The Dell APEX portfolio is being expanded to include cloud computing, client devices, publicly accessible cloud storage programs, and cloud platforms.
The additions included a portfolio described by Dell as the "turn-key systems" created in a cooperation with its cloud partners Microsoft, VMware and Red Hat to enable cohesive multicloud operations, according to Dell, which were unveiled during the Dell Technologies World event in Las Vegas.
APEX block-based storage for Microsoft Azure, AWS and Dell APEX storage of files for AWS were also introduced by Dell to extend its software as well as enterprise information storage capacities for public clouds.
Businesses can scale safely and only pay for what they use with the help of bare metal computing resources from APEX Compute.
APEX PCaaS was additionally made available to assist businesses in streamlining IT, deploying new client technologies with predictable expenses, freeing up money, and enhancing user experiences.
Dell said that by enhancing the administration and mobility of apps and data wherever they are located, its multicloud portfolio enhancements would speed up company operations and innovation.
According to the co-chief operating officer, Chuck Whitten, the customers are still seeking a more straightforward technology experience for managing and accessing their assets and apps with greater ease, predictability, and flexibility.
Customers now have more choice to use APEX to support their operations as needed because it now covers the full range of Dell products, from PCs and on-premises IT to public cloud services and even edge locations.
According to Matthew Eastwood, the senior vice president of IDC, the announcements represented a substantial expansion of the company's product offering by establishing a commonality across on-premises & public cloud settings to make workload placement easier.
He also said that organizations are striving to optimize their IT environment to ensure that applications and data can reside in the best locations and provide the greatest business value.
The announcements come after a number of modifications to Dell's APEX partner program, including the creation of an APEX+ version for all incentive-eligible products and a streamlined incentive structure. For qualified partners, refunds and acquired marketing development income were applied to the whole category as well.
In September of last year, Dell expanded the APEX portfolio's worldwide partner resale availability to New Zealand and Australia, claiming that doing so would allow partners to offer customers their particular value-added capabilities.
In order to enable consistent multicloud functions and expand cloud operating models in on-premises as well as edge environments, APEX cloud servers are a set of systems that integrate Dell software, infrastructure and cloud running stacks, according to Dell.
Data mobility within a usual multicloud storage layer enables them to place workloads in the best possible location depending on anticipated performance, expenses, and safety demands.
For instance, APEX Block Storage used for Public Cloud operations and on-premise systems will allow customers to transport data between them with ease, the company claimed.
By utilizing well-known management applications, software-driven automatic deployment, and lifecycle management, the new technologies and improvements are also intended to increase IT and developers' efficiency.
According to Dell, the APEX Cloud Platform solution for Microsoft Azure, for example, improves the hybrid computing experience on Azure by integrating software throughout the stack. Through the use of native Microsoft management applications and partner engineering collaboration, automatic lifecycle management is provided.
The platform might assist users in modernizing their platforms and delivering more quickly to value on Azure's Arc-enabled infrastructure via uniform operation and management throughout on-premises data centers, edge locations, as well as Azure's public cloud.
The platform supporting Red Hat OpenShift by Dell APEX makes container-based app development simpler wherever the apps are produced and delivered.
Kubernetes is the engine behind the whole stack software automation and integration platform, allowing users to operate native container and virtual appliances alongside one another for a wide range of workloads in any hybrid environment.
Customers can set up vSphere on an entirely integrated system using software-defined storage that is highly scalable and performant thanks to the Cloud Platform of Dell APEX for VMware. With this, APEX Private Cloud and Hybrid Cloud are joined, giving VMware clients who are interested in multi-cloud architectures more options.
Additionally, Block Storage of Dell APEX for AWS and Azure was unveiled. According to Dell, this product combines cloud service economics with scalability, performance and cyber security.
While this is going on, Dell APEX File Storage offers file capabilities in public cloud to serve a wide range of performance-intensive tasks like machine learning, artificial intelligence, entertainment and media, and also life sciences.
These are included in Dell's lineup for software-defined storage options for public clouds, joining APEX Protection Storage on Public Cloud.
In order to make it simpler for operational personnel to manage multicloud storage along with Kubernetes clusters, Dell APEX Console additions include enhanced management, data mobility, deployment and discovery SaaS capabilities.