Dell Technologies announces expansion of its 14-year partnership with Nutanix

Dell Technologies today announced the expansion of its 14-year partnership with Nutanix by unveiling two new innovative solutions designed to streamline hybrid cloud environments and provide customers with greater flexibility and control.

The new offerings, sold and delivered by Dell, combine the strengths of Dell PowerEdge servers and Nutanix Cloud Platform software to address the growing complexity and cost pressures facing IT organisations.

With 90% of organisations reporting increased complexity in the past two years, the continued, explosive growth of applications and data has made it more and more critical to manage applications and workloads efficiently.

Dell XC Plus

Dell XC Plus is a turnkey, HCI-based appliance that simplifies hybrid cloud management by integrating Nutanix software on Dell PowerEdge servers. The solution offers a centralised control plane, robust automation, and the Nutanix AHV hypervisor to help enterprises:

• Simplify hybrid cloud management: By combining user-friendly software from Nutanix and robust PowerEdge servers from Dell, IT teams can seamlessly manage their environments and focus on growth and strategic business outcomes.
• Streamline operations: Automation capabilities create a more secure, resilient, and agile IT environment, allowing organisations to redirect resources towards innovation rather than maintenance.
• Optimise performance: Leveraging AI and machine learning, the solution continuously fine-tunes itself to enhance performance and optimise resource planning for both traditional and modern workloads.

Dell PowerFlex with Nutanix Cloud Platform

Dell and Nutanix are proud to announce that Dell PowerFlex will be the first external storage supported and integrated with the Nutanix Cloud Platform. This solution natively integrates Dell’s premier software-defined infrastructure with the Nutanix AHV hypervisor and the Nutanix Cloud Platform to create an enhanced hybrid cloud experience and will provide customers with greater storage flexibility by integrating Dell PowerFlex with the Nutanix Cloud Platform.

The new solution is currently in development and will be available to customers in early access later this year. It will enable customers to manage compute and storage independently, while still benefiting from the full suite of Nutanix software features, including enterprise data protection, disaster recovery, networking, and security.

“The extended collaboration between Dell Technologies and Nutanix reflects our shared commitment to innovation, leveraging decades of combined expertise to deliver these new offerings” said Travis Vigil, SVP Product Management, Dell Technologies and Thomas Cornely, SVP Product Management, Nutanix in a blog they co-authored. “In fact, this is just the beginning. Over time, we intend to explore expanding Nutanix Cloud Platform integration with other Dell IP-based storage solutions.”