Expanded systems and software portfolio delivers new capabilities for customers to process, analyze and unlock the value of their data wherever it resides
News summary
• Dell Technologies helps customers adapt to the changing nature of data that is streaming in real-time, never ending, mobile and being created at the edge - outside of the data center
• New offerings help customers overcome edge compute, network and storage challenges to uncover new insights through data analytics across the edge, core data centers and public clouds
• New features deliver data center-level security and control at edge environments
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Dell Technologies announces new solutions
to help customers adjust to the changing nature of data and help
capture the time-sensitive value of the billions of devices at the edge,
outside of a traditional data center. With a host of new
offerings—including new edge server designs, smaller modular data
centers, enhanced telemetry management and a streaming analytics
engine—customers are better positioned to realize the value of their
data wherever it resides.
According to research from Gartner
Inc., "By 2022, as a result of digital business projects, 75% of
enterprise-generated data will be created and processed outside the
traditional, centralized data center or cloud – an increase from the
less than 10% generated today"
"As we enter the next Data
Decade, the challenge moves from keeping pace with volumes of data to
gaining valuable insights from the many types of data and touchpoints
across various edge locations to core data centers and public clouds,"
said Jeff Boudreau, president, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell
Technologies. "We offer a portfolio that's engineered to help customers
address the constraints of edge operations and deliver analytics for
greater business insights wherever their edge may be."
While
numerous definitions of "edge" abound, many miss the bigger picture: the
edge is not a single place, rather it is defined by a set of
characteristics and constraints including bandwidth, IT skills,
security, operating environment, space and power. Successful technology
leaders are rethinking the placement of applications and infrastructure,
distributing them as close to the point of data creation as possible to
reduce latency and increase response time. This enables real-time
insights at the edge to inform decision-making and improve
competitiveness.
Dell Technologies now offers the following
systems and software to help customers address the opportunities and
challenges at their edge locations.
Dell EMC PowerEdge XE2420 server offers dense compute, robust security for edge environments
The new Dell EMC PowerEdge XE2420
is a compact, "short depth," high-performance server designed for
space-constrained and challenging operating conditions often encountered
in edge deployments. As an example, the system delivers the
performance, availability and security required for telecommunications
customers building out edge networks critical for the implementation of
5G.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge XE2420 provides a low-latency,
two-socket system with the flexibility to add up to four accelerators
and 92TB of storage per server to handle growing business application
demands as well as analytics. Designed for tough environments, it has
Network Equipment-Building System certification with extended operating
temperature tolerance and an optional filtered bezel for dusty
locations. Front-accessible input/output and power provide easy access
for field serviceability.
Dell EMC Modular Data Center Micro 415 brings the data center to far-reaching and rugged environments
Designed to customers' specific requirements, this new, smaller Dell EMC Modular Data Center Micro 415
(MDC Micro) offers pre-integrated, enterprise-level data center IT,
power, cooling and remote management in a size shorter and narrower than
a parking spot. This helps enable customers to deploy a complete data
center to what would otherwise be considered non-data center locations,
such as the base of a telecommunications cell tower. The MDC Micro
provides enhanced physical protection for IT equipment at the edge with
extreme temperature-resistant enclosures, key lock doors and option for
smoke detection and fire suppression.
Dell EMC iDRAC9
Datacenter software brings remote access for a uniform, more secure
server management experience from the edge to the core to the cloud
The new Dell Remote Access Controller, iDRAC 9 Datacenter,
embedded management technology adds streaming data analytics
capabilities critical for understanding edge operations to all Dell EMC
PowerEdge servers. iDRAC 9 Datacenter helps customers meet the
requirements for deploying, securing and operating edge environments.
Its remote deployment capability can reduce administrator-attended time
by up to 99.1% per server after initial setup compared to manual
deployment. With streaming telemetry on iDRAC9, customers can discover
trends, fine tune operations, and create predictive analytics to help
ensure peak performance, reduce downtime and prevent risk.
New,
simplified automated certificate enablement is designed to provide
zero-touch security at the edge and in central locations. With up to 20
new metric reports providing nearly 2.9 million data points per server,
customers' IT departments can leverage AI operations to develop custom
routines based on the specific data they want to analyze for one, or
all, iDRAC9 enabled systems wherever they're deployed.
Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform stores and analyzes edge data
The
new Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform allows for ingestion and analysis
of streaming data from the edge. Customers may now simplify
infrastructure management to help harvest critical business insights and
focus on new opportunities to improve their data infrastructure.
This
enterprise-ready platform delivers a single solution for all customers'
data (whether streaming or not) that provides auto-scaling ingestion,
tiered storage with historical recall on-demand and unified analytics
for both real-time and historical business insights.
Analyst quote
"Edge
computing will become a critical element for most every enterprise
looking to gain business insights and competitive advantage," said Dave
McCarthy, IDC Research Director for Edge Strategies. "The breadth of
offerings Dell Technologies is providing around edge computing is very
comprehensive, but it is how the company is thinking about data locality
and the relationship between modern applications and the platforms
where they reside that is most compelling."
Availability
• The Dell EMC PowerEdge XE2420 will begin initial availability in the second quarter of 2020
• The Dell EMC Modular Data Center Micro is expected to be available beginning in the second half of 2020
• The Dell EMC iDRAC9 Datacenter and the Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform are available globally today
Additional resources
• Visit the virtual press kit for additional technical details, photos and videos
• Read the blog from Sam Grocott, senior vice president, Dell Technologies on meeting the new IT challenges at the edge
• Connect with Dell via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn
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