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• OEM agreements with Brocade, Scalent and VMware position Dell to uniquely offer open, standards-based foundation for virtualized enterprise computing – from the desktop to the datacenter
• In keynote address, Dell outlines the future of open, efficient data centers

Addressing the desire to simplify and standardize the data center, Dell today unveiled additions to its efficient enterprise portfolio at the VMworld ‘09 conference. Dell announced new desktop, networking, and virtualization management partnerships that can allow businesses to reduce the cost and time associated with the deployment and ongoing management of desktop and data center virtual environments.

“The growing desire for increased enterprise efficiency, combined with the rapid evolution and adoption of virtualized, standards-based architectures is changing the way enterprise technology is built and deployed,” said Praveen Asthana, vice president of Dell Enterprise Storage and Networking, in his presentation at VMworld 09. “The future of enterprise computing does not lie in a proprietary, monolithic stack. Businesses are looking to drive efficiency and innovation and products from Dell help drive these gains while avoiding vendor lock in. The next-generation datacenter – or the Efficient Datacenter – will be standards-based from the compute to the networking fabric, fully virtualized and cloud enabled, and highly automated.”

Anything Dell can do to extend the possibilities of the infrastructure, of the platform has to be a good thing, particularly if we involve open standards including all the elements of the IT function, from the desktop to the server, from the application to the middleware going forward. Exciting times ahead, I need to read up more, and wonder what possibilities/products and services might result from this announcement.

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