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News Summary:
– Dell Technologies Cloud Platforms now support VMware PKS, so organizations
can deploy, run and manage Kubernetes for critical production workloads
alongside traditional applications

– Dell Technologies Cloud Validated Designs are now available to help
organizations build Dell Technologies Cloud environments using Dell EMC
servers, storage and networking to meet a broader range of diverse needs

– Dell Technologies Cloud’s fully managed Data Center-as-a-Service offering,
VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, is now available

– Dell Technologies Cloud Platforms are now available with pay-for-what-you-use
flexible consumption models

Full Story:

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) is announcing a host of advancements and new
options that allow organizations to benefit from Dell Technologies Cloud for both
traditional applications and cloud-native environments.
More than half of organizations formulating hybrid cloud strategies have cited seamless
compatibility with their on-premises infrastructure as the most important consideration,
according to new research from analyst firm ESG.2 Dell Technologies Cloud, from the
No. 1 provider of cloud infrastructure3, combines the power of VMware cloud software
and Dell EMC infrastructure to remove cloud complexity by offering consistent
infrastructure and operations across private clouds, public clouds and the edge.

Dell Technologies Cloud Adds Kubernetes Support

Organizations continue to accelerate cloud-native application development while also
running traditional, virtualized applications. To help organizations balance both
imperatives, Dell Technologies Cloud will support automated deployment of VMware
PKS on Dell EMC VxRail, adding integrated support for Kubernetes and containers.
This helps organizations to more nimbly adopt flexible and secure cloud-native
approaches. This introduction offers Dell Technologies Cloud Platforms customers a
single, consistent platform for both traditional and cloud-native workloads, streamlining
deployment and operation with full lifecycle management of multiple clusters and
enhanced automation, performance and security.

Introducing Dell Technologies Cloud Validated Designs

New Dell Technologies Cloud Validated Designs offer additional infrastructure options
for organizations building hybrid cloud environments. Validated Designs consist of pretested
infrastructure with deployment guidance using Dell EMC best-of-breed compute,
storage and networking, validated with VMware Cloud Foundation. Organizations now
can meet the varied demands of workloads by independently scaling storage and
compute, allowing infrastructure-intensive applications to be supported most efficiently.

New Validated Designs available now include:
– Dell Technologies Cloud Validated Designs for Dell EMC PowerMax and
Dell EMC Unity storage arrays – Dell EMC storage arrays are the first to be
validated with VMware Cloud foundation for using Fibre Channel as primary
storage, within workload domains, in addition to the Network File System (NFS)
protocol. This offers customers deployment flexibility for workloads that have
unique external storage-specific requirements including independent capacity
and advanced features such as integrated data protection.

– Dell Technologies Cloud Validated Designs for Dell EMC PowerEdge MX
servers – With VMware Cloud Foundation interoperability, administrators can
now gain maximum resource utilization, enabled by PowerEdge MX servers and
OpenManage Enterprise – Modular Edition, allowing customers to dynamically
provision storage and assign workloads to individual drives as needed.

Dell Technologies Cloud Data Center-as-a-Service now available

Introduced at Dell Technologies World 2019, the fully-managed Dell Technologies
Cloud Data Center-as-a-Service offering, VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, is now available
to U.S. customers, making it the first to market VMware “Project Dimension” solution in
customer data centers. Additionally, Dell EMC is now a preferred partner offering data
protection for VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, allowing organizations to benefit from the
added support of key Dell EMC data protection solutions while leveraging VMware
Cloud on Dell EMC.

By providing tight integration of VMware cloud tools and Dell EMC VxRail
hyperconverged infrastructure, this solution combines the hands-off operational
simplicity and subscription-based pricing of the public cloud with the security, control
and performance of on-premises infrastructure.

Dell Technologies Cloud flexible consumption options, and expanded services
accelerate customer success

The availability of Flex on Demand allows organizations to deploy Dell Technologies
Cloud and pay only for the technology they use. This includes access to elastic capacity
and payments that adjust up or down to match usage.1 Flex on Demand simplifies
buffer capacity for customers, charging only for utilized capacity, so they can enjoy
public cloud-like agility on-premises without paying for all deployed capacity. This
approach also gives organizations the freedom to innovate more quickly by paying for
technology resources as needed to support new projects.

Additionally, new ProConsult Migration Services for Dell Technologies Cloud use a
mature, highly repeatable migration framework that helps organizations rapidly realize
the benefits of Dell Technologies Cloud offerings. This proven approach speeds time to
cloud and enables customers to focus on higher priority initiatives.

Dell Technologies Cloud Offers Consistent Operations for Hybrid Clouds Across
Private Clouds and Leading Public Clouds

Organizations have a variety of options for Dell Technologies Cloud environments:

– Dell Technologies Cloud Platforms – The combination of VMware Cloud
Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail hyperconverged systems offers the easiest and
fastest path to a consistent hybrid cloud, complete with automated lifecycle
management

– Dell Technologies Cloud Validated Designs – Now available today, these
integrate VMware Cloud Foundation with Dell EMC servers, storage arrays and
networking, delivered as pre-tested infrastructure with deployment guidance,
offering additional options to meet a diverse set of workloads and customer
needs.

– Dell Technologies Cloud Data Center-as-a-Service – Offered as VMware
Cloud on Dell EMC, this delivers a fully-managed hybrid cloud service for onpremises
data centers and edge deployments

– Dell Technologies Cloud Partner Clouds – Extending the consistent cloud
experience to the public cloud, with support for VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure
VMware Solutions, as well as the recently announced VMware for Google Cloud
Platform, IBM Cloud and more than 4,200 VMware Cloud Provider Program
providers globally

Availability

• Dell Technologies Cloud Platforms with VMware PKS on Cloud Foundation on
Dell EMC VxRail has planned global availability in September 2019.

• Dell Technologies Cloud Validated Designs are now available globally with
support for Dell EMC PowerMax and Dell EMC Unity XT storage arrays and Dell
EMC PowerEdge MX servers.

• Dell Technologies Cloud Data Center-as-a-Service, delivered as VMware Cloud
on Dell EMC, is now available in the US. Dell EMC Data Protection for VMware
Cloud on Dell EMC also is available as an option.