Cloud computing is a little remote. Dell pulls it closer to business

Cloud computing seems remote to many companies, but Dell has a way to get closer to the business. In the field of cloud computing, Dell has evolved its unique methodology, clear strategy and holistic solution based on years of high attention and commitment. Thanks to this, Dell has not only in a few years to win the major cloud computing services at home and abroad highly recognized as the primary infrastructure provider of the Super large cloud platform, but also has the power to promote the spread of cloud computing, relying on this strength, Dell is gently unveiling the cloud of the mystery, is helping more and more enterprises to embark on the "cloud" path.

"The future industry trend will come to an inflection point, this inflection point is brought about by cloud computing." "Recently, Lenovo Group Global vice president and China general manager Charlie officially released the Commercial cloud computing technology concept ———" end-to-end service optimization.

Wevey, vice president of Lenovo Group and dean of Lenovo Institute, said that with the gradual maturation of cloud computing products, markets and business models, PCs would be endowed with many innovative applications. In the next 3-5 years, enterprise-oriented cloud computing terminals and personal handheld computers will dominate.

At the same time, the industry's big predators are taking action on cloud computing, with Google, IBM and Dell scrambling to launch cloud computing strategies, and Dell has even applied for cloud computing as its registered trademark. For a time, cloud computing seemed to make people smell the race. In the history of computer technology, there may not be a second technology that is rapidly causing widespread concern in the face of a loud name, even if the financial crisis is destroying increasingly fragile economic confidence.

Consolidate on x86 platform to implement flexible cloud computing

One fundamental difference between Dell and other mainstream it device providers is that Dell is always firmly on the x86 route, as is Dell on cloud computing. Dell points out that while cloud computing can be implemented on proprietary hardware and software systems, such a cloud platform would "lock" users into a limited space, while also paying high fees to maintain and manage cloud computing platforms. In contrast, the integration and expansion of hardware and software on the x86 platform can improve the standardization of cloud computing platform, give users more choice, and effectively reduce the implementation cost of cloud computing, improve the flexibility of cloud computing.

Based on the x86 platform, Dell is mainly three steps to help the enterprise implement cloud computing. The first step is to consolidate the data center and improve the standardization of the data center. For example, an enterprise may have more than 100 data centers, there are thousands of application systems. Then Dell will help the enterprise to integrate the data center as many as possible, reduce the application system to more than 10, while migrating UNIX systems to Linux systems, so as to improve the standardization of the entire IT architecture; The second step is to virtualize the infrastructure. Virtualization is the logical starting point for cloud computing, and in this phase Dell will use virtual technology to increase server utilization, streamline the number of servers, and improve the horizontal scalability of the IT infrastructure.

More importantly, Dell uses virtual technology to shield complex underlying hardware, to help organizations deploy an abstract resource layer, to remove barriers to cloud computing, and a third step to automate infrastructure management. Dell believes that cloud computing is an advanced it application, but should not be at the expense of increasing the complexity of management and the amount of manpower. So at this stage, Dell will use advanced management software to help users to complete system management, to release human resources, improve IT infrastructure automation, so that users in a relaxed manner to apply cloud computing.

Overall solutions, clear strategic objectives

When it comes to helping companies implement cloud computing, Dell can provide users with End-to-end solutions, including hardware devices, software, and services. Specifically, in terms of hardware, at present, Dell can provide custom designed for cloud computing server and storage equipment, as well as modular data center equipment, in software, Dell and VMware, Microsoft and other software manufacturers have established a close alliance, can provide users with a combination of soft and hard solution; In addition to providing a variety of cloud-oriented consulting, assessment, planning, implementation, and management services, Dell has developed a ProManage series of services that can help users further address the "details" of asset management, software distribution, patch management, online backup and recovery, and e-mail archiving, More than 5,000 companies now use ProManage services to simplify their it.

Dell's End-to-end Cloud computing solution can fully meet the needs of all users and help users solve problems at all levels with ease. Using this holistic solution, Dell has helped 3 of America's 5 largest search engines, as well as some of China's largest Internet companies, to successfully build a massively public cloud computing platform, helping many companies to successfully build private clouds of all shapes and clouds, and to connect public and private clouds.