Dell reaffirmed its commitment to open, standards-based architectures on which to build public, private and hybrid clouds.
Dell highlighted an enterprise-ready OpenStack-based private cloud solutions that it has co-engineered with Red Hat. As part of the expanded relationship, Dell was the first company to OEM Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. In addition, Dell announced support for Docker containers in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
In addition, Dell has partnerships with public cloud infrastructure providers like Google, Microsoft and CenturyLink, among others.
“At Dell, our cloud solutions are based on open architectures with no proprietary lock in. Customers get choice, flexibility and the maximum benefit from their investment,” said Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell. “Our partnerships with companies like Red Hat further demonstrate that Dell is the only truly open cloud vendor that’s helping customers design, build and manage across public, private and hybrid clouds.”
“Open source is the backbone of the cloud, and the cloud is inherently hybrid,” said Jim Whitehurst, president and CEO, Red Hat. “Our continued collaboration with Dell is about bringing the open hybrid cloud to the enterprise. Industry feedback on our collaboration has been outstanding, and I’m excited to continue working together to bring the value and power of OpenStack – and now OpenShift – to even more enterprises around the world.”
