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December 16, 2012 10:03 pm GMT
Dell has a new platform as a service (PaaS) and it actually makes sense. The service is called Project Fast PaaS, part of the new Dell Cloud Labs, which also includes Project Sputnik, the Linux laptop for developers and Crowbar, theopen-source cloud deployment framework that Dell originally created to support its “OpenStack- andHadoop-powered offerings.” FastPaaS and the new Dell Cloud Labs reflects a paradox that I felt all week at Dell World. Fast PaaS represents the innovation happening at Dell. But like any big enterprise company, it is dependent on making big deals with high margins that serve the basic demands of large enterprises. On Tuesday, I moderated a think tankdiscussion that unfortunately was stacked with Dell managers. One customer attended. To my fault, a few Dell managers took control of the conversation at certain points,whichwas unfortunate. But they did express some perspectives that reflect the real conflict at Dell these days. Michael Cotsummed it up well in a blog post yesterday. Cote attended the discussion. Heleads Dell Cloud Labs. A former RedMonk analyst, Cotnow works at Dell as the company’s director of cloud strategy and special programs. He expressed it this way. IT faces a real conflict. It’s a time of rapid technology advancement. Customers want access to the latest and greatest but IT still needs to keepeverythingrunning, too.They are expected to make sure the email works and be innovative, too. It’s an impossible mission. Cot: The mind set of keeping things stable a reliable (the five nines crowd) doesnt fit with coming up with new stuff. Practices like Agile and the rapid delivery cycles in DevOps can help, but at some point, the two paths of ensuring stability and profiting from disruption are divergent enough that you cant perfectly co-mingle themand yet, thats what we expect from the IT department. Fast PaaS is a great example of how Dell is seeking to be innovative in developing a unique strategy but cloaking it as a “solution.”Ittells a good story about what Dell is trying to do with its cloud strategy. Dell does not want to be like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and offer a blank virtual machine. It wants to offer solutions. And I think the strategy works. Project Fast PaaS is built on Cloud Foundry, the open-source PaaS developed initially by VMware and now operating under an Apache license. The PaaS is on-premise — it’s private. Everything comes
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Dell Has A New Platform As A Service That Actually Makes Sense
Dell has a new platform as a service (PaaS) and it actually makes sense. The service is called Project Fast PaaS, part of the new Dell Cloud Labs, which also includes Project Sputnik, the Linux laptop for developers and Crowbar, theopen-source cloud deployment framework that Dell originally created to support its “OpenStack- andHadoop-powered offerings.” FastPaaS and the new Dell Cloud Labs reflects a paradox that I felt all week at Dell World. Fast PaaS represents the innovation happening at Dell. But like any big enterprise company, it is dependent on making big deals with high margins that serve the basic demands of large enterprises. On Tuesday, I moderated a think tankdiscussion that unfortunately was stacked with Dell managers. One customer attended. To my fault, a few Dell managers took control of the conversation at certain points,whichwas unfortunate. But they did express some perspectives that reflect the real conflict at Dell these days. Michael Cotsummed it up well in a blog post yesterday. Cote attended the discussion. Heleads Dell Cloud Labs. A former RedMonk analyst, Cotnow works at Dell as the company’s director of cloud strategy and special programs. He expressed it this way. IT faces a real conflict. It’s a time of rapid technology advancement. Customers want access to the latest and greatest but IT still needs to keepeverythingrunning, too.They are expected to make sure the email works and be innovative, too. It’s an impossible mission. Cot: The mind set of keeping things stable a reliable (the five nines crowd) doesnt fit with coming up with new stuff. Practices like Agile and the rapid delivery cycles in DevOps can help, but at some point, the two paths of ensuring stability and profiting from disruption are divergent enough that you cant perfectly co-mingle themand yet, thats what we expect from the IT department. Fast PaaS is a great example of how Dell is seeking to be innovative in developing a unique strategy but cloaking it as a “solution.”Ittells a good story about what Dell is trying to do with its cloud strategy. Dell does not want to be like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and offer a blank virtual machine. It wants to offer solutions. And I think the strategy works. Project Fast PaaS is built on Cloud Foundry, the open-source PaaS developed initially by VMware and now operating under an Apache license. The PaaS is on-premise — it’s private. Everything comesOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/nPxHmY-95wI/
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