Cloud Computing

Chief information officers (CIOs) are faced with unprecedented pressures to scale up their IT infrastructure with extremely limited resources, and cloud computing is increasingly becoming part of the answer. Dell views Cloud Computing as fundamentally a business model change — where IT is provided as a service. Leveraging clouds to offload selective IT workloads can provide greater responsiveness to your business needs while driving greater efficiencies. Cloud computing from Dell can help you:

• Increase IT capabilities while minimizing capital expenditures and operation overhead.
• Provide greater business flexibility through an on-demand, pay-as-you-go model that scales with your business.
• Have more choice in providers — leverage in-house and third-party vendors.

Public Clouds, Private Clouds or Both?
To realize the benefits of cloud computing, the first decision you have to make is where to provision the service. Will you leverage the ever increasing choice of commercial public cloud services, build your own private cloud or do both selectively by workload? The answer depends on the needs of your organization, the level of investment planned and your security requirements. Whatever your choice, Dell is uniquely qualified to help.

Take Advantage of Cloud Computing Today
With thousands of customers, Dell is the one of the largest enterprise cloud-enabled service providers. Dell offers cloud-based services that can discover, track and manage distributed PCs via the Internet; locate and alert your employees during a crisis; provide a resilient backup e-mail system; and automate data backup and encryption. 

Competing Effectively: Building Your Own Cloud
As a trusted cloud solutions provider to some of the largest cloud builders, such as Microsoft^® and Ask.com, Dell has a proven track record in helping organizations build their own cloud — or hyper-scale — environments.  Dell is also a key enabler and partner with VMWare, Citrix and Microsoft.  Learn more about how Dell can enable your organization to build a cloud environment to help you gain a competitive advantage.