All ASCII.jp is provided by "AS-A-Service" and announced Dell Technologies "Project APEX"

Dell Technologies on October 21, 2020, from data centers to edges and PCs, a new initiative "Project APEX" providing all the products / solution portfolios of the company in the "AS-A-Service" model.It was announced.In addition to paying / subscription -type payments, the introduction / operation of full -managed, simple and simple use of cloud -like usability from a single console, it also brings to on -premises solutions.

First of all, in the first half of next year (2021), we started with the provision of the management console "Dell Technologies Cloud Console" and "Storage-AS-AS-Service", and then "Compute-as-A-Service" "PC-AS-A-Service""VDI-AS-A-Service" and "SAP-AS-A-Service" will also expand.

Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO, Michael Dell, who announced "PEOJECT APEX" in the annual event "Dell Technologies World Digital Experience"

Four new announcements that make up Project APEX were made

Available to "consistent experiences" corresponding to strong customer demands for AS-A-Service models

At the "Dell Technologies Summit" held in November last year (2019), the company announced the dell techNologies on Demand, a charged -type procurement model.PEOJECT APEX, which was announced this time, inherits this flexible consumption model and adds elements such as the provision of full -managed IT infrastructure and turn key solutions, and adds elements such as self -service provisioning, to consistent "cloud -like customers.It is positioned as the aim of realizing the experience.

According to the company's Vice Chairman Jeff Clark, the company's "Dell Technologies World" keynote speech said, "200 companies have used Dell Technologies on Demand to increase $ 1.3 billion, up 30 % year -on -year."He emphasized the high customer needs for the AS-A-Service model.

"But this is not surprising. According to IDC predictions, 75 % edge infrastructure and 50 % or more data center infrastructure will be consumed by the AS-A-Service model.We will go in this direction in the future "(Mr. Clark)

Jeff Clarke, Vice Chairman of Dell Technologies and COO.Project APEX has three themes: "simplicity", "consistency", and "options"

Four new announcements, including integrated consoles and "Storage-AS-A-Service"

This time, four presentations were made for Project APEX.Both will be offered in the first half of 2021.

The first is the Dell Technologies Cloud Console, a web console, where client companies procure and manage IT resources / solutions.The public preview has been started on the same day.

The console is positioned as integrated and managed the entire AS-A-Service of the customer company and the entire cloud.Specifically, the functions of "marketplace", "order", which can be procured by several clicks, monitoring functions such as "monitoring" and "system health", "Cost management" functions that can analyze detailed analysis of each usage department, user./ Equipped with ID management function.In addition, there is a centralized management function of on -premises "Dell Technologies Cloud" and each company's public cloud, and the Kubernetes cluster provisioning function by "VMware Tanzu".

Overview of "Dell Technologies Cloud Console"

You can purchase / manage IT resources from a single web console "Dell Technologies Cloud Console".Integrated management of on -premises environment and multi -cloud environment is also possible (the screen is a public preview version)

Storage-as-AS-Service is scheduled for the first installment of AS-A-Service by Project APEX.This is a storage device owned by Dell Technologies in the customer data center, and provides storage as a full -managed service managed by Dell Technologies.This allows all storage costs to be OPEX.

The service briefing explained that "simplicity" is the key to the service briefing.On the customer side, it is necessary to specify the necessary storage requirements (files, blocks, capacity, period, etc.) from the console.In response, the Dell Technologies side is performing all composition design, deployment, and management.Customers can only pay for them, and can scale up / down according to demand.

Overview of Storage-as-A-Service.The customer only needs to set the requirements for storage.Service levels such as availability can also be specified as requirements

Dell Technologies Cloud Platform, which can introduce HCIs equipped with "VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)", can be introduced on -premises in a manage type, by enabling new "purchases in instances", it is possible to make a new "instance -bye" model.Realize.Initial introduction to on -premises is possible in a minimum of 14 days, and resource addition is possible in a minimum of 5 days.

This is also simplified on the customer side, and simply select the Instant type (general -purpose, compute enhanced type, memory enhanced type, etc.), the number of instances, and the required period (one year / three years) from the console.Good.In addition, instance usage fees from $ 47 per month include hardware, software, introduction / management service costs.

Dell Technologies Cloud Platform allows you to purchase in instance units.

In the previously provided pay -in -pay model "Flex ON DEMAND", a newly approved (prior configurated) fee system has been set.The price of the standard configuration hardware / software / main services is clearly indicated for the price for pay -as -you -go.It is also possible to add customization according to customer requirements based on this.

The price system of the pre -configured (standard) system has been set in the storage and server -paying billing model Flex on Demand.

The Project APEX plans to line up turn key solutions in various areas with the same mechanism in the future.There are plans such as SAP-A-A-S, which provides computing resources (servers) and client PCs, such as SAP-A-A-S, which provides SAP solution environment (hardware + software) on-premises.

Overall picture of Project APEX.In the future, we will expand the corresponding turn key solution

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