Dell Introduces Cloud Onsite Service
As part of the Dell Cloud strategy to enable private clouds, Dell is introducing new enhancements to its private cloud services and extending its capabilities to offer secure, compliant cloud services for enterprise-class workloads. The new Dell Cloud Onsite Service allows customers to run demanding private cloud applications and critical workloads on their own premises with full management and support from Dell. In addition, the Dell Cloud Dedicated Service, a hosted private-cloud offering, has expanded its long list of accreditations and certifications by adding PCI compliance to facilitate secure hosting of payment card data, as well as new disaster recovery services allowing for full application recovery to maintain business continuity.
Introducing the Dell Cloud Onsite Service
Organizations with data sensitivities that prohibit the use of an off-premise solution can now benefit from managed private cloud services within their own data centers by using Dell Cloud Onsite Service. Remote management of Dell’s on-premise private cloud solutions and the Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution allow full support from Dell at the infrastructure layer.
Business Continuity Solutions for Dell Cloud Dedicated
A September 2013 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Dell Services found that improved disaster recovery and business continuity was a top consideration in customers’ decision to adopt cloud (78 percent of customers cited it as very important or important).
Dell simplifies business continuity planning for enterprises with its new disaster recovery (DR) service option for its hosted private cloud, Dell Cloud Dedicated. The enterprise class solution focuses on common, complex recoverability scenarios. With options for multi- or single-tenant clouds, users can match each workload to the most appropriate DR solution, optimizing budget and ensuring that business continuity plans can be rolled out efficiently across the organization.
The Dell Cloud Dedicated Service also makes file-level backup and restore simple with a new backup solution. This service delivers fast, reliable protection for virtual machines, even when powered off, helping IT reduce the cost of cloud-based backup. The Dell Cloud backup solution stores backup images in-house on a different storage array than primary data, and customers can set retention cycles based upon standards they already have in place, ensuring corporate compliance.
