Key takeaways: Dell NativeEdge and Dell Private Cloud are transforming industries by enabling automation, scalability, and real-time intelligence. From Eaton’s smarter factories to Nature Fresh Farms’ sustainable agriculture, discover how these innovations drive AI efficiencies, reduce costs, and empower businesses to thrive in a distributed world.
We are witnessing a structural shift in the IT market, driven by two powerful, converging forces. First, there is an urgent industry-wide demand for virtualization alternatives and disaggregated infrastructure—organizations are seeking freedom from rigid architectures and vendor lock-in. Second, we are seeing an explosion of distributed compute, fueled by AI and inferencing workloads moving rapidly to the edge.
These are not just trends; they are the new reality of modern infrastructure. Data gravity is pulling compute closer to where data is created, and the need for flexibility is reshaping the data center.
To meet this moment, we are doubling down on our strategy with the Dell Automation Platform. By acting as a single control plane for your entire estate, it empowers you to simplify operations across AI, private cloud, and the edge. This is the engine behind our two complementary solutions: Dell Private Cloud and Dell NativeEdge.
The momentum we see is real. Customers are moving fast because they need consistency without compromise. My colleague, Caitlin Gordon, Vice President of Multicloud and Dell Automation Platform Product Management, puts this market reality into perspective:
“We are seeing tremendous momentum at both the edge and core, fueled by the need for reliable virtualization alternatives and the rapid growth of AI inferencing. At Dell, we are delivering the best outcomes for these two major shifts by following the data gravity of your business. With Dell Automation Platform, we provide a consistent, flexible stack that allows you to use the right infrastructure for the right job – whether that’s disaggregated resources in the data center or secure, distributed compute at the edge. This is about giving customers the freedom to be simpler and helping them drive transformation together.”
Innovating for a distributed world
Dell Private Cloud and Dell NativeEdge are both powered by this overarching technology, allowing you to deploy the best stack for the best job. Dell Private Cloud offers the simplicity of automated lifecycle management with the flexibility to scale compute and storage independently, a critical capability for disaggregated infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Dell NativeEdge provides a full-stack solution to securely manage the deployment and lifecycle of infrastructure and applications for distributed data centers and the edge.
As organizations adopt these solutions, we are seeing an overwhelmingly positive response. Below are five examples of how customers are using this automated freedom to move their businesses forward.
Customers drive progress with automation
Dell NativeEdge is experiencing strong customer adoption across industries like manufacturing, logistics, retail and agriculture.
Eaton: Scaling Smarter Factory Operations
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Eaton is modernizing over 230 manufacturing facilities by unifying IT and operational technology (OT). This integration streamlines operations and enables AI-driven insights for predictive maintenance. By using NativeEdge for centralized orchestration and zero-touch provisioning, Eaton reduced software deployment time from months to just days. This frees up their teams to focus on strategic outcomes and strengthens cybersecurity.
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“NativeEdge empowers us to achieve zero-touch provisioning at scale while maintaining a strong cybersecurity posture,” says Balaji Ganesan, Vice President of IT & Chief Technology Officer at Eaton.
Prime Vision: AI-Powered Logistics at the Edge
| Prime Vision has shifted from static sorting to dynamic, data-driven logistics by combining computer vision with edge inferencing. With NativeEdge, they translate images into actionable data, optimizing fulfillment centers without major infrastructure changes. They can deploy new solutions in days, bringing real-time AI to the edge with zero-touch operations. |
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CSX: Enhancing Railway Safety and Efficiency
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CSX processes most of its data at the edge to gain real-time awareness of traffic patterns and crossing risks, which improves both safety and efficiency. Data from drones and sensors flows through NativeEdge, enabling centralized device monitoring, zero-touch deployment, and zero-trust security. This accelerates AI initiatives and contributes to operational consistency and better service. |
MatrixSpace: Advancing Public Safety with AI Radar
MatrixSpace uses NativeEdge and the Edge Gateway 3200 to deploy and manage AI-enabled radar networks that deliver real-time intelligence to first responders. This automation saved them about a year of software development, reduced maintenance costs and enabled city-wide situational awareness for customers like Palm Springs Police Department with “drone as a first responder” programs.
| “NativeEdge is the software that binds everything together. It allows devices at the edge, core and even in the cloud to operate,” explains Dr. Nahir Nanda, Head of AI Products at MatrixSpace.
Lieutenant William Hutchinson of the Palm Springs Police Department, a MatrixSpace customer, adds, “It’s critical officers get real-time intelligence in the field as it’s happening so they can make more effective decisions.” |
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Nature Fresh Farms: Sustainable Agriculture Through Automation
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Across 250 acres of greenhouses, Nature Fresh Farms uses NativeEdge to make proactive, real-time decisions that drive precision and sustainability. Automated workflows have achieved 100% PLU sticker accuracy, eliminated manual checks and cut water purification cycles by approximately 60%. This supports eco-friendly farming while allowing them to scale operations. |
Nature Fresh Farms is also looking to Dell Private Cloud to further business priorities. “The flexibility to transition between cloud ecosystems and the ability to repurpose hardware is a game-changer for us, by providing investment protection and enabling us to respond to evolving business needs quickly,” notes Keith Bradley, VP of Information Technology at Nature Fresh Farms.
New innovations fueling momentum
We continue to enhance our automation portfolio to help you achieve more.
POWERProtect Data Manager Integration for NativeEdge
We are excited to announce NativeEdge integration with PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM). This adds virtual machine backup capabilities for edge and distributed environments. Customers can now protect workloads using PPDM-compatible hardware as backup targets, combining powerful automation with robust data protection at scale.
New infrastructure options for Dell Private Cloud and NativeEdge
Dell Private Cloud now supports Dell’s latest 17th generation PowerEdge servers, offering a choice of 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ or Intel® Xeon® 6 processors. This allows you to consolidate workloads, boost performance, and optimize core-based licensing costs. You also retain the flexibility to operate in multi-hypervisor environments with your own third-party cloud OS licenses from VMware, Red Hat, Nutanix or Microsoft*.
Select 17th generation PowerEdge servers, including AMD-based models, are now also compatible as NativeEdge Endpoints. This enables streamlined modernization with zero-touch onboarding and a zero-trust security framework across your entire distributed footprint.
The future of IT is automated
Automation is becoming an imperative for modern IT, spanning the core, edge, and distributed data centers. With Dell Automation Platform enabling Dell NativeEdge and Dell Private Cloud, you can unify operations, accelerate your AI initiatives and protect your data—wherever it resides.
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