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Ten excuses that will get you to Boston for the 2012 Dell Storage Forum

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by Michelle Richard
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ex · cuse noun: an expression of regret for failure to do something; a note of explanation of an absence Excuses are a dime a dozen these days. It seems like everyone’s got one (or three) for everything. “I’m too tired,” “I don’t feel good,” “I’ve got too much work to do,” or a personal favorite “My dog ate my homework,” or that PowerPoint, or that white paper, or that receipt you just can’t seem to find when...
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Racking up Dell's 12th generation servers

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by Joy Ruff
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Here at Dell, we love to get customer feedback and roll it into our newest offerings. In order to maximize the number of hard drives and also increase functionality and flexibility across the product line on Dell’s 12th generation 1U and 2U servers, the chassis widths have been standardized on a common size. For some systems, including the R620 and R720, this represents a slight increase in chassis width over the previous generation. The systems’ rails have also been re-designed to accommodate...
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Dell + Wyse + Citrix partnering to bring one great end to end desktop virtualization solution

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by Janet Diaz
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Dell, Wyse and Citrix are trendsetters in the desktop virtualization marketplace with a proven track record of delivering on products that meet customers evolving needs. Today we are pleased to announce that we have partnered to bring together two reference architectures that combine Dell’s commitment to desktop virtualization with the DVS Simplified and DVS Enterprise solution offerings. Wyse’s more than three decades of cloud client expertise along with Citrix’s desktop virtualization...
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Two paths to a virtualization infrastructure solution: DIY and vStart

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by Lani Dame
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This post written by Scott Stanford, Dell Systems Principle Engineer In my last blog post I shared a few insights about the value adds that the vStart Engineering Process brings to the vStart Solution . As someone who's spent many years working in the competitive industry standard benchmarking and virtualization solution spaces, and who's navigated through many unknown trails in the technology industry, in this post I'd like to share a few insights and approaches for choosing a...
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Changing the dynamics of blades. Again.

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by Robert Bradfield
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In 2008, when Dell launched the PowerEdge M-series, it signaled a new approach towards blades. Like all Dell servers, the birth of the M-series was prefaced by intense conversations with customers, driving the design of a solution built on their real needs and desires. The end product was a shared infrastructure server solution that addressed the desire of our customers. They wanted increased density and power efficiency combined with improved management and networking functionality that would still...
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Dell delivers density

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by Paul Steeves
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Anyone managing a data center faces the difficult balancing act of delivering on continually increasing performance demands, handling the cooling issues that usually result from that, and yet staying inside already physically constrained energy resources. More and more they are turning toward high density computing as the answer and making it a central tenet of their infrastructure strategy. While designing the PowerEdge 12 th generation servers, we heard from many customers wrestling with this...
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Dell vStart becomes water cooler for cloud discussions at Interop 2012

Posted 9 days ago

by Lani Dame
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This post was written by Anthony Marusic, Dell Virtualization Solutions, Technical Marketer There was no doubt that modular data center architecture and cloud computing at Dell was a driving factor for many customers that came by to check out the vStart technology at Interop 2012. The interest in converged infrastructure was top of mind for more than just executive-level decision makers. Those that are the technical influencers, evaluators and managers were equally “all-in” on the...
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GMO Media provides ‘Internet for Everyone’ in Japan with Dell

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by Kristin Storer
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‘Internet for everyone’ - is the tag line and lofty goal for GMO Internet Group , a global Internet pioneer that includes 2.1 million corporate and consumer customers, 25 million end users and 66 companies. One of these companies is GMO Media Holdings which manages a membership-based points system. The system is extremely popular - the membership base consists of more than 11 million Japanese consumers and is growing by 5,000 users per day. Shoppers collect rewards points with their purchases...
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Check out our 2012 DSF Sponsor Sessions!

Posted 10 days ago

by Michelle Richard
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Posted in behalf of Christy Pooler, Dell Storage Product Marketing It’s hard to believe it was a year ago that we stormed Orlando unveiling the Dell™ Fluid Data™ Architecture….changing the game of storage. To quote one of our attendees, “Fluid makes your data dance!” For this year’s stateside Dell Storage Forum 2012, we’re heading up to Boston, the backyard of Dell EqualLogic Design Center. Clam bakes, trips to the cape…wait, that’s...
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Feeling the Energy at Synergy

Posted 10 days ago

by Janet Diaz
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Energy. That’s the first word that came into my mind as I saw the rush of people flood through the doors of Moscone Center West during the opening of Citrix Synergy San Francisco on Tuesday night. I was amazed and awed not only at the amount of attendees filling the hall, but also by the exciting technologies and solutions being showcased by Citrix partners that will no doubt change the face of virtual computing as we know it. This energy was especially prevalent in the Dell booth, where...
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Twenty-four Hours in a Private Cloud with Dell and Microsoft

Posted 10 days ago

by Gaurav Chand, Exec Dir Global Solutions
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I am excited to announce Dell’s participation as a Platinum Sponsor at Microsoft’s “ 24 Hours in a Private Cloud ” virtual event today, Thursday, May 10. This event is an awesome learning opportunity for organizations developing public and private cloud strategies. Organizations have a lot of strategic cloud implementation options and opportunities, such as choosing a cloud technology, defining the mix of public and private clouds and preparing for cloud management. This...
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Notes from Interop - Part I

Posted 11 days ago

by Rahul Deshmukh
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Putting together a tradeshow is like conducting a symphony. There are various components that have to be orchestrated and it always amazes me how much behind the scenes work and attention to detail goes into making sure everything runs harmoniously. We started preparing for Interop 2012 a couple of months ago with the Dell Networking group taking the lead “conductor” role. Interop is a network-centric event with participation from all of the heavyweights in the industry. The convention...
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Solving the VDI puzzle with Dell and Unidesk

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by Janet Diaz
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Let’s start this conversation by admitting that mainstream VDI hasn’t lived up to the promise of a like or better PC experience for every use case. Centralizing desktops doesn’t inherently simplify desktop management. Because simply taking a distributed desktop environment, transferring it to the data center, and applying the same traditional processes and management doesn’t get you there. Fundamentally, you need a new way to manage your images and your applications. Understanding...
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Hear thought leadership insight on a successful desktop virtualization deployment

Posted 13 days ago

by Janet Diaz
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You already know that Dell is a platinum sponsor at this year’s Citrix Synergy San Francisco. But did you know that we also be leading a breakout session on thought leadership around desktop virtualization? Complete Virtual Computing - Success from Client to Cloud session, you’ll hear about the main elements that need to be considered for a successful virtual desktop implementation and the reasons behind the importance of choosing a solution that is targeted to your organization’s...
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Don't miss Dell Storage Forum in Boston - June 10-14th!

Posted 16 days ago

by Sarah Locke
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Are you looking for another reason to join us in Boston for the Dell Storage Forum from June 10-14? How about a personal invitation from Bob Skelley, Executive Director, Dell Certified Partner Program & Channel! View this short video and learn some of the reasons why we think you should attend.
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Play to Win

Posted 18 days ago

by Michelle Richard
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Dell Storage Forum Boston Social Media Contests The Dell Storage Forum Boston is just around the corner. What better way to get prepared for this event than to win prizes?! But first, you’ve got to play in our contests. Twitter #TriviaTues Every Tuesday afternoon from 2:00pm CST – 3:00pm CST, show off just how much you know about Dell Storage to win a DSF #TriviaTues tshirt . Here’s how you play: @DellSF will post a trivia question at 2:00pm CST Reply to @DellSF...
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Vote for your Dell Storage favorites

Posted 19 days ago

by DELL-Alison K
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Roll out the red carpet and dust off those evening gowns….the Storries IX have arrived! Who doesn’t love award season? The Grand Connaught Room, in London, is going to be full of well-dressed, highly educated folks representing a gamut of storage-specializing organizations come June 14 th . Out of twenty-six awards, Dell is thrilled to be nominated for NINE categories! Our engineers have worked countless hours the last few years and we know they’ll be appropriately recognized....
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EqualLogic brings enhanced reliability and availability for Linux users with the new HIT/Linux v1.1

Posted 20 days ago

by DELL-Alison K
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Posted on behalf of Shanky Chandra, Product Manager for EqualLogic In the last week of February, we launched the newest generation of Dell™ EqualLogic™ iSCSI SAN 10GbE arrays as well as pre-announced Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux™ (HIT/Linux) v1.1 . General Availability (GA) release of HIT/Linux v1.1 is now available to all EqualLogic customers via the EqualLogic Support website . EqualLogic Host Integration Tools have always offered advanced platform...
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Why bury yourself in unmanaged paper?

Posted 24 days ago

by Nicole Smith
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Given the surge in cloud adoption and mobile devices in the workplace , it’s easy to underestimate how much we still communicate on paper. Think back to the last time you visited an emergency room or a doctor’s office. How much paper did you handle? How much was stacked behind the nurses’ station? All that data has to go from its unstructured form to data that is storable, retrievable and sortable. I’ve run out of –ables, but you take my point. Organizations are dealing...
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You can comfortably phase your org into analog sunset

Posted 24 days ago

by Nicole Smith
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Do you have the date of analog sunset on your calendar? Perhaps not, because it lingers over 2013 and caps in 2014, depending on whom you ask. The conversation has been discussed for years now. But IT decision makers in your organization should already have a plan mapped out to address it. To get a better understanding of what analog sunset means for the enterprise, I talked to Technology Evangelist Joe Cornwall of Cables to Go. He provided some direction on how IT leaders could avoid an expensive...
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Keeping employees satisfied — and comfortable

Posted 24 days ago

by Kristin Fern Johnson
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A job in IT may seem to rank low in danger from workplace hazards. But did you know that sitting for most of the day – as many IT workers do – can lead to a 54 percent increase in risk of heart attack? As Bill Phillips of Men's Health reported , that was one of the findings in a Pennington Biomedical Research Center (pdf) of 17,000 men and women conducted over 13 years. One way to address these issues is through adopting office furniture that is ergonomically designed to improve...
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Taming the application management monster with KACE and App-V

Posted 24 days ago

by Saranya Babu
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Organizations are looking to transform IT from a cost center into a strategic asset and application virtualization is an important step towards that. Dell KACE offers a comprehensive, easy-to-use and affordable system management appliance that helps organizations accomplish this transformation by offering superior return on investment compared to competitors. Dell KACE now supports Microsoft App-V which is the leading application virtualization technology that offers many benefits like accelerated...
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Why the ‘Now’ is Not Sustainable and the Goldilocks Principle

Posted 24 days ago

by Nicole Smith
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I had conversation recently with LifeSize video evangelist Simon Dudley about how the work force is changing and becoming increasingly mobile. The Q&A below explores some of what we talked about and the implications of mobility on how we all work together. Nicole Smith: With services like Skype making videoconferencing highly accessible to end users, do you think that those far-off predictions about ubiquitous telepresence are coming to bear? Simon Dudley: I’ve been in the video communications...
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How to make the cloud work for you: Get a market leading private cloud management platform with VIS Creator

Posted 26 days ago

by Tom Baumgartner
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If you’re an IT Director trying to figure out how to improve the efficiency of your existing IT ecosystem by moving it to the cloud, your options can be overwhelming. Perhaps you’re looking at the hardware and software investments you’ve already made for supporting IT service delivery processes and operational standards and you have a mandate to continue getting value from those investments as you move in the cloud direction. Somehow, you need to think about how to support multiple...
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Compellent Storage Center 6.0

Posted 27 days ago

by Michelle Richard
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Posted on behalf of Brian Whitaker, Senior Marketing Manager for Compellent In the storage industry we are always looking towards the next major launch, the next latest and greatest, to ease our storage woes. However, between each major product launch there are many minor updates, enhancements, and tweaks that add value to the user experience but fly under the radar. These tweaks often don’t matter to current users or potential customers until something goes wrong. However, Dell Compellent’s...

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