Dell unveils private cloud innovations

Dell Technologies has a number of new solutions that make private clouds smarter, faster and more secure.

The new offerings include the general availability of Dell Private Cloud, new enhancements to storage products PowerStore and PowerMax, AI-powered automation features, and strengthened security capabilities.

The Dell Automation Platform, which enables both on-premises and SaaS private cloud deployments, lets customers scale and automate their infrastructure through preferred cloud OS stacks and Dell’s storage portfolio, including PowerStore, PowerFlex and PowerMax.

Integration with Dell NativeEdge further streamlines and secures operations across distributed cloud and edge environments to address the pressing challenges faced by IT teams contending with growing costs and evolving virtualisation needs.

Dell PowerStore now features QLC flash models and tight integration with the Nutanix Cloud Platform, combining Dell’s storage reliability with Nutanix’s flexible cloud operations for greater customer choice. The new PowerStore 5200Q model combines capacity performance with efficient scaling, AI-driven automation, and enterprise-grade security measures such as single sign-on and biometric authentication.

Automatic health checks and repairs enabled by Smart Support Auto-Heal can accelerate issue resolution and bolster ongoing system resilience. For enterprises scaling rapidly, the updated Dell PowerFlex offers petabyte-level storage consolidation and remarkable efficiency, with its newly introduced Scalable Availability Engine delivering up to 80 percent improvement in storage efficiency.

Mission-critical environments get a boost from PowerMax’s latest version, which offers one-click software updates, zero-touch management, single-drive scaling up to 8.8PBe, and advanced data protection with Microsoft Entra ID integration and encrypted alerts.

Complementing these launches, Dell PowerProtect helps enterprises safeguard virtual, cloud-native and containerised workloads against disruptions and evolving cyber threats.

The lineup features the compact PowerProtect Data Domain DD3410 for smaller sites and the software-defined PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance for unified, enterprise-grade cyber protection and centralised operations.

“Our latest storage and cyber resilience advancements are designed to help organisations build private clouds that are smarter, more secure and ready to handle the demands of both traditional and modern workloads,” said Travis Vigil, Senior Vice President of ISG Product Management at Dell Technologies.