Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack Gets Next Gen Server Boost 

Oct. 23, 2017 -- Dell has unveiled Microsoft Azure Stack on its new Dell EMC PowerEdge 14th generation (14G) servers powered by Intel Xeon Scalable Processors. Order ability starts this November, and Dell believes it will be the first to offer next generation compute for Azure Stack when it begins shipping globally this December.

According to Dell, this software stack integrated into PowerEdge servers will pack-in power and security while optimizing performance as a result of rigorous testing and validation. With this newest generation of PowerEdge servers, Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure stack plans to provide customers greater:

• Price performance – offering even better price for performance with the industry’s latest compute technology
• Capacity – including up to 156 percent more workload density
• Scalability – offering organizations investment protection to run more Azure Stack workloads with a platform that is easily expandable for years to come

With a large increase in overall capacity, the Dell EMC Cloud for Azure Stack’s hyper-converged infrastructure enables customers to successfully support more workloads in less physical space and original configuration size and standardize on a turnkey hybrid cloud platform that offers the flexibility to support expansion capabilities in the future. This is critical for customers who want a consistent experience across Azure—whether it’s Azure public cloud or on-premises Azure Stack—for the long term.

Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack delivers integration, automation and manageability and enables customers to increase IT efficiencies while adopting a Dev/Ops model. Dell EMC provides an Azure Stack turnkey hybrid cloud platform that offers:

• A solution from an industry-leading hyper-converged infrastructure provider with a foundation of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers and Dell EMC Networking, offering flexible capacity and performance options.
• Simple, self-service, policy-enforceable encryption-as-a-service, through Dell EMC CloudLink SecureVM, which provides granular control of where and under what circumstances VMs are allowed to boot and access sensitive data.
• Dell EMC backup and recovery technologies, which allow you to protect your Azure Stack applications with confidence and align service levels to cost objectives.
• Reduced complexity and risk since we manage the component lifecycle for the entire hybrid cloud platform.

Furthermore, the adoption of Pivotal Cloud Foundry on Azure extends to Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack, continuing to deliver the hybrid models with consistent services, APIs and consumption models for on- and off-premises.

Source: Dell EMC