The EIS architecture built on the Dell Validated Design for Generative AI with NVIDIA for Model Customization focuses on harnessing advanced technologies to empower organizations to make data-driven decisions, enhance customer experiences, and optimize operational efficiency. At its core, EIS aims to build a robust AI foundation to drive future enterprise initiatives and enable proactive decision-making based on real-time insights.

Through DXC, the convergence of key technologies is made possible such as data management, business intelligence (BI), AI, IoT, and cloud computing to extract actionable insights from vast data sets. This will enable real-time analytics, predictive modeling, and anticipation of market trends, providing organizations with a competitive edge.

“The step change in technological evolution today is that machines can understand and interact in human language. Machines already could sense the world around us and thus have the ability now to be an expert at almost any task,” said Sunil Menon, Global Leader of DXC’s Data & AI business. “This means that AI will be embedded in all aspects of an enterprise, from product development, personalized customer experience to operations, regulatory and finance. The challenge is that AI needs variety of quality, secure and ethical data to achieve this goal, and data is hard. AI needs data and data needs AI. By integrating AI as the foundation of DXC’s Enterprise Intelligence System, AI will permeate all aspects of the business, ensuring that every operational facet and customer interaction is enhanced by intelligence and foresight.”

The collaboration will enable DXC to build a robust AI foundation, serving as the primary layer for future enterprise initiatives. This foundation will facilitate data-driven decision-making, help understand market trends, enhance customer experiences, and optimize operational efficiency.

Incorporating advanced technologies, DXC aims to address the high failure rate of traditional data warehouse projects while handling the growing complexity and volume of business data more effectively, ensuring the success of data-driven initiatives.

To learn more about how DXC Technology advances Enterprise Intelligence Services, EIS, visit the website here.

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“The next generation of PCs is emerging at a pivotal time – with upcoming refresh cycles and new capabilities on the PC creating the perfect storm,” said Patrick Moorhead, founder and CEO of Moor Insights & Strategy. “Dell’s commercial AI PCs and workstations, coupled with its ecosystem of peripherals, software and services, offer an AI continuum designed to enhance the user experience today and set organizations up for success in the future.”

“Every company that wants to remain competitive will have to implement AI in some way, and AI PCs will be central to that,” said Sam Burd, president, Client Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. “From running complex AI workloads on workstations to using day-to-day AI-powered applications on laptops, the AI PC will be an important investment that pays dividends in productivity and paves the way to a smarter, more efficient future. Dell’s advantage starts with offering more AI PCs across the commercial portfolio from day one, giving customers the ability to start future proofing for AI today.”

AI PCs for hybrid work
The neural processing unit (NPU)–equipped AI PC will grow from nearly 50 million units in 2024 to more than 167 million in 2027, representing nearly 60% of all PC shipments worldwide.[^2] The NPU adds an AI acceleration engine that can take on more dedicated AI tasks, freeing up the CPU and GPU to do other things. This creates a more responsive experience and enhances performance, security, battery life and productivity.

Dell provides the world’s most intelligent, manageable and secure commercial PCs.[^3] With a new line-up of Latitude laptops and Precision mobile workstations, Dell will offer customers the broadest portfolio of commercial AI laptops and mobile workstations, from entry-level to ultra-premium laptops and workstation options. Powered by Intel Core Ultra processors with Intel vPro^®, Dell commercial PCs drive AI workloads and unlock new levels of productivity and efficiencies. For example, employees can now:

• Collaborate more effectively. Combining the benefits of the NPU to offload capabilities like auto-framing, background blur and eye-tracking with the power efficiency of Intel Core Ultra processors, gives workers up to 38% more battery life and valuable working time in a day packed with Zoom calls.[^4]
• Create content faster. By distributing AI processing across the CPU, GPU and now NPU, users can create generative AI images over five times faster with Stable Diffusion,[^5] a text-to-image model.
• Work more securely in a hybrid work environment. More ISVs will continue to build applications for the AI PC. For example, Dell is working with Intel and CrowdStrike to offload security functions onto the device via the NPU. This provides more comprehensive threat detection, helping customers swiftly detect malicious sites and security vulnerabilities with reduced latency compared to cloud-based solutions.
• Stay in the flow of work. The portfolio features Windows 11 and a Copilot key to make it even easier to get things done and stay in the flow of work. With the press of a key, you can have faster access to your everyday AI companion.

AI-powered, automated services
Building on years of industry leadership in proactive, predictive automation as well as expert advice and managed services, new Dell Services capabilities help customers:

• Maximize PC uptime and improve productivity with new self-healing capabilities through the ProSupport Suite for PCs. Customers who connect to Dell’s SupportAssist technology can leverage telemetry and AI to fix PC issues without human intervention. This lets IT activate Dell-authored scripts to autonomously correct blue screen errors, thermal issues and more across their entire fleet of PCs.
• Keep PC fleet refreshes on track and on budget with Dell’s managed services. When customers need new AI devices, Dell provides detailed planning, forecasting and supply chain management to enable timely, targeted multi-vendor device rollouts.
• Adopt and maximize GenAI investments with Digital Employee Experience Services for GenAI. These services equip employees with the tools and technology tailored for their diverse roles.

Product spotlights

• Dell’s new Latitude portfolio includes the Latitude 7350 Detachable, the world’s most collaborative commercial detachable,[^6] giving professionals the freedom to work fully docked at the desk or on-the-go as a tablet or laptop. It features the best user-facing 8MP HDR camera amongst other detachables[^7] for high-quality picture in challenging lighting conditions. The fully refreshed portfolio features updates across 5000, 7000 and 9000 series, including the Latitude 7350/7450 Ultralights, the world’s lightest 13.3″ and 14″ premium commercial laptops.[^8]
• Dell’s new mobile and fixed Precision workstations meet the performance needs of power users, developers and beyond. As the global leader in workstations,[^9] Precision provides the power to run complex AI workloads securely and cost effectively on the PC. Integrated into new Precision mobile workstations are the NVIDIA RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPUs, helping deliver the AI capabilities and enterprise reliability to work from anywhere, while the Precision 3280 Compact Form Factor (CFF) is a new space-saving form factor built for light AI development and creative applications.
• Dell’s most intelligent headset portfolio in its class[^10] includes five new headsets. The Dell Premier Wireless ANC Headset (WL7024) features AI-based noise canceling microphones that distinguishes human speech signals from background noises from both the user and their audience, and adjusts the level of noise cancellation based on the user’s environment. The advanced smart sensor intelligently performs tasks like mute/unmute, pause/play as long as either earcup is lifted, while intuitive touch controls tailor the audio experience.

Accelerating the circular economy
As a leader in circular design, Dell addresses the full lifecycle – from increasing the use of recycled materials and minerals in products, to making devices easier to repair and responsibly recycle.

• The new Latitude devices are the world’s first commercial PCs to use recycled cobalt in their batteries.[^11]
• Inspired by Concept Luna, the Latitude 7350 Detachable is the world’s most serviceable commercial detachable[^12] featuring a serviceable display panel and making it easier to repair and prolonging its use.
• As organizations refresh their devices to optimize AI capabilities, Dell recovery and recycling services help customers properly retire their IT equipment to divert e-waste from landfills, keeping products and materials in circulation longer.

Availability

• Latitude 7350 Detachable will be available in Q2.
• Precision 3280 Compact Form Factor (CFF) will be available on March 26.
• Precision mobile workstations will be available on March 12.
• Dell Premier Wireless ANC Headset (WL7024) will be available in China on March 29 and rest of world on April 14.
• ProSupport Suite for PCs with self-healing capabilities is available globally by the end of April.
• Digital Employee Experience Services for GenAI are available globally.
• Managed Services for device refresh are available in the US and EMEA on March 15.

To learn more about Dell Technologies new Latitude AI PCs visit the website here or visit Dell at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024.

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² IDC Worldwide Artificial Intelligence PC Forecast, 2023–2027 (Doc #US51747324), Jan 2024. ³ Most secure: Based on Dell internal analysis, September 2023. Applicable to PCs on Intel processors. Not all features available with all PCs. Additional purchase required for some features. Most intelligent: Based on Dell analysis, November 2023. Dell Optimizer is the AI-based optimization software for commercial PCs and MyDell is the AI-based optimization software for consumer and small business PCs. Dell Optimizer is not available in OptiPlex 3000 series, Latitude Chromebook Enterprise, and Linux-based devices. MyDell is only available on new Inspiron, Vostro and XPS PCs beginning in 2023, as well as select models from 2021 and 2022. MyDell is not available on Alienware PCs. Feature availability and functionality may vary by model. For more details visit Dell Optimizer Availability Matrix and MyDell Feature Availability Matrix. Most manageable: Based on Dell internal analysis, January 2024. Most-manageable commercial PCs when comparing the systems management capabilities of Dell Update Processes, Dell Manageability Solution capabilities and integrations with 3rd Party Management Solutions, with competitor update processes, systems management solution capabilities and integrations with 3rd party management solutions. 3rd Party Management Solutions – Microsoft Intune, Workspace ONE, are separate purchases. Intel vPro, to support out-of-band systems management, is an additional system configuration upgrade. ⁴ Intel testing on generic devices. Results may vary. ⁵ Intel testing on generic devices. Results may vary. ⁶ Additional purchase required for Collaboration experiences. Based on Dell analysis, October 2023. ⁷ Based on internal analysis, October 2023. Applicable to Windows Detachable devices only. ⁸ 7350: Applies to Product launched March 2024. Based on Dell analysis of publicly available information, October 2023. 7450: Applies to Product launched March 2024. Based on Dell analysis of publicly available information, October 2023. ⁹ IDC Quarterly Workstation Tracker, Q4 2023. ¹⁰ Based on Dell analysis, October 2023. Not applicable for WH1022 model. ¹¹ Applies to the Latitude 7350 Detachable and the Latitude 7350 that uses the 57Whr battery. Based on internal analysis, February 2024. ¹² Based on internal analysis, October 2023.

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“Storage performance is a critical factor for successful AI and generative AI outcomes,” said Arthur Lewis, president, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. “Customers are relying on us to continually push the boundaries of storage innovation, including removing data access bottlenecks that limit the throughput and scalability of compute-intensive applications. We are addressing these needs by delivering fast, efficient and secure access to data and turning it into a proverbial goldmine of AI and GenAI possibilities.”

Addressing the need for high performance and efficiency for AI storage

New advancements from Dell PowerScale, the world’s most flexible, secure and efficient scale-out file storage system, address increasing customer demands for higher AI and GenAI performance.

Now, with PowerScale OneFS software enhancements, companies can prepare, train, fine-tune and inference AI models more quickly. With new PowerScale all-flash storage systems, based on latest generation Dell PowerEdge servers, customers will see up to a 2X performance increase for streaming reads and writes.

“We make an engineering change every 17 minutes, a speed unachievable without a powerful IT infrastructure that underpins all of our processes,” said Dan Keyworth, director of business technology, McLaren Racing. “Thanks to Dell PowerScale, we’re equipped to leverage cutting-edge AI applications, combining high-performance storage with computing capabilities to create a winning formula for success.”

PowerScale will offer a new smart scale-out capability to improve single compute node performance for enhanced GPU utilization, leading to faster storage throughput for AI training, checkpointing and inferencing.

“Dell continues to design its file and object storage solutions with the customer in mind, allowing them to modernize their infrastructure with an AI-ready foundation to support the most intensive workloads, such as generative AI,” said Scott Sinclair, practice director, Enterprise Strategy Group. “With PowerScale’s latest performance advances, customers can improve AI model training and fine-tuning to make better business decisions based on their data wherever it resides with increased speed and accuracy.”

Dell PowerScale undergoes validation for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD 

Through Dell’s collaboration with NVIDIA, customers will be able to take advantage of a validated combination of NVIDIA DGX systems, Dell PowerScale storage and NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand and Spectrum Ethernet networking to achieve faster and more efficient AI storage. Dell’s solution is expected to be the first ethernet storage solution validated on NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD.

With Dell PowerScale becoming validated for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, NVIDIA’s turnkey data center AI infrastructure solution, customers will be able to confidently accelerate their AI and GenAI initiatives with Dell’s industry-leading network-attached storage. NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD includes the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform to provide a full-stack, secure and stable AI supercomputing solution.

Bringing AI to data wherever it resides

With nearly 87% of companies embracing multicloud strategies, Dell is giving customers the freedom to process data wherever it makes the most sense for them – on premises, at the edge or in public clouds.

Dell APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure, the latest addition to the Dell APEX Storage for Public Cloud portfolio, delivers enterprise-class file performance and management capabilities in Microsoft Azure. Customers will be able to easily meet the needs of performance-intensive AI and machine learning applications like Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Vision.

Dell APEX File Storage in AWS and Azure allows customers to take advantage of cloud-native AI and GenAI workflows on data in public clouds or on premises with improved data access and movement. For example, through Dell’s expanding Databricks collaboration, customers can choose from a variety of large language models (LLMs) and use libraries from Databricks MosaicML to retrain a foundational model with their proprietary data stored in Dell APEX File Storage, offering flexibility across multicloud environments.

The Databricks collaboration builds on Dell’s data management ecosystem partnerships to help customers accelerate AI and analytics efforts.  Additionally, with Dell’s planned open, modern data lakehouse, customers can extract insights from data wherever it resides with the integration of Starburst’s analytics software with Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell PowerScale, Dell ECS and Dell ObjectScale file and object storage systems.

Availability

• The Dell PowerScale OneFS software enhancements will be globally available this month.
• Next-generation all-flash Dell PowerScale systems and new smart scale-out feature will be globally available in the first half of 2024.
• Dell PowerScale is being validated with NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, with expected completion in the first quarter of 2024.
• Dell APEX for File Storage for Microsoft Azure will be globally available in the first half of 2024.
• Dell APEX for File Storage integration with Databricks and MosaicML is available in AWS today and in Microsoft Azure in the first half of 2024.
• The Dell open, modern data lakehouse solution will be globally available in the first half of 2024.

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“We are proud to be working with Dell Technologies on this collaboration and integrating our high-performance liquid cooling solutions into their next-generation Dell PowerEdge servers,” said JetCool CEO, Bernie Malouin. “Dell customers can now deploy liquid cooling in an air-cooled form factor, maximizing their server investments while providing unprecedented compute density and performance.”

SmartPlate System solution for next-generation Dell PowerEdge servers is the first of its kind, combining self-contained liquid cooling and advanced thermal technologies to enable users to run their servers at full speed—with no downtime. It is designed to maximize air flow through the server chassis to lower temperatures for both CPUs and GPUs, while also reducing power consumption. SmartPlate System eliminates the need for ancillary liquid cooling infrastructure and accelerates its adoption for customers that don’t have access to water lines or want to keep their existing server facilities.

SmartPlate System comes pre-installed on select 1U and 2U Dell PowerEdge servers and includes Dell OES service and warranty programs. For more information about JetCool’s portfolio of offerings on Dell PowerEdge servers , please visit the website HERE.

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Dell’s commitment to software development has resulted in more than 2,000 storage portfolio advancements in the past twelve months across every category of the external storage industry. These advances are available at no additional cost to existing customers and are consumable through on-premises software or as-a-Service via Dell APEX.

“As data continues to pile up, and skilled IT talent often difficult to find, companies are finding themselves in a position to do more with less,” said Jeff Boudreau, president and general manager, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. “We’re helping customers rise to this challenge by enabling them to make the most of their IT investments with storage software innovation that is more energy efficient, boosts productivity and strengthens cyber resiliency.”

Built to meet the most stringent security requirements across any industry

PowerStore, Dell’s intelligent all-flash data storage array, is delivering increased security to help today’s leading businesses adopt a Zero Trust model — a security architecture that provides continuous verification of users and resources to ensure the authorization of only known entities and actions.

Through PowerStore’s new security software enhancements, Dell is helping customers accelerate Zero Trust adoption to better protect, prevent and respond to cyberattacks. New advancements include:

• STIG-hardening – Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) meet the most stringent configuration standards as defined by the U.S. federal government and the U.S. Department of Defense. STIG hardening adds to PowerStore’s adherence with the NIST Cyber Security Framework standard, which is required for U.S. federal networks and other government entities worldwide.
• Secure and immutable snapshots – Prevents unauthorized deleting or modifying of snapshots before their expiration date.
• Streamlined file permissions – Allows storage administrators to manage access directly from PowerStore to respond quickly to security threats.
• Increased file resiliency – Up to 4x more mounted snapshots per system, giving users more protection points for granular recovery if needed.
• Multi-factor authentication – Protects administrative access to PowerStore by requiring increased verification of a user’s identity.

Dell helps customers drive increased productivity while keeping costs down

New PowerStore software automation and multicloud advancements help customers make the most of their existing IT investments while keeping operational and energy costs down. These new PowerStore features include:

• Dell PowerProtect native integration – Organizations now have increased simplicity and choice driving their multicloud data protection strategies with convenient backup to the cloud capability through PowerStore’s deeper integration into Dell’s physical and software-defined data protection solutions. Backups can be configured in less than two minutes, directly from the PowerStore user interface, allowing customers to easily take advantage of PowerProtect appliances with up to 65:1 data reduction, DD Boost technology and other capabilities. The solution can enable cost-effective cloud archiving, reducing on-premises capacity requirements which can help reduce power and cooling costs.
• DevOps workflow enhancements – New integrations with Ansible and Terraform and new application mobility capabilities with Dell Container Storage Modules help PowerStore customers accelerate innovation with flexible storage automation. By supporting these open source solutions, PowerStore gives DevOps workers easy-to-use storage automation tools and the ability to build repeatable, automated processes across diverse environments to provision storage without low-level coding or help desk support.

PowerStore delivers up to 60% more IOPS (input/output operations per second) per watt,1 now available with ENERGY STAR certified configurations,2 providing dramatic increases in both density and performance per watt as the most energy efficient PowerStore system to date. With this advancement, Dell is addressing the increased need for energy efficiency and sustainability, one of the most important criteria for IT buying decisions according to a recent IDC survey.

“With Dell PowerStore’s compression technology, we reduced our old storage area network from as much as 20 systems, down to two—a 90% reduction in our footprint,” said Nathan Young, IT director, Maricopa County Recorder’s Office. “As a result, PowerStore has improved our energy efficiency while allowing us to innovate to meet changing demands from constituents and the increased expectations of our staff.”

Dell ramps up software-driven storage innovation

In addition to PowerStore, new software innovations address a wide range of advancements across the Dell Storage portfolio:

• Dell PowerMax, the world’s most secure, mission-critical storage, strengthens cybersecurity by enabling an operational airgap to allow customers to expedite recovery of compromised production data following a cyberattack.
• Dell PowerFlex, Dell’s software-defined infrastructure, speeds modernization with enhanced NVMe/TCP and security.​
• Dell ObjectScale, Dell’s software-defined object-storage platform, introduces faster enterprise S3 object storage performance with a simpler deployment and support experience.
• Dell CloudIQ, Dell’s AIOps software, extends its AI/ML-driven performance and capacity analytics and VMware integration to simplify and accelerate IT and DevOps.
• Dell Unity XT, Dell’s flexible hybrid storage platform, increases Ansible support to enhance storage automation, helping customers lower costs, reduce errors and increase productivity.

Availability

• Dell PowerStore and ObjectScale advancements will be globally available in June 2023.
• Dell PowerMax, CloudIQ and Unity XT capabilities are globally available today.
• Dell PowerFlex advancements will be globally available in the third quarter of 2023.

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Next-generation rack, tower and multi-node PowerEdge servers, with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, include Dell software and engineering advancements, such as a new Smart Flow design, to improve energy and cost efficiency. Expanded Dell APEX capabilities will help organizations take an as-a-Service approach, allowing for more effective IT operations that make the most of compute resources while minimizing risk.

“Customers come to Dell for easily managed yet sophisticated and efficient servers with advanced capabilities to power their business-critical workloads,” said Jeff Boudreau, president and general manager, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. “Our next-generation Dell PowerEdge servers offer unmatched innovation that raises the bar in power efficiency, performance and reliability while simplifying how customers can implement a Zero Trust approach for greater security throughout their IT environments.”

New Dell PowerEdge servers are designed to meet the needs of a range of demanding workloads from artificial intelligence and analytics to large-scale databases. The expanded portfolio announced in November 2022, including the PowerEdge XE family of servers with NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software suite for a full stack, production AI platform builds on advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

New servers for cloud service providers

The introduction of Dell PowerEdge HS5610 and HS5620 servers delivers optimized solutions tailored for cloud service providers managing large-scale, multi-vendor data centers. Available in both 1U and 2U form factors, these new, two-socket servers include cold aisle serviceable configurations and are available with Dell Open Server Manager, an OpenBMC based systems management solution to simplify multi-vendor fleet management.

Greater performance and simpler management

Next-generation PowerEdge servers provide improved performance, including the Dell PowerEdge R760, which delivers up to 2.9x greater AI inferencing on 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel Deep Learning Boost and Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions. The PowerEdge R760 also offers up to a 20% increase in VDI users and over 50% more SAP Sales & Distribution users on one server, compared to the previous generation. PowerEdge systems may be ordered with NVIDIA Bluefield-2 data processing units to provide additional offload, acceleration and workload isolation capabilities ideal for power efficiency for private, hybrid and multicloud deployments.

Enhancements to Dell monitoring software and new services make server management even easier:

• Dell CloudIQ — Dell software combines proactive monitoring, machine learning and predictive analytics while offering a comprehensive view of servers wherever they reside. Updates include advancements to server performance forecasting, select maintenance operations and new virtualization visualization.
• Dell ProDeploy services — The Dell ProDeploy Factory Configuration service delivers PowerEdge servers ready to install and preconfigured with the customer’s preferred operating system, hypervisor software and settings for RAID, BIOS and iDRAC. The Dell ProDeploy Rack Integration service delivers and installs production-ready racked and networked PowerEdge servers, ideal for companies expanding their data center environments or undergoing an IT modernization.
• Dell iDRAC9 — As customers seek increased server automation and intelligence, Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) makes Dell systems easier to deploy and diagnose, equipped with updated features such as Certificate Expiry Notice, Telemetry for Dell Consoles and GPU monitoring.

“With improvements in genomic sequencing technology and new methods in the lab driving data growth, data flows will continue to expand in the future. To ensure our continued innovation, we need to process data quickly and efficiently,” said Dr. Pete Clapham, Informatics Support Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute. “Dell PowerEdge servers are well-designed, have built-in security, and deliver the performance that allows us to accelerate scientific discovery and bring innovation to the world faster.”

Designed for sustainability  

Dell PowerEdge servers are designed with sustainability in mind, offering customers a 3x performance improvement, compared to 14th Generation PowerEdge servers with Intel Xeon Scalable processors launched in 2017, resulting in less floor space required and more powerful and efficient technology across all next-generation systems. Key highlights include:

• Dell Smart Flow design — A new feature within the Dell Smart Cooling suite increases airflow and reduces fan power by up to 52% compared to previous generation servers. The Smart Flow design supports greater server performance with less power required to cool systems for more efficient data centers.
• Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager 3.0 software — Customers can better manage efficiency and cooling goals, monitor carbon emissions and set power caps up to 82% faster to limit overall energy usage. With the enhanced sustainability target tool, customers can determine overall server use, virtual machine and facility energy consumption, leak detection for liquid cooling systems, and more.
• Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) — Four next-generation Dell PowerEdge servers will be available with the EPEAT silver designation, and 46 systems will be designated EPEAT bronze. The EPEAT ecolabel is a leading global designation, covering products and services from the technology sector that demonstrate a responsible purchasing decision.

“Today’s modern data center requires continuous performance improvements for complex workloads such as AI, ML and VDI,” said Kuba Stolarski, research vice president, IDC Enterprise Infrastructure Practice. “As data center operators endeavor to keep up with the demand from these resource hungry workloads, they must also prioritize environmental and security goals. With its new Smart Flow design, coupled with enhancements to its power and cooling management tools, Dell offers organizations significant improvements in efficient server operation alongside the raw performance gains in its newest generation of servers.”

Reliability and security at the core

Next-generation PowerEdge servers help accelerate Zero Trust adoption within organizations’ IT environments. The devices constantly verify access, assuming every user and device is a potential threat. At the hardware level, silicon-based hardware root of trust, with elements including the Dell Secured Component Verification (SCV), helps verify supply chain security from design to delivery. Additionally, multifactor authentication and integrated iDRAC verifies users before granting access.

A secure supply chain also enables customers to advance their Zero Trust approach. Dell SCV offers cryptographic verification of components, which extends supply chain security to the customer’s site.

Delivering a scalable, modern compute experience

Customers looking for OpEx flexibility can consume PowerEdge servers as a subscription through Dell APEX today. Using advanced data collection and processor-based measurement by the hour, customers can take a flexible approach to avoid the costs associated with over-provisioning their compute needs.

Later this year, Dell Technologies will expand its Dell APEX portfolio to offer bare metal compute services on-premises, at the edge, or in colocation facilities. Services will be available through a predictable, monthly subscription and easily configured through the APEX Console, enabling customers to meet their workload and IT operational needs with scalable and secure compute resources.

“4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors have the most built-in accelerators of any CPU on the market to help maximize performance efficiency for real world applications, especially those powered by AI,” said Lisa Spelman, corporate vice president and general manager, Intel Xeon Products. “With the latest generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, Intel and Dell continue our strong collaboration in delivering innovations that create real business value, while incorporating leading scalability and security that customers require.”

Availability

Dell PowerEdge R760 is available globally in February 2023.
Dell PowerEdge HS5620, HS5610 are available globally in April 2023.
Additional next-generation Dell PowerEdge servers will be global availability throughout the first half of 2023.
ProDeploy Factory Configuration is globally available today, and ProDeploy Rack Integration is available today in the US.
Dell APEX compute services are planned for the second half of 2023.

Learn more about Dell PowerEdge by visiting the website here.

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The AACC AI Incubator Network will bear the demand for higher education AI technical and literacy skills, attract educators and support community colleges with the tools they need to teach AI courses. According to a 2021 EdScoop survey, underwritten by Dell Technologies and Intel, higher education administrators responded that the demand for AI skills training is outpacing their current ability to meet said demand. Fifty-three percent of survey respondents suggested AI would account for the most significant increase in instructional demand over the next three years, and 50 percent said they would like support from a consortium/association of peer institutions.

Since the AI for Workforce program launched in 2020, Intel has expanded it to 31 schools across 18 states. The AACC AI Incubator Network initiative will quickly expand the AI for Workforce program across the entire nation, fostering a national dialogue and bringing coordinated resources to the broader community college system.

“Building upon Intel’s partnership with the AACC and Dell Technologies by establishing incubators for emerging technology education across the U.S. will provide greater access to critically needed technical skills and training in AI,” said Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Client Computing Group at Intel. “This specialized program is a starting point for the next generation of U.S. technologists, engineers, and inventors to expand their innovative thinking and go on to land careers in all sectors of the digital economy.”

For colleges that choose to participate, AACC will support the implementation of the AACC AI Incubator Network. By joining the network, colleges will have the opportunity to participate in discussions about learning pathways, connect on strategic economic development opportunities, strategize on student engagement in AI programs, share resources for student AI projects between and among the participating colleges and gather the best practices from the field as identified by AACC, Intel, Dell Technologies and other industry-relevant partners.

The program will support colleges seeking to design and build an AI incubator as a physical laboratory on campus, on a virtual platform or as both in a hybridized model. Participating colleges will be eligible to apply for one of 10 12-month grants of $40,000 to build out their AI labs. The selections will be made based on criteria determined by AACC, Intel and Dell Technologies.

“AI has become an increasingly important focus for community colleges as providers of workforce education for multiple industries,” said Dr. Walter G. Bumphus, AACC’s president and CEO. “Working together with peers and across sectors will enhance the ability of our colleges to advance and scale this curriculum across the nation to ensure that students earn the skills needed to fill these jobs and begin meaningful careers.”

“Dell Technologies has an organizational goal to make a positive impact on 1 billion lives by advancing health, education and economic opportunity. This partnership between AACC, Intel and Dell gives us an opportunity to meet this goal,” said Leslie Harlien, Vice President of State and Local Government and Education Strategy, Dell Technologies. By lending our technical expertise to the AACC AI Incubator Network, we will help community colleges develop virtual and on-campus artificial intelligence in education labs. This will prepare the AI-ready future workforce and provide skills and training that will lead to real-world jobs.”

Dell Technologies will provide technical expertise to the 10 selected schools to configure AI labs for teaching in-person, hybrid, and online students. The labs will provide students with more access to AI computing power, tools and resources, helping foster the skills needed for future jobs. In addition, the curriculum from the AI for Workforce program and taught in the AI labs will support courses on data analytics, computer vision, natural language processing, AI model training, coding, the societal impacts and ethics of AI technology, and more.

Learn about American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) or Intel’s AI for Workforce Program in the US and download the 2021 EdScoop survey

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“PowerStore is the fastest-growing new architecture in Dell history. New and existing storage customers are seeing first-hand how its unique design, extreme performance and standout automation capabilities help them innovate and maintain a competitive advantage,” said Jeff Boudreau, president and general manager, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. “With today’s announcements, we’ve made PowerStore faster and smarter while making it easier for a broader range of businesses to get started with the platform.”

Dell Technologies, the industry’s leading enterprise storage provider¹, has shipped more than 400 petabytes of PowerStore storage—roughly the same as storing 136 billion songs as MP3 files—in more than 60 countries in industries such as education, gaming, transportation, healthcare, retail and financial services.  New PowerStore users include Columbia Southern University, Habib Bank, RealPage, Tech Data, The University of Pisa, Tilly’s and Ultraleap.

“Our hand tracking and mid-air haptics technologies are transforming industries like XR, automotive, kiosk and out of home advertising. Dell EMC PowerStore’s performance, automation, deduplication and scalability capabilities are helping to transform our IT infrastructure,” said Richard Goodwin, group director of IT, Ultraleap. “With PowerStore, we are realizing a 450% performance improvement on some applications and are seeing data reduction rates well above Dell’s 4:1 data reduction guarantee. In our world, speed is a key differentiator and PowerStore is helping accelerate access to the critical data and applications we need to bring our innovations to life.”

Software innovation
Enhancements in PowerStoreOS 2.0 can be applied to new and existing PowerStore appliances with zero disruptions to customer operations:

• Performance improvements: PowerStore supports a wide range of workloads with its scale-up, scale-out architecture for block, file and VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes. Businesses now get better performance from workloads on their PowerStore, achieving up to 25% more Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS).²
• Infrastructure modernization: PowerStore extends the advantages of NVMe across the data center by adding the option of NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe-FC), which requires a simple software update and no additional hardware.
• Scale-out with AppsON: The industry’s only storage array with a built-in VMware ESXi hypervisor ³ allows customers to run applications directly on the system using the AppsON feature for better performance, mobility and workload consolidation. Scale-out and appliance clustering additions to AppsON provide additional compute power for storage-intensive applications at the edge in areas such as healthcare and big data analytics.

“Enterprises undergoing digital transformation are looking for performance and flexibility to better help them accommodate demanding new workloads and better consolidate existing ones in distributed environments,” said Eric Burgener, research vice president, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group at IDC.  “The incorporation of new technologies and enterprise-class storage management capabilities into lower cost storage like the Dell EMC PowerStore 500 provide additional options for customers even as they drive more value for the money.”

Increased intelligence
PowerStore updates automate data processes and deliver greater cost savings:

• Intelligent data reduction: PowerStore simplifies storage management by optimizing capacity and performance while delivering a guaranteed 4:1 data reduction.⁴ The array’s Intelligent Data Reduction functionality is always running without impacting performance.
• Greater resiliency: PowerStore’s Dynamic Resiliency Engine (DRE) helps customers maintain performance while safeguarding against dual drive failures. DRE provides up to 98% less management effort compared to traditional RAID configurations.⁵
• Smarter tiering: PowerStore uses storage class memory (SCM) as persistent storage and differentiates between SCM and standard NVMe drives within the system, speeding metadata access for up to 15% lower workload latency⁶ with an investment as low as a single Intel® Optane D4800X drive.

PowerStore’s automation capabilities are complimented by Dell EMC CloudIQ, storage monitoring and analytics software that uses artificial and human intelligence to deliver real-time performance and capacity insights.

Introducing the PowerStore 500
The PowerStore 500 delivers enterprise performance and storage services at an accessible price point. PowerStore 500 is suitable to businesses of any size and can be used in remote or branch locations, edge environments or larger IT deployments. It’s also available through Flex On Demand, allowing customers to acquire the technology they need with payments that scale to match actual usage.

The array’s compact 2U form-factor stores up to 1.2 petabytes and is capable of handling demanding enterprise workloads, supporting up to 2.4 million SQL transactions per minute⁷ and 1,500 VDI desktops per appliance.⁸ Customers can combine multiple PowerStore 500 appliances for an affordable cluster that is easily managed with automation and data mobility capabilities. For larger configurations, customers can mix and match PowerStore models to scale as IT needs change.

The Dell EMC Future-Proof Program includes Anytime Upgrades, the industry’s most flexible controller upgrade program.⁹ Unique to Dell Technologies, customers can enhance or expand their PowerStore performance and capacity after only 180 days.¹⁰ Anytime Upgrades, combined with PowerStore’s adaptable architecture, effectively eliminates costly, disruptive platform migrations.

“Dell EMC PowerStore’s unique architecture, automation capabilities and performance help our customers tackle today and tomorrow’s IT challenges,” said Bob Olwig, vice president, business development and marketing, WWT. “The PowerStore 500’s low cost and extreme performance make it a compelling addition to the PowerStore family from a partner perspective and new performance and automation updates give customers even more reasons to choose Dell Technologies storage.”

Availability

• Dell EMC PowerStore software updates are available for download on June 10, 2021.
• PowerStore 500 is available for ordering on May 4, 2021 with global shipments starting June 10, 2021.

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