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Dell Enables 2M Indians in Digital Skills

In partnership with the Common Service Centres Scheme (CSC), Dell and Learning Links Foundation have successfully deployed solar-powered hubs in six aspirational districts as identified by the government….reports Asian Lite News

Dell Technologies on Tuesday announced that it has met its target of positively impacting two million beneficiaries in India through the Mobile Solar Community Hubs launched last year and is set to expand the programme further.

These mobile hubs are technology-enabled and equipped with requisite devices, including laptops, television screens for broadcasting messages, solar panels to power devices, 4G internet hotspot facility and self-paced learning content, to help the community access online services.

“Partnering with the government over the years in various activities has helped drive transformational change and address the digital divide,” Alok Ohrie, president and managing director, Dell Technologies India, said in a statement.

In partnership with the Common Service Centres Scheme (CSC), Dell and Learning Links Foundation have successfully deployed solar-powered hubs in six aspirational districts as identified by the government. Key beneficiaries include students, youth, and women who were supported with training in digital and financial literacy, technical skills, entrepreneurship, career guidance and revenue-generating services.

Dell is now extending the reach of the Mobile Solar Community Hubs to five additional districts — Pauri Garhwal (Uttarakhand), Ramgarh (Jharkhand), Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), Pathankot (Punjab), and Gurugram (Haryana).

“Our collaboration is driven by the goal to support underrepresented communities to achieve digital equity, where they find themselves equipped with the technology capacity needed for full participation in the society and economy,” said Archana Sahay, regional giving manager, Asia Pacific & Japan at Dell Technologies.

Additionally, the programme aims to upskill and digitally empower 200 ex-servicemen/retiring junior-ranked personnel of the Indian Armed Forces.

The hubs will also assist wards of military personnel or 4,000 students at Defence schools, by introducing them to digital skills such as coding and block-programming, the company said.

“The expansion plan will be critical in transforming the lives of rural underrepresented communities, and ex-servicemen and retiring junior-ranked personnel from the Indian Armed Forces,” said Nuriya Ansari of Learning Links Foundation.

“These dedicated individuals face difficulties transitioning to civilian life due to a lack of opportunities for skill acquisition and learning during their military service,” she added.

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Dell expands server portfolio in India

Dell introduces next-gen PowerEdge servers in India to boost digital transformation

Dell PowerEdge server portfolio expansion offers more performance, including up to 2.9x greater AI inferencing…reports Asian Lite News

Dell Technologies has expanded its top-selling server portfolio, with an additional 13 next-generation Dell PowerEdge servers, designed to boost performance and reliability for powerful computing across core data centers, large-scale public clouds and edge locations.

Dell PowerEdge server portfolio expansion offers more performance, including up to 2.9x greater AI inferencing, the company said in a statement.

Indian businesses across industries are looking at managing and working with increasing quantities of data.

“The next-generation Dell PowerEdge portfolio will accelerate their digital transformation with AI-driven innovation, automation, and zero-trust adoption,” said Manish Gupta, VP and GM, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies, India.

Next-generation rack, tower and multi-node PowerEdge servers, with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, include Dell software and engineering advancements, such as a new Smart Flow design, to improve energy and cost efficiency.

Expanded Dell APEX capabilities will help organisations take an as-a-Service approach, allowing for more effective IT operations that make the most of compute resources while minimising risk, the company added.

“We have consistently deployed innovations in power management, thermals and processor upgrades that have increased the energy efficiency of the PowerEdge portfolio while dramatically reducing their energy intensity,” Gupta added.

Dell PowerEdge servers are designed with sustainability in mind, offering customers a 3x performance improvement, compared to 14th Generation PowerEdge servers with Intel Xeon Scalable processors launched in 2017.

Later this year, Dell Technologies will expand its Dell APEX portfolio to offer bare metal compute services on-premises, at the edge, or in colocation facilities.

Dell PowerEdge R760 has been available since February while Dell PowerEdge HS5620, HS5610 are available in April. Additional next-generation Dell PowerEdge servers will be global availability throughout the first half of 2023.

Dell most trusted brand in India, China’s Mi ranked 2nd: TRA.

Dell APEX compute services are planned for the second half of 2023, said the company.

Meanwhile, Dell Technologies on Tuesday launched the new Alienware and Inspiron laptop series in India for gamers, creators, and students.

From April 12, the latest Alienware devices will be available for purchase at a starting price of Rs 3,59,990, while the Inspiron devices will be available for purchase from April 14, starting at Rs 77,990 on both online and offline platforms.

“Our new Alienware and Inspiron laptops offer consumers the opportunity to express their passion and lifestyle with premium quality styling. Dell Technologies’ omnichannel strategy puts the customers at the centre and we are emboldened by the growing demand across our consumer and gaming portfolio,” Rosandra Silveira, Senior Vice President, Global Channel Sales, Dell Technologies, said in a statement.

The new Alienware laptops — m18 and x16 R1 come equipped with 13th Gen Intel Core processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs.

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Dell to slash about 6,650 jobs

Dell most trusted brand in India, China's Mi ranked 2nd: TRA.

The cuts will include 5 per cent of the company’s global workforce…reports Asian Lite News

Dell Technologies on Monday said that it will lay off about 6,650 workers globally, becoming the latest technology company to do so, the media reported.

The cuts will include 5 per cent of the company’s global workforce, reports Bloomberg, citing sources.

“The company is experiencing market conditions that continue to erode with an uncertain future,” Co-Chief Operating Officer Jeff Clarke, was quoted as saying.

Clarke told employees that previous cost-cutting measures, such as a halt in hiring and travel restrictions, are no longer sufficient.

In addition, the company’s spokesperson said that the department reorganisations, along with the job reductions, are viewed as an opportunity to drive efficiency, according to the report.

Moreover, Dell and other hardware manufacturers have seen a drop in demand following a pandemic-era PC boom.

In 2022, the Indian traditional PC market declined by 11.7 per cent year-over-year (year-over-year) with a shipment of 3.9 million units in the September quarter after eight consecutive quarters of growth, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) report.

HP shipped over 9,40,000 units, and Lenovo overtook Dell for the second position with a strong showing in the consumer segment.

Dell Technologies slipped to the third position as it lost momentum in the consumer segment.

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Dell buys Cloud services startup Cloudify

Dell most trusted brand in India, China's Mi ranked 2nd: TRA.

A company spokesperson told TechCrunch that Dell Technologies “has completed the acquisition of Cloudify…reports Asian Lite News

Dell Technologies has acquired Israeli startup Cloudify that is known for cloud orchestration and infrastructure automation.

According to reports, Dell spent close to $100 million in buying the startup to boost its its cloud services business, specifically its offerings in DevOps.

A company spokesperson told TechCrunch that Dell Technologies “has completed the acquisition of Cloudify.

“This transaction allows Dell to continue to innovate our edge offerings,” said the spokesperson.

In a US SEC filing, Dell refered to issuing of Class C common stock “in respect of certain outstanding and unvested options to acquire the ordinary shares of Cloudify Platform Ltd., an Israeli private liability company.”

Cloudify is an open source, multi-cloud orchestration platform featuring unique technology that packages infrastructure, networking, and existing automation tools into certified blueprints.

Originally the startup was spun out from GigaSpaces in 2017. The startup raised less than $8 million, according to PitchBook data.

Cloudify’s environment-as-a-service packages infrastructure, networking, and automation tools into certified blueprints that it says its customers can use to manage heterogeneous cloud environments at scale, and to help bridge the gap between DevOps and IT service management (ITSM).

Cloudify includes in its technology ecosystem such partners as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, F5, Wind River Software, and ServiceNow.

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Dell leads Indian mainstream server market

Dell most trusted brand in India, China's Mi ranked 2nd: TRA.

It was the 5th consecutive quarter of leadership position in the respective server market for the company…reports Asian Lite News

Dell Technologies led the Indian x86 mainstream server market with 43.7 per cent revenue share in Q3 2022, the company said on Tuesday, citing IDC numbers.

It was the 5th consecutive quarter of leadership position in the respective server market for the company

With businesses continuing to adopt a digital-first mindset, India has proven to be one of the key markets contributing to Dell Technologies’ growth in the server category.

“We are constantly working closely with our customers to understand their business challenges. We believe our customer first approach is one of the reasons why we are seeing a consistent growth path for our server business in India,” said Manish Gupta, VP and General Manager, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies India.

Businesses are increasingly adopting technologies like cloud computing, virtualization, and big data to cater to their digital transformation journey.

“To be able to run multiple workloads from the edge to the core to the cloud, they need to deploy advanced servers which can optimize AI/ML and IoT processes for them seamlessly,” Gupta added.

Dell’s PowerEdge portfolio excels in building block rack servers and small footprint tower servers that support business-critical and advanced workloads to help organisations innovate, adapt, and grow.

With the capabilities to serve a wide range of customer requirements — from SMBs to large enterprises — Dell Technologies’ server portfolio accounts for the varied and complex needs of the modern data centre.

“Enterprises are increasingly showing the intent to invest towards modernising the technology infrastructure,” said Gupta.

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