PowerEdge

Data Centre

Dell EMC builds PowerEdge bridge to next-gen workloads with modular PowerEdge MX architecture

August 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC builds PowerEdge bridge to next-gen workloads with modular PowerEdge MX architecture
Dell EMC will launch their new modular PowerEdge MX platform September 12, promising to remake data centre architecture with technology that will support both traditional and next-gen applications within a composable computing framework that pays much more attention to memory than earlier iterations of that technology.

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Partnerships

Qumulo File Fabric software now available on Dell PowerEdge servers

August 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Qumulo File Fabric software now available on Dell PowerEdge servers
Qumulo adds to their relationship with HPE from 2017, which made their software available on HPE Apollo servers with a new relationship with Dell EMC, which will see their massively scalable software become available on Dell PowerEdge servers.

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Data Centre

Dell EMC strengthens their Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI offering

July 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC strengthens their Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI offering
A new flexible consumption model for partners to sell is the big channel play here, although the product enhancements, including a new all-flash configuration option are also significant.

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Data Centre

Dell EMC adds new XC models for additional use cases, plus new automated BIOS and firmware updates

May 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC adds new XC models for additional use cases, plus new automated BIOS and firmware updates
The two new models include the first quad-processor environments for Nutanix environments, and a new edge appliance that can be as small as 1U. The new Life Cycle Management capability may, however, be what excites customers most about the new announcements.

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Storage

Dell EMC upgrades VxRail, VxRack in push towards VMware-based Clouds

May 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC upgrades VxRail, VxRack in push towards VMware-based Clouds
Technology from the latest 14th generation PowerEdge servers significantly beefs up both the new Vxrail and VxRack offerings.

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Servers

Dell EMC touts analytics breakthrough in new PowerEdge four socket servers

May 1, 2018 Mark Cox 1
Dell EMC also previewed their new PowerEdge MX servers – again – due for release some time in the back half of the year.

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Backup

Dell EMC puts stake in the ground for the channel with three strategic imperatives

May 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC puts stake in the ground for the channel with three strategic imperatives
At their Global Partner Summit kicking off their Dell Technologies World, Dell EMC delineated their channel strategy for the year ahead, and a lengthy list of program offerings designed to help execute it.

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Servers

Dell EMC brings AMD back to the enterprise with new servers aimed at edge, IoT and HPC use cases

February 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC brings AMD back to the enterprise with new servers aimed at edge, IoT and HPC use cases
The new AMD EPYC processors, which were announced last June, make their first appearance in three new Dell EMC 14th Gen servers aimed at more demanding use cases.

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Servers

Dell EMC makes HCI appliances available on PowerEdge 14th gen servers

December 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC makes HCI appliances available on PowerEdge 14th gen servers
In addition to the souped-up servers, Dell EMC has also simplified the ordering process by which partners acquire these HCI appliances.

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Big Data

Dell EMC looks to mainstream machine and deep learning with upcoming bundles

November 21, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC looks to mainstream machine and deep learning with upcoming bundles
Three new Dell EMC Ready bundles around machine learning and deep learning should both broaden the HPC market, and make it more channel-friendly.

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Cloud

Dell EMC announces upcoming availability of Azure Stack on 14G servers

October 19, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC announces upcoming availability of Azure Stack on 14G servers
Dell EMC expects to be the first OEM to bring Azure Stack to market on next-generation servers, and believes this offering will be a particularly strong one for channel partners.

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Big Data

Dell EMC launches packaged solutions with Splunk for both SMB and enterprise

October 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC launches packaged solutions with Splunk for both SMB and enterprise
The new Dell EMC Ready solutions are not channel-only offerings, but they are well-suited for the channel.

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Servers

New Dell EMC PowerEdge servers hit the streets

July 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Dell EMC PowerEdge servers hit the streets
Dell EMC is emphasizing that the new 14G servers go well beyond the traditional conception of a compute platform.

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Storage

Dell EMC positions new VxRail appliances more towards the enterprise

May 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC positions new VxRail appliances more towards the enterprise
While VxRail was originally aimed more at the mid-market, unexpected orders for large numbers of nodes from enterprise customers has led Dell EMC to add more enterprise features to the new 4.5 release of the appliances.

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Networking

Dell EMC announces broad range of new Open Networking switches

May 10, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC announces broad range of new Open Networking switches
These include the first Dell EMC 25GbE Open Networking top-of-rack switch, for the high end, a new switch with Fibre Channel connectivity, and a new 1/10GbE switch for SME environments.

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Servers

New 14th gen PowerEdge servers highlight first day of Dell EMC World

May 8, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New 14th gen PowerEdge servers highlight first day of Dell EMC World
The dominant theme of this year’s Dell EMC World is the automation of the data centre, and a key part of that is the announcement of its latest servers, with availability set for summer.

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Virtualization

Dell collaborates with Citrix on new XenDesktop VXRail solution

January 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell collaborates with Citrix on new XenDesktop VXRail solution
The offering with Citrix provides the same capabilities of the latest version of a VMRail VMware solution announced at last year’s Dell EMC World, and gives Dell partners an offering for their Citrix focused customers.

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Storage

Dell EMC upgrades SC portfolio with support from EMC-side technologies

October 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC upgrades SC portfolio with support from EMC-side technologies
Dell EMC World this year has seen the integration of support from legacy Dell products like PowerEdge servers for EMC solutions. This particular integration goes the other way, with support from legacy EMC storage management and data protection products being announced for the mid-range SC line.

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Data Centre

Nutanix to lose out as expanded Dell EMC VxRail appliance line targets VMware users?

October 19, 2016 Mark Cox 4
Dell EMC has announced upgrades to its hyper-converged VxRail and VxRack offerings, with hardware improvement stemming both from Intel Broadwell processors and optimization with PowerEdge servers. Many more configurations will be available, including a 3 node VxRail offering that drops the entry price by a quarter.

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Servers

Integrated Dell-EMC technologies begin to roll out with ScaleIO Ready Node

September 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Integrated Dell-EMC technologies begin to roll out with ScaleIO Ready Node
Dell EMC releases ScaleIO software from EMC integrated with PowerEdge servers, and thinks it will be a strong channel offering.

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