the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
Dell object storage and Databricks Lakehouse Platform connection is available today with access to public cloud data coming soon.
Dell Technologies World: Dell Technologies has expanded its Dell Apex as-a-service offerings to include cloud platforms, public cloud storage software, client devices and compute.
The vendor announced the additions at Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas on Monday.
Dell’s Chuck Whitten
Dell Technologies co-COO, Chuck Whitten, said customers are looking for a simpler technology experience, predictable costs, and greater flexibility.
“That’s where Dell Apex comes in,” he said. “Now, Dell Apex spans the breadth of our portfolio to give customers greater freedom for technology to support businesses as their needs dictate – from PCs and IT on-premises to public clouds and edge locations.”
Last September Dell made Apex available for partners to deliver in 35 countries. It also launched new partner-delivered offerings including Apex Cloud Services with VMware Cloud, Apex Data Storage Services and Apex Private and Hybrid Cloud services.
Dell Apex Now ‘Standard in Our DNA’
Dell’s Rob Tomlin
More recently Dell announced partners outside North America could now resell Apex services. “We’ve doubled down on Apex,” said Dell’s U.K. channel vice president, Rob Tomlin. “We’ve taken Apex from being something that which was available if you really wanted to do consumption, to now being standard in our DNA through our partners.”
The new expanded portfolio sees Apex go to market with Microsoft and Red Hat offerings for the first time. This includes a series of Dell Apex Cloud Platforms to extend public cloud operating environments to on-premises IT deployments.
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