Dell OEM Solutions and Dell vCloud Goes Hollywood with GreenButton

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Posted In: Global OEM, Innovation
Dell OEM Solutions and Dell vCloud Goes Hollywood with GreenButton

Here is another cool example of how our OEM Solutions customers are innovating to include the cloud.

GreenButton, an OEM Solutions customer, is revolutionizing access to high performance computing applications without the need for sophisticated, expensive computing infrastructure with the Dell Cloud with VMware vCloud Data Center Service. GreenButton delivers an application platform on Dell vCloud for application vendors looking to transition to the cloud and for the management and delivery of cloud services. Leveraging this platform, application vendors can embed GreenButton tools managing the shifting of workloads from the local device to the Dell vCloud for enhanced speed and efficiency in processing the workload.

This innovative technology is actively used in rendering of special ...

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May 16 2012

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The New-Wave Servers are taking the world by storm.

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Posted In: Change Management, Global OEM, Global Reach, Quality & Support
The New-Wave Servers are taking the world by storm.

Recently Dell OEM Solutions announced new server products based on the Intel XEON E5-2600 CPUs. These 1U and 2U rack-mount and tower servers offer amazing performance, power efficiency, and new features & capabilities our OEM customers love to get from Dell. By offering the new servers with OEM Ready features and including them in the XL program, we can assure our customers’ unique needs are being met on as many platforms as possible. That was the first wave of next-generation servers from Dell.

The second wave arrives with the launch of the new enterprise class servers based on the Intel XEON E5-2400 class of CPUs. Dell OEM Solutions has expanded our ...

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May 14 2012

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Should software companies also be hardware companies?

Joyce Mullen By:
Posted In: Business, Customization, Global OEM, Innovation, Quality & Support
Should software companies also be hardware companies?

I recently saw a quote from famed computer scientist Alan Kay. “People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware” is often mis-attributed to Steve Jobs as he said this at the phone launch in 2007, 25 years after Kay first said it (interestingly, he was discussing some coding he was doing for Mac at the time).

What I find more interesting is that this quote is sometimes attributed to Jobs; that it was first said 30 years ago and that so many software companies still regard this as a universal truth.

It’s hard to find an exact number (and can vary wildly from one industry to the next) ...

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May 8 2012

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Dell Precision workstation line is a game changer for OEMs

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Posted In: Geekout, Global OEM, Innovation, Quality & Support
Dell Precision workstation line is a game changer for OEMs

As news of Dell’s new workstation line hits the media, it is important to understand that Dell’s announcement is far more than an Intel chipset refresh. And yes,  its also more than an ISV certified system.  Why?  This line of new workstations have been completely redesigned from the inside out and offers specific features designed for OEMs. Through a series of blogs, I will cover the various aspects that make this new workstation launch a game changing event for OEM customers. Welcome to part 1.

The underlying difference with this launch is these new systems now bring a robust design, scalability and adaptability our OEM customers in Industrial Automation, Healthcare, Control rooms, CCTV, Simulation and ...

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May 2 2012

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The Making of a Carrier Grade Rack Mount Server

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Posted In: Global Reach, Innovation, Quality & Support
The Making of a Carrier Grade Rack Mount Server

When Dell OEM Solutions decided to develop new 1U and 2U rack mount PC servers now known as the Carrier Grade PowerEdge™ R620 and R720 platforms, we had to make some changes to the enterprise platforms they were based upon. One of those changes involved the bezel that covers the faceplate of the chassis. These platforms have fans in them, pulling air from the front of the unit and pushing it out the back.  This is requiredto cool the CPU, RAM, hard drives, and any add in PCIe cards, and due to this the NEBS Level-3 requirements call for a filter on that airflow. Our OEM engineers. being quite smart, ...

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Apr 25 2012

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Introducing Dell’s next generation Precision™ tower workstations for OEMs

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Posted In: Business, Change Management, Global OEM, Global Reach, Innovation, Quality & Support
Introducing Dell’s next generation Precision™ tower workstations for OEMs

Today Dell has announced our latest range of newly redesigned portfolio of Dell Precision tower workstations which deliver superior performance, accessibility and best-in-class chassis design to help creative and design professionals deliver results faster.

This is great news for Dell OEM Solutions customers who have distinct needs for their solutions.  We know that OEM’s need great CPU performance and high-end graphics card support to power critical applications, without compromising the serviceability, stability and longevity of their solutions.   Here is a quick snapshot of what we believe is great about our new towers for our OEM customers:

Powerful & built to perform: Unlock the power to handle extremely taxing workloads. The new Precision ...

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Apr 23 2012

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The Swish Factor from Dell OEM Partner Program

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Posted In: Change Management, Global OEM, Innovation, Quality & Support
The Swish Factor from Dell OEM Partner Program

This is a guest post by Douglas Mac, Director of Internet marketing at Sonasoft. We are pleased to have this thought leader share his insights on our blog.

We’re a growing startup company with a very strong software product, but we haven’t gotten that full customer traction yet.  We’re Sonasoft, and we make email archiving software targeted to small and medium-sized companies.  With the economy just showing signs of recovering (knock on wood), it takes time before our customers commit.

Sonasoft

We realized that one of the barriers our potential customers had was that we didn’t offer a ‘complete’ solution.  True that our email archiving software stood by itself and was easy ...

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Apr 16 2012

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How to Leverage OEM Services during Product Transitions

Jodi Eckberg By:
Posted In: Customization, Global OEM, Global Reach, Quality & Support

We are all abuzz here in Dell OEM Solutions since the new portfolio of blade, rack and tower PowerEdge 12th Generation Servers was announced.  As Franklin Flint mentioned, the new line of servers includes those built specifically for OEMs with accelerated performance and expandability, managed stability, increased productivity, enhanced customization features and simplified support.

In that spirit, let’s talk about ways to take full advantage of this new product line with a few services “how-to’s” that will simplify your transition to this new technology.

In the Dell OEM Services team, we eat, breathe and sleep product lifecycles and the services and support our customers need all along the way to bringing their ...

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Apr 12 2012

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Experience with big analytics is costly

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Posted In: Business, Geekout, Innovation
Experience with big analytics is costly

Move over cloud. Big Data is all the rage these days.

Marketers are talking about Big Data. CEOs are telling their product teams to go after Big Data. Reporters are trying to get the scoop about Big Data. Analysts have entire practices devoted to Big Data market research. It seems that nothing, not even our beloved “cloud”, is as shiny.

As a marketer for the OEM Solutions team, I found myself enjoying the discussion over the last year as “Big Data” slowly crept into my vernacular.  I read some whitepapers on MapReduce, and attended presentations on Cassandra, Pig and Mahout. I found myself feeling like an expert, much like most people probably feel after ...

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Apr 10 2012

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Solving the global supply chain and support challenge for an OEM Services customer

Jodi Eckberg By:
Posted In: Global OEM, Global Reach, Quality & Support

As another installment in a series of Q-and-As with Tim Pavlovich, a Services Consultant with Dell OEM Solutions, we will discuss some creative ways to help you solve the complex challenge of creating a global supply chain and support infrastructure to service your customers more efficiently.

What types of global supply chain and support challenges are our customers facing?

Pavlovich:  One thing I hear a lot from customers is that they need more ways to play to their strengths and focus on their core value to their customers—often their intellectual property and innovation. In many cases, they are realizing that running a global supply chain and support infrastructure isn’t really their core competency.

Recently, ...

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Apr 5 2012

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