Dell Technologies Launches APEX Data Storage Services In South Africa

Dell Technologies Launches APEX Data Storage Services In South Africa. Dell Technologies announces that Dell APEX Data Storage Services is now available in South Africa. Dell’s APEX as-a-service hyperconverged, storage and data protection solutions are powered by Intel hardware.

New storage-as-a-service offer simplifies IT experience, allowing organisations to focus on outcomes and respond quickly to changing business needs. A recent survey conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group reveals that 54% of organisations would prefer a consumption-based model in which their data centre infrastructure is purchased on a pay-per-use basis.1 Dell APEX Data Storage Services delivers the industry’s leading enterprise storage portfolio as-a-service.

This means customers pay for the storage capacity they use and can scale at the service level they need with infrastructure owned and maintained by Dell,” says Doug Woolley, general manager, Dell Technologies South Africa. “Customers and partners have flexibility and control over who performs day-to-day management operations with both Dell-managed and customer-managed options.”

”This latest data storage offering from Dell Technologies helps South African organisations address challenges which are specific to the region. Firstly, a choice of consumption models allows companies to choose how and when they invest in technology, making it easier to preserve cash. Transparent costs and payments are spread over the length of the contract agreement, ensuring greater predictability.”

Secondly, APEX delivers modern cloud and consumption experiences across Dell’s innovative portfolio, backed by global services, scale and supply chain leadership. This helps ensure the customer’s technology stays aligned with business requirements to that they can react quickly to capture new opportunities. “With APEX, our customers maintain more control of data to minimise risk and maximise performance, all on their own terms,” Woolley says.

In addition, load shedding challenges can be overcome with the APEX consumption-based model that can be hosted in any data centre, including shared facilities. Customers can use any vendor-neutral data centre that provides critical engineering infrastructure, physical security and interconnections between clients and the ecosystem.

With traditional procurement models, forecasting future workloads is challenging and can result in over- or under-provisioning, leading to wasted resources or unwanted downtime. In contrast, APEX pricing is fixed in South African rand at the beginning of the contract term, and the scale-out options during the term are quoted at the same unit price. This adds even more stability and predictability to the customer’s financial commitment.

By Thomas Chiothamisi