The Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft that extends the Microsoft Azure hybrid cloud experience to data centre and edge environments is now available.
It is the first offer in the Dell APEX Cloud Platform family as well as the first available Premier Solution for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.
This new Azure Stack HCI solution category only includes platforms that provide the fastest time to value for Azure hybrid cloud through the deepest levels of integration with Microsoft.
Dell APEX Cloud Platforms are next-generation infrastructure that deliver consistent operations and more control over workload placement by extending the choice of cloud ecosystem on-premises. These platforms offer customers flexibility and investment protection over time by combining the best of Dell innovation in automated infrastructure management and orchestration, software-defined storage, and next-generation compute.
“This new platform will enable organisations in the region to simplify their Azure management, accelerate application delivery, and offer flexibility to run their workloads across the cloud, edge, and data centre,” said Karolis Macionis, Regional Director of APEX at Dell Technologies, Asia Pacific and Japan.
The new platform provides an optimal way for customers to bring Microsoft Azure to their data centre and edge locations. Building upon decades of Dell and Microsoft collaboration, it combines Dell’s expertise in delivering software-driven management and orchestration and software-defined
storage with Microsoft’s leadership in cloud services and container orchestration.
“This new solution gives our mutual customers a seamless experience from cloud to edge, wherever their data lives, so they can spend less time managing infrastructure and focus more on transforming their business,” said Douglas Phillips, Corporate Vice President of Azure Edge + Platform at Microsoft.
Through customer conversations, Dell is seeing existing customers familiar with the operational outcomes delivered by its automated software are excited to adopt the APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure to extend their Azure deployments on-premises.
Dell’s customers can now get check out Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure to experience how it can help them unleash innovation by simplifying the Azure hybrid experience.
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