Dell has announced the launch of a portfolio of five award-winning1, business-ready enterprise-class PowerEdge™ servers offering up to 211 percent improvement in performance2 and specially designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as well as larger enterprises – the Dell PowerEdge™ 840, 860, SC440, SC1430 and 1900.
Faced with greater resource constraints and more vulnerable to business process change than larger organisations, there is a greater need for SMBs to make smart business IT purchasing decisions, as it can directly affect the bottom-line. This combats issues often faced by SMBs, including limited budgets, lack of time for deep-dive technology understanding and no specialist department dedicated to IT.
Dell Delivering Direct to SMBs
Dell’s build-to-order strategy and direct relationship with its customers has helped develop the company’s reputation in the EMEA SMB market. Understanding that it cannot fulfil the needs of small and medium businesses by simply offering ‘smaller’ versions of its full-scale enterprise solutions, Dell is constantly developing and extending its portfolio enterprise-level offerings for small businesses that includes Dell PowerEdge™ servers, PowerVault™ and Dell | EMC storage systems and PowerConnect™ switches, providing affordable capacity and necessary ease of management features that are critical to the entry-level market.
“Dell started as a small business, which allows the company to serve as a credible and trusted advisor to SMBs. At Dell, SMBs are a key customer segment for us in EMEA and our goal is to offer enterprise products that can help facilitate their business needs,” said Kriti Kapoor, Head of Enterprise Marketing, Home & Small Business, Dell EMEA. “Tailor-made through direct involvement with EMEA small and medium business owners, Dell’s enterprise-level solutions, including our new servers, are designed to simplify IT management and offer scalability so that companies can add to their technology investment as their business expands and budgets allow.”
Dell Servers Reduce Complexity for SMBs
The new Dell PowerEdge™ 860 and 840 servers and Dell PowerEdge™ SC1430 and SC440 are designed with the SMB in mind to reduce complexity and simplify IT operations – thus helping business owners boost employee productivity, and streamline business operations and costs.
The raft of regulatory compliance legislation means companies today are required to retrieve data they have stored - quickly, easily and efficiently - underscoring the need for robust infrastructure, redundancy and quality of service. Dell’s easy-to-deploy storage management options, including its PowerVault™ tape backup and enhanced network-attached storage (NAS) portfolio, provide cost-effective solutions for SMBs to reliable backup and layered storage with Dell’s new PowerEdge™ servers.
“The power and agility of Dell’s technology provides me with the storage, data management and security capabilities usually only available to larger enterprises, at an affordable price,” said Urban Volleberg, ICT and Product Manager of Dutch-based printing company HPC. “Basically, our IT runs itself, giving me more time to manage and grow my business, including maintaining direct communication with customers, suppliers and employees.”
Extending the Portfolio for Businesses of All Sizes
The Dell PowerEdge™ 1900, which completes the company’s ninth generation PowerEdge™ server line3, provides a scalable, high-performance solution for remote branch office deployment, simplifying data management for growing businesses.
Dell’s Dedicated Support Services for SMBs
Dell’s comprehensive support services complete the company’s enterprise-level offering, providing a one-stop-shop and advisory for small businesses that lack the resources to invest in a full-time IT staff. With Dell Gold Enterprise support, SMBs are assigned to a technical account manager who deals with support questions and solutions as a single point of contact. In addition, Dell Server Assistant ships with every PowerEdge™ server as a bootable, stand-alone CD-ROM, providing the tools to set up and configure the PowerEdge system components and software. The Dell Networking Basics online tutorial walks first-time server owners through the setup process, empowering customers and simplifying the hardware purchasing and implementation process.
In addition, to help SMBs reduce the complexity of deploying a secure, reliable Microsoft Exchange environment, Dell recently launched Secure Exchange, an industry-first blueprint for simplified e-mail security and management.
For more information on Dell’s new line of PowerEdge™ servers, visit www.dell.com/poweredge or www.dell.com/me.
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