Dell Taps Microsoft Windows Azure For Cloud Service
By: Mike Sachoff
Dell said today it will use the Windows Azure platform appliance, for its Dell Services Cloud to develop and offer cloud services.
The Windows Azure platform appliance will allow Dell to offer private and public cloud services for Dell and its enterprise, public, small and medium-sized business customers. Dell will also work with Microsoft to develop a Dell-powered Windows Azure platform appliance for enterprise organizations to run in their data centers.
“With the Microsoft partnership and the Windows Azure platform appliance, Dell is expanding its cloud services capabilities to help customers reduce their total costs and increase their ability to succeed,” said Peter Altabef, president, Dell Services.
“The addition of the Dell-powered Windows Azure platform appliance marks an important expansion of Dell’s leadership as a top provider of cloud computing infrastructure.”
Dell will work with Microsoft to develop a Windows Azure platform appliance for large enterprise, public and hosting customers to deploy in their own data centers. The appliance will leverage infrastructure from Dell combined with the Windows Azure platform.
“Microsoft and Dell have been building, implementing and operating massive cloud operations for years,” said Bob Muglia, president, Microsoft Server and Tools
“Now we are extending our longstanding partnership to help usher in the new era of cloud computing, by giving customers and partners the ability to deploy Windows Azure platform in their datacenters.”