Michael Dell: Edge Is Tech's 'Next Great Frontier'
Dell Technologies rolled out a series of products Tuesday that the channel needs to know.
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Dell EMC VxRail satellite nodes bring VxRail’s operational model to edge sites with a reduced infrastructure footprint. Now, says Dell, verticals such as retail, manufacturing and remote branch offices can get started with VxRail for less.
An HCI solution jointly engineered with VMware, VxRail satellite node single-node deployments automate day-to-day operations, health monitoring and life cycle management. It operates from a centralized location without the need for local technical and specialized resources.
Dell EMC VxRail satellite nodes are globally available on Nov. 30.
Dell Technologies is helping businesses tackle manufacturing edge deployment complexity with its new Validated Design for Manufacturing Edge with Litmus. This helps businesses connect, manage and orchestrate disparate industrial edge devices, data and applications. with no programming required.
It provides real-time data analytics and centralized device management from the enterprise-grade Litmus Industrial IoT edge platform. This means manufacturers can make quick decisions to repair equipment before it fails, improve production quality and save costs.
Validated Design for Manufacturing Edge will be globally available on Oct. 26.
Dell EMC Edge Gateway helps companies securely connect multiple edge devices across OT and IT environments to provide insights.
The 5G-capable, fanless Edge Gateway with 9th Gen Intel Core processors is designed to work in industrial environments. It can withstand temperature ranges from minus 4 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
The gateway, available directly to customers and through OEM engagements, offers storage and compute capabilities. These can run localized data processing and analytics applications to help solve data collection and processing pain points.
The Edge Gateway model will be globally available in early 2022.
Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform (SDP) adds enhanced GPU optimization to ingest streaming video in a lower latency and frame rate environment. This supports real-time analytics on Dell EMC VxRail and PowerEdge servers. Organizations can run lightweight workloads on a single core using a new edge bundle, so they can start small and scale their infrastructure based on IT needs.
The Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform updates will be globally available on Oct. 30.
Dell’s new Latitude 5430 Rugged and Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme laptops are designed to withstand harsh environments while maintaining performance and connectivity.
Dell claims the 5G-capable Latitude 5430 Rugged laptop is the industry’s lightest, most-powerful 14” semi-rugged laptop. The Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme laptop (pictured) is also 5G-capable and can take on extreme environments “as the industry’s smallest 13” fully-rugged laptop.”
The laptops will be globally available for order on Dec. 9, shipping with Windows 11.
Dell’s new Latitude 5430 Rugged and Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme laptops are designed to withstand harsh environments while maintaining performance and connectivity.
Dell claims the 5G-capable Latitude 5430 Rugged laptop is the industry’s lightest, most-powerful 14” semi-rugged laptop. The Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme laptop (pictured) is also 5G-capable and can take on extreme environments “as the industry’s smallest 13” fully-rugged laptop.”
The laptops will be globally available for order on Dec. 9, shipping with Windows 11.
DELL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT UNPLUGGED — Dell Technologies just made several product announcements that maintain its focus on edge computing. Chairman and CEO Michael Dell described the edge as “technology’s next great frontier.”
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“It’s all around us,” said Dell, “everywhere from retail to manufacturing, smart cities and hospitals.”
The goal, says Dell, is to help customers simplify deployments and capture more value from data that organizations generate and process outside the data center and public cloud.
IDC estimates that businesses will deploy one-half of new IT infrastructure at the edge by 2023. Dell says 69% of the Fortune 100 are already using its edge solutions.
See our slideshow above for the new solutions and updates announced Wednesday.
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