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I think there is a huge opportunity for Dell in the private cloud space. They may not innovate on technology, but they could certainly innovate with new busine
by kordless 14y ago
I think there is a huge opportunity for Dell in the private cloud space. They may not innovate on technology, but they could certainly innovate with new business models using emerging technologies like OpenStack.
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- Swannie 14y agoI wonder how much Microsoft likes OpenStack... I can guess, given how much they and their customers like System Center.
- incision 14y agoPossibly. Cisco has been dabbling in that area with CITEIS, but I don't get the impression it has seen too much traction. I expect an overwhelming majority of Dell gear that is doing anything along the lines of private, flexible infrastructure is running VMWare who seems to getting ever closer to EMC (whose relationship with Dell is probably thoroughly sour post-Compellent acquisition). I'd think Dell's best shot a such a move might be to work with Microsoft on a private, Azure-branded stack. I get the impression that there isn't much behind the stated OpenStack membership/support by the Enterprise names.
- roc 14y agoDell has plenty of opportunities, given their enterprise customers. The tricky part is: almost all of those opportunities involve new services for post-Microsoft IT. And how is Microsoft and their two billion dollars going to react to those plans?