Dell's FORCE10: building an open ecosystem

After the storage market became the leading enterprise, it was a commonplace thing for Dell to acquire a network provider, but it was not clear for a long time who Dell was going to buy – some analysts thought Dell's takeover was likely to be brocade, The latter can pave the way for Dell to enter the Ethernet and Fibre Channel market; Some analysts believe that the acquisition of Junips is a good choice for Dell, as it certainly enhances Dell's power in the area of Ethernet and network security, but their predictions are dashed. The answer to the question was settled this summer.

Force10 is Dell's ultimate choice, after acquiring the highly innovative network company, Dell consolidates the three core systems of the data center: server, storage, and network switching, and FORCE10 will be a core bastion of its core fortifications around Dell's enterprise-level computing strategy Although market share is not large, the value of FORCE10 includes high-capacity low latency switching technology, Force 10 open Don (open automation) features such as Python scripts, and Force 10 virtual architecture, which provides the underlying architecture for cloud services, Includes service isolation and management, traffic analysis, and high availability.

Dell Network Business chief technology Officer Lin Geo (right) and Dell Large Enterprise division Next Generation Data Center Solutions senior Manager Peng Yuheng (left)

In the domain of virtual network or network virtualization, FORCE10 has strong competitive power, such as the Force10 operating system (FTOs), the "little" young system platform to integrate the entire Force10 "open ecosystem"--only from the point of view of openness, Force10 and Dell have enough common language-these two companies do not have much experience in the mainframe world, so they are more focused on open, standardised hardware, or in the market for industrial standard servers and storage systems.

Of course, while we can now find enough justification and explanation for the acquisition, and analyze "Why Dell will buy Force10", but we can not deny that in the first minute of the news, most people still shocked and puzzled, Dell's acquisition of FORCE10, whether from technology, market or product, What is undeniable at the strategic level is an alarming message. Today, Dell Network Business chief technology Officer Lin Geo is trying to help us restore the hand story of Dell and Force10, and how the future Prince and Princess can live happily ever after.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)