ASCII.jp "Dell Technologies APEX" announced, promote a wide range of "AS-A-Service"

Dell Technologies is online online at the annual conference "Dell Technologies World 2021" online, and the "AS-A-Service" model has a physical procurement, management, maintenance, and maintenance.The "Dell Technologies APEX" portfolio, which reduces the time and complexity of the service, has been announced.Providing storage, hybrid / private cloud, wide -range IT infrastructure, data center operations (managed services), etc. in a subscription type, and can procure the whole through a single management console "Apex Console" / Cost management / analysis.Do it.

In addition, it has announced that it will collaborate globally with Equinix in the provision of APEX services and develop a managed service using Equinix data center infrastructure.

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"Dell Technologies World 2021" Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell

Providing 3 levels of performance "APEX Data Storage Services"

In October 2020, Dell Technologies announced "Project Apex" as a new initiative to provide all of the company's products / solution portfolios in the AS-A-Service model.

This time, Storage-as-A-Service and management console have been released, and the "Dell Technologies Cloud Platform" and "Flex ON DEMAND", which have been provided, are re -blanded and incorporated into the apex portfolio.

Dell Technologies APEX lists "Simplicity / Agility / Control (simplicity, agility, control)" as a keyword.

"APEX Data Storage Services" is a service (Storage-AS-AS-AS-AS-Service), which is located and managed by Dell Technologies in the customer on-premises or collocation data center.According to the official blog, 99.It is said that it can provide high -speed, scalable, and elastic block / file storage resources with 9999 % availability design.In the United States, it will be installed in the on -premises / collocation environment within 14 days of order and will be available.

The storage capacity can be scale up from a minimum of 50 tb, and the additional additional order can be executed from APEX Console with a self -service type.In order to support a wide range of workloads, it can be specified with 3 levels of performance tier (Tier 1-3) when ordering.In addition, Dell Technologies adds resources to increase the amount used to secure a buffer capacity (up to 25 %).

The service usage fee of APEX Data Storage Services is characterized by a simple "single price".The monthly usage fee for each gigabyte unit is set for each of the block / file storage performance tier, and if the base capacity (50TB or 100TB) or more is used, it will be a "only used" pay -as -you -go type.There is no additional charge for creation / restoration of snapshots and API calls.The contract period is one year or three years.

Image of increase and decrease in usage fee in APEX Data Storage Services (from blog announcement)

List of compatibility and usage fees for each performance tier (block / file storage) (from the official website)

Based on the above -mentioned collaboration with EQUINIX, a Data Storage Services, which uses Dell Technologies resources in the Equinix Data Center, will also be provided.When ordering from Apex Console, there is also the advantage that storage resources can be used simply by specifying the nearest EQUINIX data center, and the payment destination can be centrally unified to Dell Technologies.

Providing a hybrid / private cloud environment "Apex Cloud Services"

"APEX Cloud Services" is a hybrid / private cloud service consisting of "Apex Hybrid Cloud" and "Apex Private Cloud".The monthly fee includes a group of services such as hardware and software that make up cloud infrastructure, as well as software upgrades, maintenance, predictive monitoring, and disability detection.First of all, we started providing in four countries: US, UK, France, and Germany.

The platform is "VMware VSphere with Tanzu" or "VMware Cloud Foundation With Tanzu" to use a virtual machine / container / Kubernetes environment, so it can be used for both conventional applications and cloud native applications.There is.APEX HYBRID Cloud allows flexible workload arrangements that combine public cloud provided by more than 400 cloud partners.

Private cloud environments are made by specifying the type and number of the required instance from Apex Console.Instances are available in general -purpose (application / DB server), VDI environment, data analysis, etc., and can be ordered from a minimum of 25 instance units.Depending on the order, Dell Technologies will design, build, and install environments.It will be initially introduced within 14 days, and the addition of resources will be completed within 5 days.

In "APEX Cloud Services", you can order by specifying a type of instance according to the application.

"Apex Custom Solutions" "Apex Console"

"APEX Custom Solutions" is composed of "APEX Flex Ondemand", which provides products such as servers, storage, and hyperconverted infrastructure (HCI), and "APEXDATA CENTERUTITY", which provides customer data center operating services.In each case, the AS-A-Service can be used flexibly as needed, and a pay-as-you-would-pay for the usage.

Custom Solutions can also be used via Dell Technologies channel partners / alliance partners.In addition to enhancing partner programs and providing metaling solutions for usage, APEX can also develop added value services (VAS) using APEX.

The APEX Console is a self -service type that allows users to monitor / manage each of the APEX services introduced in the above.It has functions such as visualization of resources and fees used by the company, predictive analysis, resource catalogs and orders, and tracking deployment status.It is also possible to automate management functions and link with external applications.

"Apex Console" that can centrally manage the entire APEX service group.New resource orders can be easily executed by self -service type

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In a keynote speech at Dell Technologies World 2021, Dell says that many companies have begun investing in the development of the fundamental change and creating the future as digital transformation (DX) continues to accelerate. Told.

"We want to return to our customers' IT infrastructure, high-automated multi-cloud environments, and AS-A-Service (that are complicated).Instead, you can use time, energy, and investment to data and applications, and as a result, you should have business results and competitiveness. "(Dell)

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