Simplifying Hybrid Cloud with PowerOne and Dell Technologies on Demand

Just a few weeks ago, I started in my new role to lead an incredible team at Dell Technologies – the Cloud Platforms and Solutions Group. I am thrilled about our path forward and the opportunities to help our customers with their modernization journeys! Dell Technologies has a phenomenal history and an incredible track record to reshape computing over last 35 years. As we define our path for the next 35 years, starting with the next data decade – our work around Dell Technologies Cloud will be a key part of that journey!

I do believe that we are uniquely positioned to deliver new cloud operating models; services ecosystems and optimized mechanics for doing IT. Our focus will be to provide our customers the options, flexibility and partnerships that they need to take full advantage of the multi-cloud world that we are living in!

IDC estimates more than 70% of companies use multiple cloud environments – private, hybrid, public and edge. Many customers I talk with strive for simplicity and operational consistency that spans the entirety all of these cloud environments. This is still an aspirational goal for most businesses, and we’re committed to helping our customers get there.

With the introduction of Dell Technologies Cloud, this past April, we’re able to help customers simplify their multi-cloud environments, regardless of which cloud providers they use, with consistent operations across them all. We’re focused on continuing to make this an easier and better experience – and our hybrid cloud approach is unmatched.

Today, we announced new Dell EMC hyper-converged infrastructure and the ability to acquire the industry’s broadest portfolio of IT solutions, designed to meet today’s IT needs for customers of all sizes. Each of these adds great capabilities for customers and their cloud strategies.

First, Dell EMC PowerOne autonomous infrastructure combines Dell Technologies infrastructure, networking and software with automation of thousands of IT management tasks, breaking down technology silos and simplifying IT delivery and management. As the latest infrastructure option for Dell Technologies Cloud, PowerOne includes PowerEdge compute, PowerMax storage, PowerSwitch networking and PowerProtect data protection. Our advanced automation engine, at the core of the solution, helps simplify the management of IT. The goal is addressing the needs of customers who want to focus less on managing technology and more on innovation and driving technology benefits throughout their organizations.

Second, understanding that our customers are at different points on their cloud journeys, we are introducing Dell Technologies on Demand. This combines consumption-based financing, consulting and deployment services with Dell EMC infrastructure, designed to help customers of all sizes. It allows customers to consume industry leading technology on their terms —from PCs to our PowerEdge servers, the new PowerOne autonomous infrastructure and much more.

The goal with Dell Technologies on Demand is to bring cloudy experience to our customers – wherever their workloads are!  Our flexible payment options span the entire infrastructure stack—compute, storage, networking and virtualization.  With Dell Technologies on Demand, we now offer hybrid cloud and software-defined solutions via Dell Technologies Cloud and VMware. This allows our customers to think differently about ROI—allowing them to reduce one-time capital expenses in favor of ongoing operational expenses that can fluctuate to meet demand.

We are on an incredibly exciting journey! We will continue to put the power of unified Dell Technologies behind our efforts and bring cloud to our customers – wherever they may be!