At the recent UDS Summit in Madrid, Dell Technologies unveiled an impressive lineup of innovations that underscore its commitment to transforming data management and IT infrastructure. These advancements hold significant potential for businesses navigating today’s data-driven world, offering them greater control, flexibility, and security over their data assets. MTI is well-equipped to help organisations maximise the benefits of these updates, supporting them with secure, scalable solutions that drive productivity and resilience.
Key Announcements from the UDS Summit
Dell Data Lakehouse: An All-In-One Solution for Data Management
Among the summit’s highlights, Dell introduced the Dell Data Lakehouse, a next-generation platform powered by Starburst that merges the advantages of data lakes and data warehouses. This integration enables organisations to handle all types of data—whether structured, semi-structured, or unstructured—in a unified environment. For MTI customers, the Dell Data Lakehouse represents a pivotal tool for simplifying data landscapes and gaining rapid insights without compromising on cost efficiency or security.
- Accelerated Insights and Cost Efficiency: By leveraging Dell’s Lakehouse, organisations can achieve insights up to 90% faster while reducing the total cost of ownership by 53%. This makes it ideal for those aiming to bolster analytics without heavy investments.
- Data Sovereignty and Enhanced Security: With minimised data duplication, the Lakehouse framework provides strengthened governance and security, offering customers a robust foundation for managing sensitive data with confidence.
- Open, Flexible Architecture: Built with open formats like Apache Iceberg, the Lakehouse ensures adaptability and avoids vendor lock-in, aligning well with MTI’s focus on flexible, future-proof solutions.
PowerScale Enhancements: Built for Expanding Workloads
Dell’s advancements to its PowerScale storage line promise to boost scalability, performance, and multi-cloud flexibility—key factors for modern organisations grappling with ever-growing data requirements. These updates allow for a seamless handling of large datasets across environments, which is essential for enterprises managing diverse, complex workloads.
- High-Performance Scalability: Enhanced performance in PowerScale allows businesses to effortlessly scale their storage solutions, reducing costs associated with storage expansion while ensuring consistent performance. This is particularly useful for MTI customers dealing with fluctuating data demands.
ObjectScale: Advanced Object Storage with Enterprise-Grade Security
The unveiling of Dell’s ObjectScale storage solution was another standout. Designed to support modern applications, ObjectScale brings extensive capabilities in managing unstructured data, particularly with S3 compatibility, offering organisations a streamlined approach to data storage and protection.
- Security and Data Integrity: ObjectScale’s built-in features, like data immutability and encryption, help organisations meet compliance standards while safeguarding data against unauthorised access and potential attacks.
- Scalability and Performance: With ObjectScale’s capability to handle intensive workloads, MTI customers in sectors like AI, analytics, and cloud computing will benefit from high-performance, scalable storage tailored to their growth needs.
- Flexible Deployment: ObjectScale can be deployed as a Dell-managed bundle or on Red Hat OpenShift, adding to its adaptability across different IT ecosystems. Combined with MTI’s tailored deployment services, this makes ObjectScale a robust choice for data-conscious enterprises.
Expanding the APEX Portfolio: Simplifying IT with AI-Powered Operations
Dell’s APEX portfolio also saw significant enhancements aimed at easing the management of complex IT infrastructures. Through innovations in AIOps, the APEX suite empowers businesses to address IT issues up to ten times faster, improving system reliability in multicloud environments.
- AI-Driven Automation: APEX’s AIOps capabilities offer enhanced observability and incident resolution, allowing organisations to proactively manage their infrastructure. MTI’s expertise in AIOps can help customers leverage these tools to streamline IT operations and reduce system downtime.
- Optimised Kubernetes Support: The new APEX Navigator offers improved storage management for containerised applications, helping organisations adopt and scale Kubernetes with greater ease and efficiency.
How MTI Can Help
Dell’s new solutions underscore the critical need for resilient and adaptive data management strategies. At MTI, we understand the complexities involved in managing vast amounts of unstructured data and the importance of data protection against modern cyber threats. With MTI’s expertise in Secure by Design solutions, we offer a comprehensive approach that blends our deep-rooted experience in cybersecurity with the latest advancements in hybrid infrastructure technology.
For customers focused on unlocking the value of their data, MTI can guide them in implementing Dell’s new platforms to enhance data accessibility and analytics. Additionally, our Cyber-Security practice works in tandem with our Hybrid Infrastructure Solutions team to deliver solutions that prioritise both security and performance, protecting data assets from threats like ransomware while optimising data-driven initiatives.
Looking Ahead
Dell’s innovations unveiled at the UDS Summit signal an exciting era for data management. The integration of data lake and warehouse capabilities, advanced object storage, and AI-driven AIOps tools represents a holistic approach to empowering businesses to use their data more effectively. MTI is here to help customers navigate this landscape, offering them a clear path to implement these technologies securely, sustainably, and strategically.
With MTI’s support, organisations can confidently adopt Dell’s next-generation solutions, fostering a data strategy that not only supports growth but actively drives it. As we move forward, MTI remains committed to helping customers achieve the full potential of their data assets, creating value and resilience in an increasingly data-dependent world.
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