Today Dell announced various offerings and updated in five major areas: Connect, Inform, Protect, Transform the Cloud, and Transform and Future Proofing of the Data Center. The various highlights are below. For more information go to http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/newsroom-press-releases
Connect
Dell Announces PC Industry Firsts, Connecting Emerging Technologies to Enhance Productivity
- Ground‐breaking “smart desk” concept demonstrates vision of what’s possible for design professionals
- Dell Venue 11 Pro tablets are the world’s most secure and manageable
- Dell Software Suite integrates best‐of‐class security and manageability software
Pricing and Availability:
- The Dell UltraSharp 27 Monitor (UP2715K) will be available on Dell.com in China on Nov. 20 and worldwide on Dec. 18 for less than $2,000.
- The new Dell Venue 11 Pro 7000 Series starts at $699.99 and is available beginning Nov. 11 on Dell.com in the United States.
- The Dell Software Suite is now available on Dell commercial client products at no additional charge for one year.
Inform
Dell Bolsters Digital Services and Analytics Software Solutions to Help Enterprises Better Understand and Engage Their Customers, Improve Operational Efficiency
- As a digital and social pioneer, Dell has shaped its own offerings into Digital Business Services that enable companies to transform their businesses to improve customer engagement and operational efficiency
- Dell Software extends advanced analytics to hybrid cloud through new collaborative effort with Microsoft
- Dell enhances big data capabilities in recently acquired Statistica platform through integration with Kitenga
Availability:
- Digital Business Services are available today globally.
- The first phase of Dell and Microsoft’s collaborative effort is underway now, and customers worldwide can now use Statistica in tandem with Azure Machine Learning.
- The first iteration of the new Statistica big data analytics module will be available to customers worldwide in Q4 2014.
Protect
Dell Makes Security a Business Enabler with Innovation and Integration Across Solution Portfolios
- With an approach based on simplicity, efficiency and connectivity, Dell is rapidly unifying the fragmented security market, making security a true business enabler
- Dell offers identity and access management‐as‐a‐service for companies that prefer to outsource rather than deploy and manage an on‐premises, enterprise‐grade IAM solution
- Product integrations across Dell’s comprehensive Security portfolio deliver effective, scalable services and solutions that uniquely meet both immediate and future threat‐protection needs
- Dell is the first in the industry to demonstrate 120 Gbps DPI NGFWs for carriers and ISPs, onsite at Dell World
Availability:
- IAMaas is now available in North America.
- Dell Change Auditor for Cloud Storage is available worldwide.
- Dell network security solutions are available through the channel.
- Dell Data Protection is sold on a worldwide basis except for China, Russia and Latin America.
Transform the Cloud
Dell Simplifies the Cloud Experience
- Dell launches Dell Cloud Marketplace public beta, giving developers and IT managers the ability to compare, purchase, use and manage the most popular public clouds, all from a single, unified console on dell.com
- New Dell alliances with Delphix, Docker and Pertino help solve customers’ cloud concerns over data portability, accelerated application development and secure connectivity
- Dell gives developers on‐demand tools to improve cloud‐based application performance with Foglight APM SaaS Edition
Availability:
- Dell Cloud Marketplace public beta is now open in the U.S. Individuals interested in participating can enroll at www.dell.com/cloudmarketplace. Beta participants can currently take advantage of AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Joyent public cloud infrastructure services. Offerings from Delphix, Docker and Pertino will be available in the Dell Cloud Marketplace next year.
- Additionally, Dell PartnerDirect Platinum partners have a significant opportunity as Systems Integrators to help customers integrate and maintain services from Dell Cloud Marketplace into their current data center environment to achieve a true hybrid cloud environment.
- Dell Foglight APM SaaS Edition is currently available globally in English language only. Dell is also offering the product and its full feature set for free for a limited time through the end of December 2014.
Transform and Future Proof the Data Center
Dell Introduces Future‐Ready IT Solutions to Help Customers Transform Their Data Centers and Businesses
- Dell delivers new solutions to help customers simplify and enhance flexibility for both traditional and new application and workload requirements
- A next‐generation converged infrastructure solution, the Dell PowerEdge FX architecture enables customers to precisely tailor data center technology to optimize myriad applications
- Expanded Dell Storage portfolio includes a new $25,000 (US) storage array that drastically lowers the entry cost for all‐flash storage, next‐generation storage arrays for SMB customers, and the first Dell series of web‐scale, hyper‐converged appliances
- Dell brings Open Networking to Network Functions Virtualization, working with Brocade and Intel to help accelerate Enterprise service delivery at the carrier edge
Availability:
- The PowerEdge FX architecture including PowerEdge FX2 chassis and initial sleds (FC630, FM120x4) will be available in December 2014.
- The PowerEdge FX architecture sleds including the FD332, FN IOA, FC430, FC830 will be available in the first half of 2015.
- The Dell Storage SC4020 Entry‐Level All‐Flash configuration will be available in early 2015. The Dell Storage PS4210 Series Arrays are available worldwide today.
- The Dell XC Series of Web‐scale Converged Appliances will be available starting November 11 with support for VMware ESXi and Microsoft Windows Hyper‐V.