We are pleased to announce that both Dell PowerStore and Dell VxRail have been named to the 2020 Products of the Year by TechTarget’s Storage Magazine and SearchStorage. Dell Technologies was the only major vendor to win in two categories. In the hyper-converged and composable infrastructure category, Dell VxRail E Series with Intel Optane persistent memory was named the Gold Award winner while Dell PowerStore took home the Silver Award in the disk and disk subsystem category.
The key to transformation is taking rapid action at the right time. That is why we put our customers and partners at the center of everything we do – helping them to stay agile. The 2020 Product of the Year selection, which marks just the latest award in a string of customer, partner and industry recognition, is further validation that we are headed in the right direction.
VxRail: Making the Exceptional Expected
Launched over 5 years ago, VxRail remains the only jointly engineered hyperconverged infrastructure system with VMware. VxRail has continually set and raised the bar for reliability, performance and operational simplicity with features like single click upgrades and VMware synchronous releases (30-day commitment), helping to make Dell Technologies #1 in HCI Systems for 14 consecutive quarters.
Our customers realize exceptional productivity and business advantages with VxRail as highlighted in a recently completed IDC study The Business Value of Dell VxRail and VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail. Some of the impressive results include:
- 452% 5-year ROI with 10 months to payback
- 32% faster transactions and 39% faster queries
- 72% lower application costs
In addition, customer reviews were instrumental in delivering us the prestigious March 2020, Gartner Peer Insight Customer Choice for HCI. One customer noted: “They promised us a ‘mythical unicorn’ of IT; VxRail definitely delivered” – Senior Network Analyst II, Education (read full review).
We also delivered innovation at the edge with the release of our first-ruggedized VxRail, the D Series, resulting in CRN naming it one of the Coolest Hyperconverged Systems for 2020.
PowerStore: The Future of Storage is Here
Last year, we introduced PowerStore – a modern storage appliance designed for the data era. This groundbreaking new platform broke records at Dell Technologies, becoming the fastest-ramping storage products in our history, with quick adoption in diverse industries around the world. Customer reviews cite the platform’s uniquely adaptable infrastructure, modern software design, 7x performance improvement vs. previous platforms and game-changing innovations like AppsON.
- “…it fits like a glove with our cloud strategy”
- “…delivers the best data reduction with phenomenal performance”
- “…leverages virtualization like no other array on the market”
In addition to the Storage Magazine award, PowerStore has also been recognized by CRN as the overall winner for 2020 Product of the Year for Storage – SMB External Storage Hardware, CRN 2020 Tech Innovator Award, Storage-Midrange, as well as taking home and a Design Value Award Winner for Design Management Institute!
Thank You!
We will stop at nothing to help our customers and partners and we thank you, recognizing Dell Technologies for what we help to deliver to you – innovation, rich features and functionality, top-notch quality and reliability, and an industry-leading future-proof program. We look forward to what’s next in 2021. For more information please visit the PowerStore and VxRail websites or reach out to your account representative.
