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Dell Power portfolio evolves to meet business needs in the new normal
Customer-centric is a buzzword that businesses like to throw around. It sounds cool, but in many cases, it is meaningless jargon. True customer-focus is a two-way street that means not only innovating new features, but also evolving products based on how they are used in real-life scenarios. “Working and partnering closely with our customers is ...
Dell and VMware expand collaboration to boost success of cloud provider partners
Cloud computing is dominated by the “big three” — Amazon Web Services cloud, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. But they don’t own the entire market. There are plenty of lesser-known cloud services providers; and approximately 4,000 of them are part of the Dell Technologies Inc. partner ecosystem. “One of the things we call our partners ...
Digital transformation during pandemic creates win-win culture of mutual support across the enterprise
Business used to be a cut-throat environment where beating the competition to market share was the primary goal. While customer numbers are clearly still important, companies that were rivals are now making pacts and sharing technology in a win-win for everyone. Instead of dog-eat-dog, it is the power of partnership that rules. King of the ...
Dell increases focus on as-a-service solutions, freeing companies to manage business
The CapEx model has capsized. With the pandemic has come uncertainty, and many businesses are walking a financial tightrope. Suddenly, pay-as-you-go seems a much smarter choice than upfront investment. “COVID has catalyzed customer interest in flexible consumption. … It’s required a level of agility that candidly, traditional CapEx-based models simply haven’t been able to provide,” said Akanksha Mehrotra ...
Dell pivots to as-a-service for everything as technology becomes more complex
Dell Technologies is undergoing metamorphosis once again. Never one to shy away from change, the company is meeting digital disruption head on as it shifts to offer as-a-service across its entire portfolio. “Customers are looking for a very simple way to consume our set of services, and we’re doing that,” said Alex Barretto (pictured, right), vice ...
As uses cases rise for real-time data processing at the edge, Dell responds
The days when data was corralled neatly in a data center, or even in a cloud, are fading fast. By 2025, 75% of data will be created on the edge, according to a Gartner report, which means the tech giants are pivoting, making sure they are offering their customers the best product and services for edge applications. “You ...
Experience, data analysis and creativity is Dell’s recipe for reaching a 2020 audience
“In these troubled times, we’re here for you” seems a compassionate message to customers. And these days this expression is found in various versions as companies attempt to show empathy and connect with customers. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work. But neither does blithely ignoring the crisis and assuming clients are continuing with business as normal. In 2020, ...
Diversity benefits career choices: AppDynamics GM follows a nontraditional path into tech
The skills gap in information technology has placed a focus on teaching science, technology, engineering, and math. But following the STEM straight-and-narrow isn’t the only path into a career in tech. A diversity of life experiences can add up to create an employee with a wider viewpoint and skill set than someone who has stayed ...
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Socially aware startups sought for Halcyon, AWS-sponsored Bahrain Women’s Intensive
Across the world, socially aware entrepreneurs are working on revolutionary business concepts that will help create a more sustainable, equal world. Supporting them as they incubate their ideas is Halcyon House, a U.S.-based nonprofit known for its intensive residency programs. Today, Halcyon and Amazon Web Services are opening applications for a program aimed at helping female ...
The digital classroom here to stay: AWS reveals top 7 trends in the remote learning environment
Education was already transforming before COVID-19 threw the sector into turmoil. Online classes were common at higher education levels, and many were adopting flexible, stackable learning models. The difference is that the coronavirus forced remote learning to become part of the educational structure from kindergarten classes to doctoral level research. And that’s not going to change. “Digital ...