Dell Technologies has announced new edge innovations as part of the company’s strategy to build new growth areas that help organisations accelerate their digital transformation. These new solutions and updates were revealed during the 2021 Dell Technologies Summit (13-14 October).
New additions to the Dell Technologies edge portfolio. With 69% of the Fortune 100 already using Dell Technologies edge solutions, the company supports data life cycle needs for what is becoming the next major technology frontier.
The latest edge advancements by Dell Technologies include innovations across its infrastructure and PC portfolio to help organisations simplify deployments and capture more value from data generated and processed outside the traditional data center and public cloud — from rugged and remote locations to retail stores and factory floors.
- Dell EMC VxRail satellite nodes, which extend automation and lifecycle management capabilities to smallest configuration to date for edge workloads.
- Dell Technologies Validated Design for Manufacturing Edge with Litmus, which helps manufacturers make quick decisions to improve quality and reduce costs.
- Dell EMC Edge Gateway, which connects multiple edge devices across operational technology and IT environments to deliver real-time data insights.
- Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform, which optimises GPUs to ingest streaming video and supports real-time analytics on Dell EMC VxRail and PowerEdge systems.
- Dell Latitude Rugged laptops, which can withstand harsh edge environments while maintaining high levels of performance and connectivity.
More details below from the press release.
Research firm IDC estimates that 50% of new IT infrastructure will be deployed at the edge by 2023.
With 69% of the Fortune 100 already using Dell Technologies edge solutions, the company supports data life cycle needs for what is becoming the next major technology frontier.
- Dell EMC VxRail satellite nodes bring VxRail’s operational model and efficiencies to edge sites with a reduced infrastructure footprint. Now verticals like retail, manufacturing and remote branch offices can get started with VxRail for less. As the only HCI solution jointly engineered with VMware, VxRail satellite node single-node deployments automate day-to-day operations, health monitoring and lifecycle management from a centralised location without the need for local technical and specialised resources.
- Dell Technologies Validated Design for Manufacturing Edge with Litmus helps businesses connect, manage and orchestrate disparate industrial edge devices, data and applications—from the factory floor to the enterprise cloud—with no programming required. Manufacturers can make quick decisions to repair equipment before it fails, improve production quality and save costs with real-time data analytics and centralised device management provided by the enterprise-grade Litmus Industrial IoT edge platform. Built on Dell EMC VxRail or PowerEdge servers, with the option to use VMware Edge Compute Stack, this is the second solution from Dell Technologies to help businesses tackle manufacturing edge deployment complexity.
“The edge is technology’s next great frontier, and it’s all around us, everywhere from retail to manufacturing, smart cities and hospitals. At Dell, we’re innovating simple solutions so organisations can analyse data closer to where it’s created, make faster decisions, improve outcomes and drive progress,” said Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer, Dell Technologies.
- Dell EMC Edge Gateway helps companies securely connect multiple edge devices across OT and IT environments to provide valuable insights. This compact, fanless Edge Gateway with 9th Gen Intel® Core™ processors, is designed to withstand temperature ranges from minus 4 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit and connect to 5G and wireless networks in harsh industrial environments. The gateway, available direct to customers and through OEM engagements, offers storage and compute capabilities that can run localised data processing and analytics applications, helping solve data collection and processing pain points.
- Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform (SDP) adds enhanced GPU optimisation to ingest streaming video in a lower latency and frame rate environment and support real-time analytics on Dell EMC VxRail and PowerEdge servers. Organisations can run lightweight workloads on a single core using a new edge bundle, so they can start small and scale their infrastructure based on IT needs.
- Latitude 5430 Rugged and Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme laptops are designed to withstand harsh environments while maintaining the highest levels of performance and connectivity. The Latitude 5430 Rugged laptop is 5G capable and ready for work from anywhere as the industry’s lightest, most-powerful 14” semi-rugged laptop. The Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme laptop is 5G-capable and ready to take on the most extreme environments as the industry’s smallest 13” fully-rugged laptop.
These innovations are the latest examples of how Dell is expanding its existing edge portfolio with capabilities to meet unique customer needs.
Additionally, new Dell EMC PowerEdge tower and rack servers help organisations manage everything from business-critical workloads to virtualisation at the edge.
“Technology leaders are facing the very tall order of finding the right infrastructure to manage data at the edge and the right solutions to capture value from that data to make real-time, data-driven decisions. The Dell Technologies edge portfolio spanning infrastructure, PC and services helps organisations of all sizes make sense of their data,” said Matthew Eastwood, senior vice president, IDC.
Availability
- Dell EMC VxRail satellite nodes are available in Singapore on November 30, 2021.
- New Dell Technologies Edge Gateway model will be available in Singapore in early 2022.
- Dell Technologies Validated Design for Manufacturing Edge will be available in Singapore on October 26, 2021.
- Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform updates will be available in Singapore on October 30, 2021.
- Dell Latitude Rugged 5430 and 7730 laptops will be available in Singapore for order on Dec. 10, 2021, shipping with Windows 11.
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