Dell Technologies Data Center Breakthroughs Power Smarter, Faster and MoreSecurePrivate Clouds

• Dell Private Cloud is generally available to help customers easily deploy and manage private cloud infrastructure
• Dell storage advancements include new PowerStore and PowerMax QLC models, AI-driven automation and strengthened security
• Dell PowerStore integration with Nutanix Cloud Platform will offer greater flexibility, performance and simplified IT operations
• Dell PowerFlex Ultra release achieves up to 80% storage efficiency, 10x9s data availability and reduced costs
• Dell PowerProtect innovations provide robust cyber resilience with advanced security, centralized management and scalable solutions for modern workloads

Dell Technologies announcessignificantprivate cloud infrastructureadvancements to help customers manage both traditional and modern workloads with greater speed, efficiency and security.

Why it matters

Many IT teams struggle to handle the demands of both traditional and modern workloads while dealing with rising costs, evolving virtualization needs and vendor lock-in concerns. Organizations are adopting disaggregated private clouds built with virtualization-optimized compute, storage and cyber resilience solutionsthat provide greater flexibility, choice and control over their data.

Dell Private Cloud, delivered through the Dell Automation Platformwith on-premises and SaaS deployment options,helps customers easily automate, scale and manage private cloud deployments using their preferred cloud OS stack and Dell disaggregated infrastructure including PowerStore, PowerFlex, and PowerMax. Customers can use AI-driven automation for infrastructure management and monitoring. 

Additionally, integration of Dell NativeEdge into the Dell Automation Platform provides afull stack solution optimized to simplifyand secureoperations across distributed cloudand edge environments.

Storage and cyber resilience are key to any private cloud. Dell is introducing significantinnovations in these areas tohelp customers build smarter, faster and more secure private clouds.

Dell PowerStore adds QLC model and Nutanix Cloud Platform integration

Dell PowerStoredelivers simple, enterprise-grade, high-performance storage tightly integrated with modern virtualization platformsand adaptable for containerized environments. The Nutanix Cloud Platform solutionwill soonsupport Dell PowerStore, combining Dell’s trusted storage innovation with Nutanix’s cloud operating model to meet customer demand for greater choice and control in how they deploy infrastructure.

PowerStore’s latest hardware and software advancementsdeliver greater cost-efficiency, AI-accelerated automation and enhanced resiliency.

• Enterprise performance, lower costs:PowerStore 5200Q offers high-capacityperformance with the economics of QLC flash, flexible scaling up to 25PBe per cluster andoptimizedworkload placement through integration with existing PowerStore clusters.

• Software-driven security and resiliency:Improveenterprise security and resiliency with built-in anomaly detection, single sign-on and biometric authentication, HashiCorp key manager support and replication over fibrechannel.
• AI-powered self-healing: Cut issue resolution time by 90%¹ through automated health checks and repairs powered by Smart Support Auto-Heal functionality.

Dell PowerFlexprovides efficient petabyte-scale storage consolidation

Dell PowerFlex, the industry’s most resilient software-defined block storage², offers flexible, software-defined storage that scales linearly and features deep virtualization and Kubernetes integrations. The PowerFlex Ultra release introduces the Scalable Availability Engine (SAE) whichdrastically simplifies workload management and reduces costs with improved efficiency and reliability.

• Reimagining software-defined storage: PowerFlex’s Scalable Availability Engine (SAE) is built on a native block, fully distributed, erasure-coded architecture that delivers breakthrough storage efficiency, resiliency and scalability for software-defined data centers.
• Extreme storage efficiency: Achieves up to 80% storage efficiency³ with over 50% reduction in physical storage footprint⁴, allowing organizations to store more data in less space while lowering costs and power consumption.
• Data availability and resiliency: Delivers up to 10x9s of data availability with the ability to tolerate up to two node failures simultaneously, ensuring enterprise workloads remain operational even during hardware failures while maintaining data integrity across large-scale deployments.

Dell PowerMaxprovidesmission-critical performance, automation and security

Dell PowerMaxoffersmission critical storage with enterprise-class scalability, automation, and resiliency with broad integrations for virtualized environments and full Kubernetes CSI support for container workloads. Softwareadvancements deliverup to 25% greater performance⁵, advanced automation and enhanced security for mission-critical environments.

• Enhanced automation: Free up IT teams to tackle higher-value tasks with features like 1-click software updates in less than6 seconds⁶, zero-touch management installs and the ability to achieve up to a 66% reduction in steps for replication mode changes⁷.
• QLC support: PowerMax 2500 introduces QLC drive support for capacity-intensive workloads while delivering flexible single-drive scaling from 122TB to 8.8PBe per array.
• Advanced security: The world’s most secure mission-critical storage⁸ platform now includes features like Single Sign-On with Microsoft Entra ID and encrypted email alerts to ensure the highest standards of data protection and compliance.

Dell PowerProtecthelps organizations build a cyber resilient foundation for modern data centers

Dell PowerProtectoffers cyber resilience for virtual, cloud-native and containerized workloads across data centers and every major public cloud, helping ensure rapid recovery to keep businesses running without disruption. The latest appliance and softwareinnovations help organizations reduce their attack surface, detect and respond to threats and quickly recover from cyber incidents.

• Entry-level appliance, enterprise-level security: The new PowerProtect Data Domain DD3410is a compact solution for remote offices and smaller environments with exceptional data reductioncapabilities, grow-in-place scalability from 8 to 32 TBuand advanced security to keep data safe. The appliance supports a broad partner and backup software ecosystem and native integration with Dell PowerStore and PowerMax.
  
  
• Unified cyber resilience experience: The new PowerProtect Data ManagerAppliance is a modern, software-defined solution that delivers centralized management for consistent operations. It enhances cyber resilience with enterprise-grade protection, including anomaly detection, data immutability and integrity to safeguard against disruptions and threats. The Data Manager Appliance is the best way to achieve cyber resilience with Dell PowerProtect.

Perspectives

“As Indian enterprises embrace AI and digital transformation, the need for agile, secure, and energy-efficient private cloud infrastructure is more urgent than ever. Dell Technologies is helping businesses modernize with smarter, faster, and more resilient data center solutions — powered by innovations across PowerStore, PowerFlex, PowerMax, and PowerProtect — to support India’s growth ambitions,” said Venkat Sitaram, Senior Director and Country Head for the Infrastructure Solutions Group at Dell Technologies India.

“At Dell Technologies, we’re empowering our customers with solutions that not only meet today’s IT challenges but also anticipate tomorrow’s needs,” said Travis Vigil, senior vice president, ISG Product Management, Dell Technologies. “Our latest storage and cyber resilience advancements are designed to help organizations build private clouds that are smarter, more secure and ready to handle the demands of both traditional and modern workloads.”

“With our Nutanix Cloud Platform soon supporting Dell PowerStore, we will be giving customers a new choice in how they architect their virtualized environments,” said Thomas Cornely, senior vice president, Product Management at Nutanix. “This integration will deliver an enterprise-grade solution that meets today’s demands for flexibility, while allowing organizations to build confidently with Dell infrastructure.”

“Organizations today face the dual challenge of managing traditional and modern workloads while navigating rising costs and evolving IT demands,” said Simon Robinson, principal analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia. “Dell’s latest advancements in storage and cyber resilience provide a comprehensive and flexible foundation for disaggregated private cloud environments, empowering businesses to achieve greater efficiency, security and scalability across their IT operations.”

Availability

• Dell Private Cloud is available today with support forDell PowerStore, Dell PowerFlex and Dell PowerMax.
• Dell NativeEdgeintegratedwith the Dell Automation Platformis available today.
• Dell PowerStore 5200Q will be available in October 2025.
• Dell PowerStore software updates will be available in October 2025.
• Dell PowerStore support for Nutanix will be available in early access in Spring 2026.
• Dell PowerFlexupdateswill be available in October 2025.
• Dell PowerMax updates are available in October 2025.
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain DD3410 will be available in Q1 2026.
• Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance will be available in Q4 2025.