Dell launches new cloud and virtualization solutions

Dell has announced a new range of cloud and virtualization solutions. These include data centre and cloud client computing solutions based on the company's partnership with VMWare. 

"Customers are in the driver's seat when it comes to procuring cloud and virtualization solutions and Dell is on target with its new offerings as the company is both innovating and partnering to give customers exactly the solutions that will best fit their business needs," said Wayne Pauley, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). "Dell's new offerings should help customers boost IT performance and better enable business agility. When you include VMware's virtualization technology with Dell's solutions, customers will want to take a close look at how they can further enhance and quickly optimize their businesses with these joint solutions." 

Dell Networking expanded its S-series portfolio with the new S6000, a switching platform for data centers with built-in virtualization and automation features. Dell claims that S6000 offers up to twice the density and throughput while consuming up to 50% less power than previous generation top-of-rack switches. S6000 supports advanced network virtualization and software-defined networking features including hardware-accelerated L2 Gateway functionality for use with VMware NSX, bridging traffic between virtualized and non-virtualized environments. 

Dell is also previewing functionality with Active Fabric Manager (AFM) 2.0 specifically for VMware environments. Active Fabric Manager provides simplified configuration, management and monitoring of Dell Active Fabric leaf and spine elements. 

The company also launched Fault Resilient Memory, a technology jointly developed by Dell and VMware. It allows Dell PowerEdge 12 generation server customers using VMware vSphere 5.5 to maximize available server memory while increasing protection for the hypervisor against memory faults. 

Two more additions are Dell Storage integrations with VMware vSphere 5.5 and OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter. Dell also updated its cloud-based virtual desktop solution, Dell Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) On Demand with new features from Desktone's secure multi-tenant VDI platform, delivering session-based desktops, published applications, persistent or non-persistent Windows 7 or XP desktops, RSA secure authentication, among others. 

Dell Software also introduced the next generation of its Foglight Virtualization Operations Management suite. The suite helps improve IT staff efficiency and cut operational costs by reducing infrastructure complexity.