The Dell Difference

A Linux Enterprise Leader

Dell is recognized as a pioneer in the Linux® community with expertise that help you make the most of open-source solutions.

Having introduced the first Linux custom-configured server in 1999, Dell maintains strong connections to the client community with an on-staff Linux Engineering Member on the Ubuntu Core Development Team and a Linux software architect who sits on the Fedora Project Board.

What’s more, Dell enjoys established, long-standing partnerships with Intel®, Red Hat® and Novell®, as well as with many of the leading application vendors such as Oracle® and SAP®. You get a team capable of delivering and supporting an optimized, validated Linux environment.

Dell offers you a wide array of service solutions as well as systems designed to fit your specific needs and budget. We help make it easy for you to migrate mission-critical applications from a RISC/UNIX environment to a reliable, efficient open architecture. And with no legacy platform to protect, Dell gives you more options for implementing your open solution.
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  1. Simplifying UNIX Migration — Dell and Red Hat Pave the Way

    Simplifying UNIX Migration — Dell and Red Hat Pave the Way

    01 Jul 2009

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    Dell has teamed with Intel and Red Hat to develop a migration strategy to simplify the consolidation of the enterprise data center from proprietary architecture to easily managed open systems platforms.

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    Unix-to-Linux Migration Has Come of Age

    30 Aug 2011

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    Shrinking IT budgets, coupled with the cost advantages that Linux-Intel platforms provide, are driving migrations to Linux. Explore Linux benefits, learn what and when to migrate, and investigate best practices and vendor selection criteria.

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    Dell Servers Plus Red Hat Linux Equals Lower Costs, Optimal Value

    18 Jun 2011

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    Reap the rewards of a step-by-step-strategy for an enterprise solution from Dell built on an open source foundation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

  4. Video: Dietert on the Value of Red Hat in the Efficient Enterprise

    18 Nov 2010

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    Dell's Carey Dietert talks about how the Dell–Red Hat partnership and RHEL 6 fit into the Dell vision of the Efficient Enterprise — open industry standards that help you avoid vendor lock-in.

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    Video: Hull on the Advantages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

    18 Nov 2010

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    Dell's John Hull discusses how Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is a big win for Dell customers, including KVM virtualization, RHEL integration with Dell embedded server management, improved iSCSI support and open-standards-based systems management.

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    Video: Leauanae on Dell as a Complete Linux Solution Provider

    18 Nov 2010

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    Tui Leauanae highlights Dell as a one-stop-shop for Linux solutions, with expertise not only in hardware and systems management, but in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and open-standards cloud technology.

  7. Pushing Data Center Limits Upward: Dell, Intel and Red Hat

    Pushing Data Center Limits Upward: Dell, Intel and Red Hat

    28 May 2010

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    Get scalable performance, advanced reliability and flexible virtualization with a low total cost of ownership and faster return on investment with Dell PowerEdge servers based on the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series running Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

  8. Simplify IT with Interoperability

    10 Jul 2009

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    Virtualization solutions enable data center administrators to maximize efficiency and simplify management by combining workloads onto fewer servers.

  9. Data Center Efficiency Through Interoperability

    Data Center Efficiency Through Interoperability

    10 Jul 2009

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    Dell is the first major system provider to join the business collaboration that was formed by Microsoft and Novell in response to customer demand for interoperability and intellectual property assurance.

  10. Red Hat Ultimate Triple Play

    The Ultimate Triple Play — Migrating From a Proprietary RISC/UNIX Platform to a Red Hat, Dell, Intel Solution

    04 Jun 2009

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    There has never been a better time to migrate your proprietary RISC servers, running UNIX, to Intel Xeon processor-powered Dell PowerEdge servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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