Regarding the enterprise cloud strategy, there is a saying in the IT circle that "it is not easy to go to the cloud and it is difficult to get off the cloud".

It is said that it is not easy for traditional enterprises to "go to the cloud" and start-up enterprises to "go to the cloud", and rash migration will lead to "acclimatization" and make enterprises fall into the quagmire that consumes time and energy.

It is also true that in order to "fill" the huge gap between the various clouds, Dell Technologies innovatively launched the Dell Technologies Cloud Platform (Dell? Technologies? Cloud? Flatform, referred to as DTCP) in 2019.

This is a turnkey hybrid cloud solution that integrates the strengths of Dell EMC and VMware in hardware, software, services and consumer solutions to help enterprise users seamlessly across edge, public and private cloud environments and achieve consistency user experience and a common management approach to improve operational efficiency while eliminating complexity.

Consistent cloud experience, so that enterprises don't need to care about what cloud they are using in their daily process, it sounds perfect!

But the story doesn't end...

On May 20, 2020, Dell Technologies Group released it globally, allowing users to deploy hybrid clouds at a lower cost by increasing the functions of the Dell Technologies cloud platform and with a smaller initial configuration, and improving the overall capability. Customers now have more flexibility to move workloads between public and private clouds and adopt the hybrid cloud approach that best suits their needs, while reducing costs.

Following the release of Dell Technologies Cloud Platform (DTCP) last year, this time we ushered in a number of updates, and the user's hybrid cloud experience has been further optimized!

The deployment threshold is further lowered

Dell Technologies Cloud Platform (DTCP) further lowers the barrier to entry for hybrid cloud solutions, and users can now deploy Dell Technologies Cloud Platform in a 4-node configuration (previously required 8 nodes). This is perfect for smaller environments for customers looking to get started with VMware® SDDC, an architecture where user workload domains can run concurrently in a shared management domain. For customers using VMware® SDDC in a small environment, it is possible to start smaller and expand the cloud deployment over time.

Bridging the gap between traditional and modern applications

Dell Technologies Cloud Platform (DTCP) now supports VMware® Cloud® Foundation® 4.0 (hereinafter referred to as VCF4.0) and Tanzu, providing users with a simple and direct path from a single environment to Kubernetes.

This latest release includes VMware® Tanzu® Kubernetes® Grid (TKG for short), which integrates Kubernetes with vSphere® 7.0 and unifies containers and virtual machines. This upgrade means the all-new Dell Technologies Cloud Platform (DTCP) has become available to support both modern cloud-native applications and traditional virtual machine-based applications.

Previously, VMware?Cloud has completed the docking of various mainstream public cloud vendors including Alibaba Cloud, and now it has complete support for virtual machines, containers and microservice architectures. This truly provides the ability for businesses to run and seamlessly move workloads where they need it, leveraging global resources to provide existing and new applications with the functionality they need, without the cost, effort or risk of refactoring applications. solid support.

In other words, Dell Technologies Cloud Platform (DTCP) has become a better platform for building new digital experiences.

Core building blocks up to 7.0

VCF?on?VxRail is the core building block of the Dell Technologies cloud platform. The multiple upgrades of the Dell Technologies cloud platform are naturally closely related to VxRail.

It is worth mentioning that VxRail is the only hyper-converged product jointly designed and developed by Dell EMC and VMware, and the only hyper-converged product independently developed and manufactured by a Chinese team in Dell Technologies Group. significance. In the context of China's new infrastructure and post-pandemic situation, VxRail promotes the transition from traditional hyper-convergence to a modern hyper-converged platform while better supporting cloud-native applications.

With the release of VMware? vSphere? 7.0 and VCF? 4.0 in April this year, Dell? EMC? VxRail is also simultaneously upgraded to version 7.0.

Its upgrade highlights include:

First, VxRail® 7.0 or vSphere® 7.0 supports both traditional virtual machines and cloud-native applications;_

Second, VCF? 4.0? Consolidated? Architecture can be deployed on VxRail? 4 nodes, reducing the initial investment of customers.

Third, VCF? 4.0 and VxRail? 7.0 are deeply integrated to realize fully automatic installation, configuration, and upgrade from VxRail hardware to VCF? 4.0 software, which greatly reduces the difficulty of operation and maintenance of IT architecture, and at the same time supports cloud-native applications more quickly. development and maintenance.

In addition, we know that VCF?on?VxRail also supported cloud-native applications before, but now with the launch of VCF?4.0 and VxRail?7.0, it can bring users a better cloud-native experience.

This is mainly reflected in the fact that IT administrators can use Kubernetes in the familiar vSphere client environment, while all critical applications are up and running to drive innovation for modern applications.

IT administrators can use Kubernetes in their familiar vSphere™ Client environment, and by addressing the cloud-native technology gap, Dell Technologies Cloud Platform (DTCP) will dramatically reduce the complexity of using Kubernetes and Kubernetes-based developer tools.

In addition, IT operation and maintenance and developers manage their respective work on a unified platform, so that enterprises can connect virtual machine resources with cloud-native applications and achieve unified management under a unified platform provided by Dell Technologies. Finally, the virtual machine and the container are perfectly "fused" together, and the IaaS and PaaS are completely opened up.

Previously, VCF has completed the docking of various mainstream public cloud vendors, and now it has complete support for virtual machines, containers and microservice architectures. This truly provides the ability for businesses to run and seamlessly move workloads where they need it, leveraging global resources to provide existing and new applications with the functionality they need, without the cost, effort or risk of refactoring applications. solid support.

Finally, we conclude with Deepak Patil, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cloud Platforms and Solutions at Dell Technologies:

Data and workloads are everywhere at the edge, in core data centers and in the public cloud. While data and applications have grown exponentially, IT resources and budgets have not. For businesses to turn data into a differentiating competitive advantage, they need a seamless and consistent approach to managing data no matter where it resides. The Dell Technologies Cloud Platform removes complexity by bringing the benefits of the public cloud to the data center and the benefits of the data center into the public cloud, allowing businesses to spend less time managing infrastructure and more. Time is used to provide value to customers.

"Allows businesses to spend less time managing infrastructure and more time delivering value to customers", with Dell Technologies Cloud Platform (DTCP)'s latest innovative upgrades, lower barriers to entry, customers can now Modernize your application experience on any cloud. Just as the consolidation and automation of virtualization drove the IT transformation of the past, we can now manage traditional virtualized applications and containerized microservice applications with a single hybrid cloud platform and drive a new wave of innovation for modern applications.

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