IT departments are under pressure to manage rapidly evolving workloads, supporting both traditional applications like VMs and databases alongside modern demands such as AI, containers and edge computing. Rising challenges from AI mandates, unpredictable costs, sustainability priorities and disruptions to the virtualization space are reshaping strategies, driving the need for smarter resource use and flexibility. Organizations also see the usage and evaluation of multiple hypervisor options as a strategic imperative1.
The rate of change is becoming unmanageable and 88% of C-level executives expect to experience more change in 2025 than they did in 20242, underlining the urgent need for dynamic and adaptable strategies to manage today’s complex IT landscape. This has sparked a shift toward disaggregated infrastructure, which delivers levels of flexibility and scalability that legacy systems can’t match. Dell Technologies is at the forefront of this evolution, delivering industry-leading hardware with software-driven automation to make disaggregated infrastructure simple.
Deploy and Manage Private Cloud with Ease and Choice
To address these challenges, we are excited to introduce Dell Private Cloud, which takes a new approach to private cloud that combines the simplicity of an appliance-like experience and full lifecycle management with the flexibility of an open software ecosystem. Through a centralized catalog, organizations can easily access validated blueprints for leading software partners like Broadcom, Nutanix and Red Hat, empowering them to provision their private cloud stack in 90% fewer steps than manual processes3, delivering workload-ready clusters in just 2.5 hours and zero manual effort4.
Designed to protect investments and adapt as needs evolve, the Private Cloud software license from Dell is fully transferable and the compute and storage is reusable. Customers have the freedom to bring their own cloud OS licenses and the ability for seamless transitions across ecosystems. Providing continuity, Dell Private Cloud enables organizations to leverage existing skill sets and familiar tools, eliminating the need for retraining. Backed by over 15,000 hours of testing5 and single-source, solution-level support, it empowers businesses to innovate with confidence and evolve on their terms.
“Dell Private Cloud gives us the most flexibility for what we needed without having to commit to a single software stack. Its open, hypervisor-agnostic setup gives us room to grow and the ability to stay fluid as use cases and priorities change in the future. Zero-touch onboarding and automated management makes the whole process so much easier, saving us both time and effort. Plus, it’s super scalable, so our infrastructure can grow right along with our business. Dell’s smart design and adaptability ensures that we’re covered for the future.”
– Keith Bradley – VP, IT & Security, Nature Fresh Farms
We Automate, So You Can Innovate
Dell Private Cloud is our initial offering underpinned by the Dell Automation Platform, a foundational technology designed to radically simplify the delivery, management and orchestration of solutions across AI, private cloud and edge environments. Leveraging our internal innovation engine and an unmatched ecosystem of partnerships, we’ve built a software platform to deliver solutions tailored to our customers’ needs that empower their businesses to thrive.
By integrating core capabilities like secure, zero-touch onboarding, centralized inventory management, Dell AIOps and automated provisioning, the platform simplifies operations and accelerates time-to-innovation. It is available as SaaS or on premises and offers a curated catalog of validated blueprints that are tested by Dell experts and supported by a global supply chain, enabling organizations to deploy with confidence. Enhanced with native ITSM integration and zero trust principles, the platform provides consistent security from factory to facility, giving businesses the reliability and agility they need.
The pace of change in IT is accelerating, and adapting to this evolving landscape requires bold solutions. Dell Technologies stands ready to empower organizations with innovative tools like Dell Private Cloud and the Dell Automation Platform, designed to deliver unmatched flexibility, scalability, and simplicity. By combining cutting-edge hardware with software-driven automation, this latest evolution of our innovation reflects Dell’s unmatched expertise and customer-first approach, addressing today’s challenges while unlocking tomorrow’s opportunities. No one else can integrate the infrastructure benefits and automation capabilities the way Dell can. The world is shifting, but Dell is here to be a trusted partner to help our customers not just adapt, but lead.
Dell Private Cloud with VMware vSphere is available to select customers now. Dell Private Cloud and Dell Automation Platform will be generally available later in 2H 2025.
1 Enterprise Strategy Group Complete Survey Results, Navigating the Cloud and AI Revolution: The State of Enterprise Storage and HCI, February 2024.
2 Accenture Survey Results, Accenture Pulse of Change, January 16, 2025.
3 Based on internal Dell testing. Manual steps automated through a single Dell Private Cloud blueprint. Actual results may vary. May 2025. CLM-014260.
4 Based on internal Dell testing. After hardware installation, configuration and platform onboarding. No manual interaction required after initiation. Actual results may vary. May 2025. CLM-014262.
5 Based on internal Dell testing. Dell Private Cloud deploying VMware vSphere. May 2025. Actual results may vary. CLM-014261.
