As part of our long-term vision to expand Dell’s global captive financing, Dell Financial Services today began offering financing to customers in México through the legal entity Dell Leasing México S. de R.L. de C.V.  It’s the first expansion of our financing capabilities in Latin America, and promises to be a key enabler for Dell customers and channel partners in México.This launch offers commercial customers in México an affordable and convenient way to acquire the technology solutions they need to support and grow their business. Customers will have the opportunity to establish leases or other financing for their end-to-end solutions, whether they purchase it direct from Dell or through our channel partners. DFS can fund every part of the technology solution – both Dell and non-Dell hardware, software bundled with hardware, and services.Juan Pablo Unna, our DFS sales director in Mexico, has already been getting a great reception from customers and partners in the country:“Our Dell customers and channel partners in Mexico are very excited to start working with DFS,” he said. “They see this as an opportunity to enhance the end-to-end solutions they acquire from Dell through one point of contact who can help them manage their budget while helping them acquire the technology they need.”The continued expansion of DFS is part of our commitment to supporting customer’s and partners’ business transformation and future growth. Over the last three years, DFS has expanded beyond its U.S. roots to become a global financial services provider with the operational infrastructure to support customers in 19 countries, including the U.S., Canada, 16 countries in Europe, and now México.Dell Financial Services enables our customers to:Prevent technology obsolescence: DFS lease solutions enable customers to regularly rotate their assets so they can have the latest technology at all times.Increase operational efficiency: DFS can help fund upgrade options when they are needed (rather than when the budget allows) and will dispose of old equipment so customers can focus more on the technology they need for their business.Conserve capital, preserve credit line: By providing financing for IT investments, DFS allows customers to conserve cash for core business activities.Manage cash flow: Payments can be structured to budget or cash flow requirements.Lower total cost of ownership (TCO): Leasing facilitates regular technology refreshes, which helps to reduce support costs and manage the total cost of ownership.Access total solution financing: DFS can finance entire solutions for a customer, from servers and storage, to software and services.Visit dell.com/dfs to learn more about how Dell Financial Services helps customers acquire the technology they need. read more

When I think about International Day of the Girl, I remember how my college basketball coach asked me to speak in front of a group of Fortune 500 executives. I had never spoken to top execs before, let alone a room full of them! I had my self-doubts, but ultimately, I chose to be bold. I shared my story of how at 5’5, I landed myself in a D-1 basketball program. Afterward, many offered their business cards and encouraged me to pursue an IT career.To be honest, no one in that crowd of execs looked like me. But their interest in me gave me the courage to think, As a black woman, maybe I have what it takes to succeed in the tech industry.Today, I am a senior IT analyst at Dell. My story has evolved since my college days – and since The United Nations declared Oct. 11 as the International Day of the Girl to “highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face, while promoting girls’ empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.”The many stories being told to acknowledge this year’s #DayoftheGirl — both in the United States and abroad — will get you thinking about what girls face – and how far we’ve come.One story I like is about Mo’ne Davis, the first girl to pitch a shutout and win a Little League World Series game. She said: “I’m kind of used to striking out guys now, but when I first started, a lot of people didn’t think I was good.” Well, she’s more than good. Davis is profiled in the book, “Firsts: Women Who Are Changing the World” (Liberty Street), along with 45 other woman who are pioneers in their fields — entertainment, politics, sports, technology and more.I think women share a strong appreciation for women like Davis who break down barriers and take on positions that may be more common for men. In doing so, they inspire and motivate others like them to bring their talents to new roles and industries.I also think we appreciate women – and men – who remind us that we are good at whatever we put our mind to. I know I do.As an African American female in the field of IT, I find it important that people recognize the value of more diverse perspectives. Women – especially minority women- need to be able to see others who look like them. That’s how we’ll see change. Women need to be empowered to go into the STEM fields and not be afraid that they won’t be taken seriously by peers and managers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzeNaePTll4This year, the UN is focusing on the importance of a “Skilled Girl Force” for its International Day of the Girl efforts. Educated and skilled workers are in great demand, but STEM fields are experiencing a serious labor shortage, particularly among women.That really hits home for me – and for my coworkers at Dell.Recently, Dell Technologies announced its role in a new initiative launched by Melinda Gates’‘Pivotal Ventures called the Reboot Representation Tech Coalition. The collaboration seeks to double the number of underrepresented women of color graduating with computing degrees by 2025. This type of cross-industry collaboration is critical for supporting today’s generation of girls preparing to enter a world of work that is being transformed by innovation and automation. We talk more about this initiative here.Women’s empowerment is a strong focus for Dell Technologies. My sister, an Enablement Lead for Support and Deployment Services at Dell, noticed this many years ago when she encouraged me to consider working here.Now, I’ve been with the company for over 3 years and I volunteer as the lead of Dell’s Women of Color (WOC) special interest group within the Black Network Alliance employee resource group. Chris Fraser, Chief Responsibility Officer for Dell, is a supportive force behind our WOC group; she championed it from an idea to where we are today: a strong, group of females who support each other and our work at Dell. We work with organizations like Girls Inc. to increase opportunities for girls. This year, I was selected to be president of this group and recognized for my ability to ensure everyone’s voice is heard and passions felt through our goals and initiatives.I’d like to think those skills stem from my own positive experiences of sharing my hopes and dreams with others – and in different ways throughout my life being reminded, “You’ve got this.” That support mattered when I was a young girl shooting hoops with the taller boys. And, it matters now as I navigate my career.The United Nations reminds us on its website, “If effectively supported during the adolescent years, girls have the potential to change the world – both as the empowered girls of today and as tomorrow’s workers, mothers, entrepreneurs, mentors, household heads, and political leaders.”It’s a mission that goes far beyond one day. If you’d like to get involved, the website dayofthegirl.org offers several suggestions on ways to help.My three suggestions for how you can support girls and women:Express your support for the women you work with. Champion your peers and also find your own mentors.Inspire young girls through 1:1 mentorship. Our Dell Power of One Mentor Challenge encourages anyone – including our employees – to spend one hour with one young person and talk to them about what it’s like to have a career in STEM and why they should consider it. See what kind of spark you can ignite!Get involved with your company’s employee resource groups to support an inclusive workplace – or, start your own group!We have much to celebrate, and much work left to do! Happy International Day of the Girl to all the women and men who’ve supported me and girls around the globe every day. read more

This post is co-authored by Blanca Garcia, a Product Marketing Manager in Data Protection at Dell EMC.Dell EMC, VMware and ESG discuss data protection innovation – for on premises and cloud environments – via online Crowd Chat Dell EMC and VMware leaders, along with industry experts, recently engaged in a live online Crowd Chat to discuss how Dell EMC and VMware are working together to deliver world-class data protection for VMware environments – on premises and in the cloud.  Specifically, they discussed how Dell EMC and VMware collaborate to:Bring easiest to manage, most powerful and comprehensive data protection for VMware environmentsSeamlessly extend VMware data protection to the CloudDeliver enterprise-level data protection to mid-size organizations with Dell EMC’s latest Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) DP4400During the Crowd Chat, Beth Phalen, President of Dell EMC’s Data Protection Division, provided an overview of the latest data protection innovations from Dell EMC.https://youtu.be/N2DUausFBOsIn addition, Yanbing Li, Senior VP and General Manager for the Storage and Availability Business Unit at VMware also discussed the extensive collaboration between VMware and Dell EMC, ensuring that VMware customers can feel secure that their environments are protected as they transition to the VMware Cloud.https://youtu.be/oUz_3S5vK4URuya Atac-Barrett, VP of Product Marketing for Dell EMC Data Protection, then provided an overview of how Dell EMC provides superior data protection for VMware environments. Specifically, she discussed how Dell EMC data protection is simpler – easier to deploy and manage – but at the same time, more powerful – more comprehensive and higher performing.https://youtu.be/GsZ1mp4lqqsThe discussion then moved on to how Dell EMC delivers no-compromise data protection– on premises and in the cloud – with the new Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) DP4400. Atac-Barrett described how it provides simply powerful data protection for mid-size customers, at the lowest cost-to-protect.https://youtu.be/OM5zfn0LcYgPhalen provided more details on what makes the IDPA DP4400 simple for customers to use…https://youtu.be/b13wuRbyYzI…while at the same time being more powerful – more efficient and higher performing.https://youtu.be/K1o2nC0PBR8But, don’t take our word for it. Senior Validation Analyst at ESG, Vinny Choinski, can speak first hand as to how easy the IDPA DP4400 is to deploy:https://youtu.be/Iptu3Nr-3S4Choinski also conducted extensive performance testing versus a leading competitor. He found that the IDPA DP4400 outperformed the competition significantly.https://youtu.be/gS93geAWJQ8In addition, using real customer data, Choinski confirmed that the IDPA can serve data protection environments for a fraction of a penny per month—making the IDPA DP4400 the lowest cost-to-protect.https://youtu.be/4SyC0TbEAG8Choinski’s expert opinion on the IDPA DP4400 is that Dell EMC has done everything right and “has nailed this one.”https://youtu.be/G2H6-A9KsUALearn more: check out the Dell EMC IDPA page, Dell EMC VMware data protection page, and follow @DellEMCProtect on Twitter for our latest announcements and content.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________About the co-authorBlanca Garcia is a product marketing manager in Data Protection at Dell EMC, with a focus on integrated data protection appliances. She started her career as a mechanical engineer with IBM, but soon found her passion in marketing and has worked at high-tech start-ups, mid-size companies, and large enterprises marketing products and solutions in data protection, cloud, managed services, IT consulting services and consumer software. read more

The most recent Data Domain release, DD OS 6.1.2, enhanced both the efficiency and cloud readiness of the Data Domain platform. This blog will focus on the efficiency improvements of this release, specifically when it comes to Data Domains Instant Access and Restore. So what is Instant Access?Instant Access is the ability to boot a VM directly from the Data Domain appliance. You simply find the VM you would like to access, power it on and connect to it. By doing this, you can decrease the downtime. If you need to perform a full restore, you can use vMotion to move that VM back to the primary location.DD OS 6.1.2 brings enhancements to the instant access and restore of VMs. With enhanced data cache, there’s an increased boost in performance while implementing instant access and restore of virtual machines on DD appliances. Backup validations and test/dev environments are now made even more efficient with a 4x increase in IOPS with DD OS 6.1.2 on a Data Domain 9800.1Backup applications such as Dell EMC Avamar can instantly access up to 32 VMs on DD3300 (16 & 32TB), DD6300, DD6800, DD9300 & DD9800. When you combine DD OS 6.1.2 and a Data Domain 9800 appliance, you can receive up to 40,000 IOPS with 20 milliseconds of latency.2DD OS 6.1.2 provided a number of enhancements to the Data Domain line. Increased efficiency for Instant Access and Restore is just the beginning. To learn more about this release feel free to read our announcement blog. Check out our most recent Instant Access and Restore video here. If you have any questions about this feature reach out to your Dell EMC representative or read more on the Data Domain website.Source: Dell EMC Legal1Dell EMC Legal2 read more

It is with great honor that Dell EMC recently was awarded a 2019 STAR Award by the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) for “Innovation in Leveraging Social Support for Support Excellence.” As a Hall of Fame Winner of over 25 individual STAR Awards, among exemplary companies in the technology industry, including Cisco, HP, Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, and more, Dell EMC is excited to celebrate our continued dedication to providing leading-edge social support and community services to our customers and partners around the globe.For over 30 years, TSIA STAR Awards have become a coveted recognition of services success and best practices, and TSIA’s research and rewards stand as one of the highest honors in the technology and services industry, enabling the best-of-the-best to be highlighted by our peers and competitors. As our Support and Services teams strive to ideate, innovate, and deliver forward-thinking solutions for social media customer support and messaging applications, we will continue to provide our customers with engaging and informative support content that serves to resolve product usage challenges, while also remaining at your service through the social media platform of your choice when you are in need of technical assistance.Our suite of social support platforms and messaging applications are available globally in multiple languages and include Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, LINE, blogging, bots, and much more. We look forward to applying best practices for social support and the latest in social messaging technology to further enhance our services and provide our customers with a premium, award-winning customer support experience.Dell EMC received this year’s STAR Award for Excellence in Social Support at the Technology & Services World Conference held in Las Vegas, USA, and was proud to be recognized through TSIA rigorous evaluation process amongst the world’s mightiest technology giants. “This year’s winners have demonstrated an unmatched commitment to remarkable innovation, leadership, and excellence in all they do,” said TSIA’s executive director, Thomas Lah. We at Dell EMC look forward to continuing to provide you, our global customers and partners, even greater successful, smart-routing, innovative approaches and multi-scope solutions to social media customer service and community programs. read more

Today, we announced Dell EMC PowerStore, a game-changing storage infrastructure platform engineered to solve modern data center challenges with data-centric design, intelligent automation and adaptable architecture. PowerStore appliances also come with several options from Dell Technologies Services to provide the best service experience, and we’re excited to expand on the portfolio with the introduction of Anytime Upgrade1, the industry’s most flexible controller upgrade program 2.Providing Confidence from the Start Dell Technologies Services experts will get your new PowerStore up and running fast with support through the life of the appliance with our portfolio of services such as Dell EMC ProDeploy and ProSupport Enterprise Suites.With ProDeploy Plus, we’ll deploy your PowerStore so that you can quickly take advantage of your new appliance. And ProSupport Plus, our most comprehensive support service, arms you with proactive and predictive support to maximize uptime and productivity, while significantly reducing IT effort. Additionally, when you’re buying a new PowerStore appliance, you’ll need to move workloads, applications, and files. PowerStore includes new native tools that automate the migration process, but we also offer a range of migration services to help whether you have an existing Dell EMC or third-party storage device. We also offer training and certification programs to provide your IT teams with the skills to administer and manage your new PowerStore appliance.Starting today, customers get the best of our product and services innovation with the Anytime Upgrade program, which gives you the freedom to modernizeyour PowerStore infrastructure to meet changing needs.Unmatched Flexibility with Anytime UpgradesThe Anytime Upgrade program is designed to expand and enhance PowerStore over time, providing greater choice, predictability and investment protection. Anytime Upgrade  effectively ends the cycle of traditional  platform migration with simple, flexible data-in-place upgrades — without downtime or impact to applications. And unlike other programs, you can redeem Anytime Upgrade at any time (after 180 days) within your service contract as opposed to waiting years.The Anytime Upgrade program gives you multiple ways to modernize your infrastructure:1. ANYTIME UPGRADE – STANDARD:Next Gen upgrade: Once a next generation PowerStore has been released, upgrade the nodes (controllers) in your appliance to the next generation equivalent hardware2. ANYTIME UPGRADE – SELECT: Choose one of two options at time of redemptionNext Gen + Higher Model upgrade: Select customers can upgrade their nodes to the next generation AND one model higherScale-out upgrade: Apply a discount to expand your environment with a second appliance equal to the value of your current modelWhen executing Next Gen or Higher Model options, deployment of the new nodes is included and  automatically supported under your existing support contract at no additional cost.3You’re in good handsWhether purchasing a single PowerStore appliance or planning a clustered environment, we know that flexibility, simplicity, support and speed of execution are crucial. With the best support and deployment services options available and now with Anytime Upgrades, customers can experience a highly flexible service with an accelerated path to productivity while extending the life of your PowerStore appliance.You can find more information on Dell Technologies Services here, or contact your Dell Technologies representative. 1Upgrade available 180 days after invoice. Requires purchase of minimum 3-year ProSupport, ProSupport Plus or ProSupport One for Data Center with Anytime Upgrade Select or Standard add-on option at point of sale to qualify. Anytime Upgrade availability may vary by country and segment. For details, contact your sales representative.2Based on Dell analysis, April 2020 using publicly available data to compare the highest available program/subscription offers for controller upgrades.3Anytime Upgrade (Next Generation and Higher Model node upgrades) include deployment and support on the new upgraded nodes. The Scale-out option requires deployment service for the 2nd appliance. Scale-out upgrade redemptions are available as of 12.18.2020. Next-Gen and Next-Gen + Higher Model redemptions will be available once a next-generation PowerStore product has been released. read more

Federal data shows ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell sharply in some agencies under former President Donald Trump. Government scientists say many veteran staffers retired, quit or moved to other agencies amid pressure from an administration they regarded as hostile to science and beholden to industry. That poses a challenge for President Joe Biden, who must rebuild a demoralized work force to meet promises to protect the environment, tackle climate change and reduce pollution. Hundreds of scientists have left the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That is hampering everything from enforcing rules against polluters to finishing vital climate research. read more