Dell Technologies’ Edge and IoT Solutions Division has announced solutions and bundles to simplify deployment of secure, scalable solutions for edge computing and Internet of Things (IoT) use cases.
With these solutions, it is combining tools from its broad portfolio with technology from Intel and partners in the Dell Technologies IoT Solutions Partner Program, it stated.
“Workloads and use cases for computer vision and machine intelligence require different combinations of tools, but the computing infrastructure elements are the same,” said Joyce Mullen, President, Global Channel, OEM and IOT Solutions at Dell Technologies, in the statement.
“Dell Technologies provides a scalable, secure, manageable and open infrastructure – spanning edge to Cloud – so customers and partners can realise value today and build a foundation to support these workloads and case studies in the future.”
Computer vision
Dell Technologies elaborated that by enabling computer vision with their IoT solutions, customers can more accurately, efficiently and effectively “see” relevant information pertaining to areas such as public safety, customer experience, and product inventory and quality.
New IoT Solution for Surveillance
Surveillance is the first use case to which Dell Technologies has applied computer vision, so customers can more cost-effectively monitor events in the physical world and automate decision‐making. It is specifically built to transform and simplify how surveillance technology is delivered with an easy to deploy and manage hyper-converged, software-defined solution.
It will offer:
- Rapid return on investment – The open architecture allows for customisation with immense choice of technology, purchasing and configuration.
- Reduced risk – Dell EMC Surveillance Validation Lab tests hardware and ISV software solutions together in extreme simulations to ensure it will stand up in the real world.
- Integrated security – The built-in security measures include micro-segmentation (NSX-T) and the ability to push over-the-air (OTA) updates and security patches in real time to all surveillance devices from camera to Cloud.
- Greater reliability with scalability from hundreds to thousands of cameras/sensors – The solution offers an automated, fault-tolerant approach to scaling from 300TB to 50PB+ on Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage for private, on-premise, off-premise or hybrid needs.
New revenue streams for channel partners
The IoT Connected Bundles are validated, market-proven solutions that channel partners can deliver to their customers as turnkey offerings, stated Dell Technologies. With these solution bundles, channel partners have a new value proposition to offer their customers, as well as a new potential revenue stream and can enter the IoT market knowing the solution will work and deliver predictable results fast.
Reference architecture
The reference architecture for Dell Technologies IoT Solution for Surveillance is available today. The engineered solution will be available in October 2018, whereas IoT Connected Bundles for channel partners will be available in September 2018.
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