Dell has entered into a strategic alliance with Scalent to integrate Scalent technology into its Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM) offering and is expected to complete the acquisition in its second fiscal quarter.
The company claims that the AIM simplifies data center management by enabling a single administrator to dynamically allocate compute, storage and network resources for physical and virtual application workloads.
According to Dell, AIM enables dynamic deployment and repurposing of infrastructure without the need for physical server, cable or storage area network changes; enables organisations manage infrastructure failures without service disruption; and enables customers to leverage their existing infrastructure, dramatically lowering the cost of implementation.
The company said that the new offerings and flexible services enables users to reduce data management costs by up to 50% and virtual integrated system brings servers, storage, networking, software and management tools together to work as one dynamically configurable entity that is open and pragmatic.
Brad Anderson, senior vice president of Enterprise Product Group at Dell, said: "Scalent provides a critical building block for our Virtual Integrated System, the most open, capable and affordable converged infrastructure solution available.
"This acquisition will solidify an important component of our enterprise solution portfolio. We know that Scalent software, in combination with Dell servers, storage and network platforms, provide increased efficiency and value for our customers. Scalent’s open architecture is an example of Dell’s ongoing commitment to provide customers with solutions that don’t lock them into proprietary hardware or gateways."
Benjamin Linder, CEO of Scalent, said: "Scalent brings an open, software-based approach to managing virtual infrastructure. We are very excited about bringing our talented team of professionals into Dell and look forward to Dell’s investment into accelerating our innovation curve."
