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Industry analyst firms provide independent third-party opinion about Dell's strategy, products and services. Browse the list of reports below or search the reports using the check boxes and tag cloud on the left. Additional analyst reports are available for purchase directly from the analyst firms.
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  1. Dell Efficient Data Center Solutions Announcement — Evaluator Group

    Dell Efficient Data Center Solutions Announcement — Evaluator Group   Not rated

    The Evaluator Group summarizes and analyzes Dell's approach to the integration of data center infrastructure around 10GbE fabrics.

    12/15/2009

  2. benefits-san-lan-convergence

    Benefits of SAN/LAN Convergence — Forrester   Not rated

    Forrester Consulting evaluates the market interest in and readiness for unified fabrics (UFs).

    12/11/2009

  3. Magic Quadrants Midsized Disk Gartner

    Magic Quadrant for Midsized Disk Arrays — Gartner   Not rated

    Dell is positioned in the leaders quadrant of Gartner’s 2009 Magic Quadrant for Midrange Disk Arrays.

    11/30/2009

  4. Dell Helps Control DC TCO.pdf

    Simplifying and Optimizing IT — Dell Helps Control Data Center Total Cost of Ownership   Not rated

    Dell has the portfolio of optimized solutions to enable you to optimize your portfolio of IT infrastructure. You can try to do this yourself; however, for most, Dell does not recommend it. With a complete menu of open systems platforms, systems management applications, services and solutions, Dell is equipped to simplify your operations and lower your total cost of ownership.

    4/3/2009

  5. Pund-IT Review_Cisco-Dell_28jan09.pdf

    Cisco and Dell Announce Next-Gen Business Solutions — Pund-IT   Not rated

    The Cisco/Dell solutions should offer customers some significant strategic benefits. Transitioning to unified network fabrics, which support highly flexible data transport options, can help organizations enhance business process continuity and data center scalability — critical issues at a time when companies of every size need to ensure that they are getting the most out of their long-term IT and business investments. Overall, by simplifying the pooling of servers, storage and networking resources through a unified network fabric, Cisco and Dell should help companies enhance both the incremental value of individual IT assets and their data centers as a whole. That is good business by any definition.

    1/28/2009

  6. Business Drivers for IT Simplification - IDC

    Business Drivers for IT Simplification - IDC   Not rated

    To help businesses reduce their IT complexity, Dell has launched its IT Simplification initiative. Under this initiative, and utilizing the same principles used in its own business and IT practices, Dell provides customers with an assessment of their infrastructure indexed against comparable companies in their industry, along with design and implementation services. This initiative is intended to help Dell customers establish a more streamlined IT infrastructure and reduce operating costs and complexity, with improved support of their overall strategic IT and business objectives.

    11/1/2008

  7. IDC IT Leasing Financing Considerations

    IT Leasing and Financing: Financial and Operational Factors to Consider — IDC   4 out of 5

    Although not the ideal solution for every acquisition, lease/financing and the related lease management service options should be considered during major infrastructure renovations, operational reviews or new technology assessments.

    10/1/2008

  8. Dell_ProSupport.pdf

    Dell ProSupport: Customer Choice Drives a New Approach to IT Service and Support - IDC   Not rated

    Many organizations are beginning to view IT as less of a cost center and more of a driver of strategic business value. However, for IT to deliver on the strategic business value, it needs to be easy to use and robustly supported. Enterprises must consider the increasing importance of data/disaster recovery, reliance on mobile systems, and expectations that IT is agile enough to support changing needs in real time. Due to these important considerations, organizations should rethink how they purchase and utilize support services. It is imperative to consider the application and end-user being supported and squarely align the right support based on unique business needs. And, because business needs change constantly in today's world, it is important to select a support vendor that is geared to scale up and down with these needs. Dell launched its ProSupport portfolio of services. Under the new framework, customers are able to self-identify what type of customer they are - either end-users or IT professionals. Once customers have self-identified, they are able to determine the features they need in the support package, thus customizing their support experience to their needs. The costs of the support services will vary depending on the options that the customers select.

    10/1/2008

  9. Dell_Redefining_IT_Services.pdf

    Redefining IT Services: Why Traditional IT Service Providers Are Failing To Meet Today's Business Needs – THINKstrategies   Not rated

    A new approach to IT services is necessary to meet today's business challenges. THINKstrategies believes that this approach must combine the technological advantages of a new generation of software-as-a-dervice (SaaS) or cloud-based IT management capabilities with a new method of delivering expert-based IT services. This whitepaper examines how organizations can employ this new approach to respond to today's IT management requirements, overcome their escalating business challenges and achieve their corporate objectives.

    10/1/2008

  10. forrester_iscsi_adoption.pdf

    Addressing Significant Growth of Data With the Internet SCSI Protocol   Not rated

    Forrester recommends that companies should evaluate Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area netwok (SAN) solutions as a means of addressing their data growth in a cost-effective and simple manner. The strong adoption numbers — combined with the overall positive experience that users reported from a broad range of geographies, industries, as well as company and storage environment sizes — lead Forrester to believe that the time has come for companies of all types and sizes to consider iSCSI for mainstream adoption. This paper explores the ways in which existing users have deployed the technology, the successes and issues they have seen, as well as the perceptions of those who have not deployed iSCSI in their storage environment.

    9/16/2008

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