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There’s more to hybrid information technology than cloud and on-premises data centers. The edge is exploding; and now, “near-cloud” is wending its way into the picture. This is giving infrastructure companies, like Dell Technologies Inc., new ideas about how to develop, sell and service hardware outside of the old on-prem model.
Dell might be synonymous with the on-premises infrastructure in many people’s minds. However, it’s setting its sights afield lately to cater to customers with widely varying needs.
“We’re trying to build outcomes for customers,” said Devon Reed (pictured, right), senior director of product management at Dell.
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We all live on the edge or at least close to it. Whether it’s the smart thermostat in your living room, the desktop computer in your home office, or the GPS in your car, most devices we rely on our in daily lives answer back to the cloud.
With so many devices on the edge, however, managing each separate device, as well as the general infrastructure, can become a challenge.
“What we see is not only the need of processing [artificial intelligence and machine learning] at the edge, but also the need of a new type of compute at the edge,” said Gil Shneorson (pictured, left), senior vice president of edge computing offers, strategy and execution at Dell Technologies Inc. “So in the past you would just send the data to the cloud. Now it’s a form of a new computer with [graphics processing unit] capability and other things to process the data.”
Telco network architecture must shift to edge, says Dell
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Modernizing telcos to deliver communications better suited for distance learning, remote work and advanced tele-medicine is at the forefront of Dell Technologies Inc.’s customers’ minds for a post-COVID-isolation world.
“If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s about the absolute necessity of communications technology,” said Dennis Hoffman (pictured), senior vice president and general manager for the Telecom Systems Business Group at Dell Technologies.
Hoffman spoke with John Furrier, host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, during Dell Technologies World. They discussed telco cloud, edge and digital disruption.
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The pandemic drove cloud and as-a-service consumption models into countless companies. The need for on-the-fly flexibility continues as uncertainty about the future hangs over many. So is it the end for on-premises hardware?
Actually, plenty of companies plan to stay on the hybrid track they had mapped out before COVID-19. Can providers take the parts of as-a-service they’ve come to love and graft them onto hardware?
“There are new levels of unpredictability that have been accelerating this adoption of as-a-service,” said Alyson Langon (pictured, left), senior manager of product marketing at Dell Technologies Inc. “[Companies] don’t want to make big upfront investments in infrastructure when they’re having such a hard time forecasting their needs.”
Intelligence as a service the future for Dell, company says
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Artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented reality are being made an integral part of Dell Technologies Inc.’s tech service offerings. The intelligence-as-a-service products, which include support, deployment, education, consulting and others will be delivered through cloud infrastructure.
“Over the next five to 10 years, we predict that all devices will be able to communicate anywhere on earth,” said Doug Schmitt (pictured, right), president of Dell Technologies Services. That, plus an estimate that 30% of the 175 zettabytes of data created worldwide by 2025 will be processed in real time is among the reasons Dell is preparing its support tools. Billions of endpoints will be supplying intelligence, according to Schmitt.