Dell Technologies introduced a new edge operations software platform, Dell NativeEdge, designed to simplify and secure edge deployments while improving operations and network performance. With NativeEdge, customers can streamline edge operations across thousands of devices and locations from edge to data center to multiple clouds.
Dell Technologies introduced a new edge operations software platform, Dell NativeEdge, designed to simplify and secure edge deployments while improving operations and network performance. With NativeEdge, customers can streamline edge operations across thousands of devices and locations from edge to data center to multiple clouds.
In October 2022, Project Frontier was unveiled to provide a unified edge operations software platform for any industry. The result of this project is the NativeEdge software platform, designed to simplify, secure, and automate edge operations. Dell NativeEdge provides secure device onboarding at scale, remote management, and multicloud application orchestration.
The software platform is purpose-built to deliver any enterprise edge use case with zero-touch deployment and, with an open system design, integrates with various hardware across Dell’s end-to-end portfolio. Dell estimates customers can achieve a 130 percent return on investment in three years, significantly improve deployment times, and reduce edge operations costs. Zero Trust capabilities in NativeEdge minimize security risks by protecting customers’ applications and infrastructure.
Speeding Deployment Time = Cost Savings
The NativeEdge software platform allows customers to consolidate technology stacks using existing investments and reduce the time to deploy, especially when connecting multiple technologies like IoT, streaming data, and machine vision that requires dedicated devices running various applications in numerous locations. With NativeEdge, customers can deploy edge assets and applications in weeks instead of months. NativeEdge automation streamlines edge operations that allow customers to roll out new applications from a central location.
Simplifying Retail Edge Operations
Dell has expanded its retail edge solutions with a new Dell Validated Design for Retail Edge with inVia Robotics intelligent automation. Retailers are bearing the brunt of costs related to online ordering and curbside pickup. Retail Edge uses software and automation to help retailers become more efficient with last-mile picking, packing, shipping, and delivery by converting existing warehouse and retail space into micro-fulfillment centers.
Easy-to-manage technology at retail locations where data is generated provides employees with more efficient pathfinding and order picking across retail locations, significantly improving order fulfillment times and productivity. Customers can deploy the pre-tested, validated, and Dell-supported solution on Dell PowerEdge servers with a choice of unified management, including Linux, Microsoft Azure Stack HCI, and VMware Edge Compute Stack.
Connectivity, Efficiency, Global Support
Dell continues to expand its portfolio with new solutions and capabilities to help customers simplify and gain more value from the edge, including:
- Dell Private Wireless with Airspan and Druid is a validated private wireless solution providing enterprises with reliable, secure wireless connectivity spanning thousands of remote edge technologies, like devices and sensors, distributed across edge locations. The solution is part of the Dell Private Wireless Program. It offers a choice in private wireless for enterprises at the edge, is easily integrated with enterprise IT and operational technology (OT) systems, and includes tailored implementation, end-to-end management, and support.
- Enterprise SONiC Distribution by Dell Technologies 4.1, a scalable, open source-based networking operating system on Dell switches, extends additional data center network features to edge deployments, including User Container
Support (UCS) and streaming telemetry that provide better fabric visibility, security, and performance. Dell’s SONiC solution offers a single network operating system that combines the flexibility of a multi-vendor ecosystem with
the simplicity of common open-source toolsets to help customers simplify lifecycle management of the network fabric and avoid vendor lock-in. - Dell ProDeploy Flex is a modular deployment service designed to accelerate further time to value for customers at the edge. The flexible nature of the service allows customers to tailor their edge deployment service effectively
needs to get the most value from their edge infrastructure and applications.
Dell continues to expand its edge solutions portfolio to help customers optimize the placement of workloads and data with plans to deliver more Dell edge solutions as-a-service to meet the changing needs of IT. Through the Dell Edge Partner Certification Program, ISVs, system integrators, and OEM partners will be able to test and validate their software applications on Dell NativeEdge to deliver integrated edge infrastructure solutions to customers.
Availability
- Dell NativeEdge software platform will be available to customers, OEMs, and partners in 50 countries beginning August 2023.
- Dell Validated Design for Retail Edge built with inVia Robotics will be available globally in August 2023.
- Dell Private Wireless with Airspan and Druid will be available globally in June 2023.
- Enterprise Sonic Distribution by Dell Technologies 4.1 is available globally beginning today.
- Dell ProDeploy Flex will be available globally in August 2023.
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