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The Landscape of Optimized Technology - Cultivating Your IT Lifecycle

The Landscape of Optimized Technology - Cultivating Your IT Lifecycle

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Whether or not you have a green thumb, you know plants need tender loving care (TLC) to thrive. Technology needs TLC to sustain too. Across the IT lifecycle, systems have four stages of care, each with different requirements to flourish.
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5. PowerScale optimizes your workloads with up to 186PB per cluster.5
Feel the flexibility of PowerScale. 9.5x more PB per cluster than Pure FlashBlade//S.5
5Based on Dell analysis, July 2023.

6. PowerStore intelligently automates with 5x better data density.6
PowerStore delivers 5x better data density than Pure FlashArray//X20.6
6Based on Dell internal analysis using publicly available specs in August 2023 comparing maximum effective capacity for PowerStore 1200 and FlashArray //X20. Assumes average 4:1 data reduction for PowerStore, 5:1 for Pure Storage. Actual results vary.

7. World’s broadest storage portfolio with comprehensive security features.7
7Based on Dell analysis of Primary, Unstructured, PBBA and HCI segments, April 2023.

10. An all-Dell IT environment is up to 22.4% cheaper with accessories versus a heterogenous Dell and Apple environment.10
10 Based on a Principled Technologies report commissioned by Dell Technologies, “Lower cost, more choice: The benefits of choosing all-Dell business laptops,” June 2023. Actual results may vary. Full Report

11. Dell offers more business laptop and mobile workstation models and form factors, more monitor models and more options to customize device configuration than Apple¹¹.
11Based on a Principled Technologies report commissioned by Dell Technologies, “Lower cost, more choice: The benefits of choosing all-Dell business laptops,” June 2023. Actual results may vary. Full Report

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14. Based on May 2024 Stratetgic Thermal Lab report commissioned by Dell Technologies using Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core, 10-minute-stress test - April 2024 comparing Internal Test Data with XPS 13, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E80100, Qualcomm Adreno graphics, 64GB memory, 2TB SSD vs. MacBook Air 13, M3 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB memory, 512GB SSD.

15. Dell has the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of multi-cloud-capable storage from a single vendor. Based on Dell analysis. February 2024.

16. The world’s most comprehensive storage portfolio with robust security. Based on Dell analysis of Primary, Unstructured, PBBA, and HCI segments, February 2024.

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18. Based on Dell analysis of cybersecurity software capabilities, flexibility-related features including functional, operational and hardware flexibility; and efficiency-related features including data reduction, storage capacity, data protection overhead, hardware, rack units, lifecycle management, and ENERGY STAR certified configuration, June 2024.

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