 | Build your public, hybrid or private cloud infrastructure How do you develop your IT infrastructure so it adapts automatically to your needs? With Dell Data Center Solutions and reference architectures, your organization can realize the benefits of cloud computing, increase capacity without growing your infrastructure, gain flexibility and have more choices — all with minimal capital expenditures. |  |
| Dell has a track record of helping leading organizations, such as Microsoft® Corporation and eBay®, build their cloud environments, as well as running one of the largest virtualized environments in the industry. We can apply this expertise to enabling you to create the cloud environment that’s right for your business. | ||
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| Active Systems 800 | Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution | Dell Crowbar |
| Enable medium-to-large private clouds with pre-engineered, racked, cabled, tested and configured infrastructure. | Build and manage your open source cloud ecosystem with Dell™ PowerEdge servers and our OpenStack platform solution. | Accelerate deployment and simplify maintenance of OpenStack using Dell Crowbar software. |
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| Dell Modular Data Centers | Dell Servers | Dell Storage |
| Scale your data center quickly with prefabricated containers that are easy to deploy and optimally designed for the user. | Build a robust cloud infrastructure with servers built specifically for virtualization, scalability and applications. | Protect, store and archive vital enterprise data while ensuring scalability and business continuity. |
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| Dell Networking | Dell Cloud Client Computing | XPS 13 Developer Edition |
| Improve connectivity, latency, resiliency and scalability of your cloud infrastructure. | Empower users, protect data and help cut costs with Dell zero- and thin-client devices. | Combine the XPS 13 laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to create a client-to-cloud solution for developers. |
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A cohesive cloud strategy that drives successful business outcomes relies on collaboration between IT staff and executives. Just as IT cannot act as a silo within the business, cloud computing cannot function as a silo within IT.
Other cloud providers’ proprietary technologies require that you adjust your IT environment to their capabilities. A long-term strategy demands an infrastructure that is open and can adapt as your business and IT priorities change.
Dell’s approach to designing and implementing an open cloud strategy focuses on business and cultural expectations. We believe:
- Cloud computing is not a technology, it's a strategy. Cloud computing is part of an overall strategy to accelerate growth, empower your workforce and transform your business. We are committed to developing solutions that match your business vision and that drive it forward with maximum flexibility and minimum risk.
- Cloud computing should adapt to you, not you to it. Most businesses are already on the cloud journey, but each has unique needs and obstacles. We work with you and your staff to match your strategy to the right cloud solutions — without disrupting your business.
- Cloud computing works best when it integrates seamlessly. Our approach is not to rip and replace, but rather to make use of existing investments and build from the current state. We see cloud computing as a logical progression to what organizations are already doing, and a way for businesses to build on technologies and processes already in place.
To learn more about how Dell can help you develop and implement your cloud strategy, contact a Dell expert today.
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Using a solutions approach, Dell helps you get more out of your cloud environment with the flexibility to adapt on your terms. Dell cloud solutions eliminate risks from proprietary architectures and enable you to innovate in-house based on your specific needs. Dell delivers the support, reference architectures and deployment framework to help make you successful.
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Dell makes it easy to build and manage the cloud so that it keeps pace as your business strategies or processes change. You can create the path you need today and implement without worrying about exit strategies and vendor lock-in risks.
Dell brings the cloud down to earth with an end-to-end portfolio of services and solutions. We believe in creating simple solutions that make the cloud work for you — not the other way around.
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