APEX Protection Services for Microsoft Azure: Elevate Data Security

APEX Protection Services for Microsoft Azure simplifies your data protection strategy, ensuring security and flexibility.

APEX Protection Services for Microsoft Azure is designed to transform your data protection strategy with simplicity, agility and control. By entrusting Dell to deploy and manage your cyber recovery infrastructure in Azure, you can unlock more time for innovation while gaining peace of mind knowing that your most critical data assets are secure and protected.

Simple, Comprehensive Data Protection

Did you know that 75% of businesses worry their current data protection strategies can’t keep up with the rising threats from malware and ransomware? The escalating demands for simpler, cloud-based data protection solutions have never been more evident. Organizations are seeking robust, as-a-service options that are easy to deploy and manage, while ensuring top-notch security for their critical data assets.

APEX Protection Services is designed to tackle pressing data protection challenges head-on, offering a streamlined and comprehensive solution that empowers businesses to effectively safeguard their data against evolving threats. By entrusting Dell to handle cloud infrastructure deployment and ongoing system management, it simplifies data protection and enhances cyber resiliency, allowing your organization to focus on core business operations. With over 8 exabytes of customer data already protected by Dell’s solutions in Azure, we continue to deliver the reliability, scalability, and resiliency that our customers trust. With general availability planned for next year, this service will be a key addition to Dell’s APEX portfolio.

Key Benefits of APEX Protection Services

Simplicity: APEX Protection Services leverage Dell’s expertise to simplify data protection and cyber resiliency for your organization. This means less hassle and a strong assurance that your data is always safe and secure. APEX Protection Services also optimizes your budget. By utilizing data deduplication on low-cost Azure blob storage, you can reduce storage expenses significantly while also reducing cloud egress costs.

Agility: In today’s dynamic data environment, there’s a pressing need for rapid and effective protection for distributed workloads. APEX Protection Services rise to this challenge by offering agile data protection across edge locations, remote offices, and data centers, all while ensuring effortless scalability within Azure. This cohesive approach not only safeguards your data but also enhances your data management processes, empowering your organization to swiftly respond to evolving demands.

Control:  Our AI-powered threat intelligence boasts an impressive 99.99% accuracy in identifying cyber threats, enabling vigilant and proactive monitoring against potential security breaches. This advanced capability also reduces time spent on recovery by up to 80%1, ensuring rapid data restoration that aligns with your business service levels. This ultimately enhances your operational resilience and efficiency and gives you greater control over data resiliency and recoverability.

Solution Use Cases

These scenarios demonstrate how APEX Protection Services are uniquely positioned to meet the diverse needs of both modern enterprises as well as small- to medium-sized businesses, ensuring enhanced data protection and operational resilience:

    • Backup/DR Strategy:  APEX Protection Services provides an ideal solution for organizations seeking robust cloud backup and DR strategies. By leveraging Dell’s expertly managed infrastructure services, you can ensure that your data is not only securely stored in Azure, but also readily accessible in the event of a disruption.
    • Edge Locations: Securing data across edge locations poses unique challenges. APEX Protection Services is ideal for sites lacking traditional data protection infrastructure, extending enterprise-grade security and consistent data management practices across your enterprise.
    • Secure Digital Vault: For businesses that handle critical and sensitive data, the need for a secure digital vault is non-negotiable. APEX Protection Services facilitates the migration of vital data assets to a safe, off-the-attack-surface cloud vault with AI and Machine Learning to detect, diagnose and recover from cyberattacks. This strategy not only enhances security by isolating critical data from potential threats but also ensures compliance with stringent regulatory requirements.

Through simplicity, agility and control, APEX Protection Services empowers organizations to safeguard their data with confidence and precision. Whether refining your backup and disaster recovery strategy, securing edge locations or establishing a secure digital vault in the cloud, APEX Protection Services for Microsoft Azure provides a tailored approach that aligns seamlessly with your organizational needs.

By simplifying IT, reducing risk and lowering costs, this service empowers your organization to thrive. Ready to elevate your data protection strategy? Book a Consultation with a Dell Expert.  Learn more about APEX Protection Services for Microsoft Azure and transform your IT operations today.

About the Author: Colm Keegan

If there is one thing I have learned in my IT career, whether as a systems administrator, enterprise sales rep, industry analyst or as a marketing professional, it's to always LISTEN to the customer. In this age of digital disruption, the voice of the customer is clear. They want IT to be simple so that they can focus on the important things like helping the business innovate and spending more quality time with their families. In my role at Dell Technologies, I strive to communicate how Dell is delivering the forward thinking solutions needed to simplify IT and protect the business so organizations can focus on innovation and doing what's best for THEIR customers.