Dell Preparing Partner Program for New Data Center-as-a-Service Platform
Summary
Expect to see a host of partner enablement tools some time in 2020 after Dell Technologies Cloud perfects some behind-the-scenes work for its recently launched data center-as-a-service-platform. The offering pairs Dell’s VxRail rack and server infrastructure with VMware’s cloud software and resides in the enterprise’s data center or edge location. It’s very similar to what Amazon Web Services has structured with Outposts — except Dell has more extensive experience and knowledge operating within customers’ walls. The data center-as-a-service platform should appeal to partners whose enterprises must comply with regulations for workloads such as finance or health care, while seeking to take advantage of cloud capabilities. “We’re bringing cloud experience, agility and portal-based access to workloads in the data center or the edge,” Chhabra told Channel Futures.