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RACKNELL, United Kingdom, 16 February 2010 – Dell today introduced OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center, a portfolio of software tools designed to help customers efficiently , securely, and cost-effectively utilise and manage standards-based IT resources.  Available at no charge to Dell customers with Microsoft System Center, these software tools enable large enterprises, public organisations and mid-size companies to gain visibility, control, and flexibility of their Windows-based IT environments.

Dell’s OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center helps customers get IT assets up and running quickly by streamlining the most time consuming administrative tasks such as bare metal deployments, server provisioning, and BIOS driver and firmware updates.  In addition, these tools give businesses added flexibility in scheduling non-disruptive IT maintenance tasks and help IT staff allocate resources to projects that support business objectives.

“IT professionals continue to look for solutions that help them more easily manage their PCs using standardised tools,” said Bob O’Donnell, vice president for IDC. “Delivering an open, end-to-end solution makes it easier for customers to integrate, deploy, and manage their IT assets. An approach like this is very pragmatic and helps minimise software migration issues while making adoption of Microsoft computing architectures more accessible.”

The News

Dell is making available to its customers, at no charge, a comprehensive set of software tools that deliver hardware management functionality integrated with Microsoft System Center applications.  With Dell’s approach, IT administrators can select and download the management tools they need, helping optimise resource utilisation for their business.  Additionally, Dell has increased the storage capacity of its PowerEdge R510 server to offer an ideal platform for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and other data-intensive applications.

Faster Deployment and Provisioning

Through the integration of Dell Lifecycle Controller with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and the utilisation of Dell Server Deployment Pack, customers can increase productivity and operational cost savings through efficient, simple, and secure remote deployment and provisioning of servers.  This solution helps reduce time and expenses required to send IT personnel to remote sites for server install and deployments.  Additionally, the operating system deployment process is designed to install the correct drivers in the appropriate directory – saving time associated with preparing update packages.

End-to-End Management for Physical and Virtual IT Environments

Dell provides integration tools for Microsoft System Center Management applications that cover a large spectrum of Dell hardware devices including Dell PowerEdge™ blade, rack and tower servers, MD-series and EqualLogic™ storage products, business clients (Dell Precision™ workstations, Latitude laptops and OptiPlex™ desktops) and network printers. As a result, customers can efficiently and cost-effectively manage their heterogeneous computing environment with solutions that support flexibility, choice and value.

Hardware Optimisation for Microsoft Exchange 2010 Environments

Dell continually optimises performance across its PowerEdge server line to help ensure customers the most productivity out of the business applications they rely on most. Recent tests conducted by the research firm Principled Technologies determined that two PowerEdge R510 servers with eight hard drives and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 can support up to 10 times the mailbox size while delivering Exchange Mail Server performance equivalent to two legacy HP ProLiant DL385 servers with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003¹. Migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2010 on a Dell PowerEdge R510 solution can also save up to $24,000 in total cost of ownership (TCO) in a year over that same HP system¹.

Anything the vendors can do to reduce operational cost, systems management or agility has to be the way forward. Being able to manage drivers and firmware and use technologies to remotely deploy them can reduce the number of man days needed to keep the server estate up to date, to be more proactive than reactive. An interesting announcement, I’m off to read more.

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