Detroit, MI, October 24, 2022 — At Dell, we’re committed to driving breakthrough innovation through innovative application software approaches. There are three main areas where we are investing today to make this happen for our customers: add container support, accelerate your DevOps practice, and create multi-cloud consistency.
Add container support
Dell is committed to driving a strong ecosystem of partnerships with key Kubernetes providers, and recently announced two developments. We’ve expanded our strategic relationship with Red Hat with three solutions for OpenShift. We deepened our strategic relationship with VMware with two recent solutions including the managed solution for VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid services, and Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations on VxRail. In support of a robust ecosystem of Kubernetes solutions we also now have solutions for: Amazon EKS Anywhere, Google Anthos, Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service, and SUSE Rancher. These solutions include options for both bare-metal and virtualized deployments, as well as a range of hosting configurations. We’ve created a level playing field so you can choose the stack you want.
Cloud-native applications require persistent storage, and Dell was recently named a Leader in the 2022 GigaOm Radar Report for Enterprise Kubernetes Data Storage. “Dell’s Container Storage Modules are industry-leading extensions to CSI that enable advanced data services for Kubernetes-based environments,” the report said. “The effort and speed that Dell is putting into adding capabilities to its portfolio is remarkable.” Dell’s Container Storage Modules (CSM) amplify the benefits of our core storage arrays, providing a simple, consistent, integrated, and automated experience for enterprise storage and cloud-native stateful applications. Visit Dell CSM information on Github for all CSM Modules, including some new features recently announced as part of our CSM 1.4 release.
Last, but certainly not least, many organizations like to move away from forecasting three to five years and make a large up-front capital outlay for IT resources – especially for new applications. Dell has many flexible financing options that allow you to determine the best way to align payment with consumption. Usage-based pricing provides relief from paying for over-provisioned resources. On-demand scalability ensures that you have additional capacity available at a moment’s notice. Subscription terms allow you to pay-as-you-go for IT resources. All of this adds up to tremendous flexibility of CapEx vs OpEx.
Accelerate your DevOps practice
New software architectures must be supported by new operational processes. Dell Technologies and our partners have proven expertise in specific services around containers and Infrastructure-as-Code to help you establish a DevOps practice. The main principle of DevOps is automation. We have created a standardized set of RESTful APIs that enable software control of our products. Beyond what we’ve written are specific integrations with common tooling frameworks such as Ansible, Terraform, ServiceNow and others. Our unique CSM plug-in automates functionality like application mobility, security, observability, and more. We post all of this software to online repositories like Github and our own portal, developer.dell.com.
Modern apps are becoming business critical. DevOps teams must provide a production-ready environment that meets the service levels expected by customers, partners, and employees. Dell is