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Cyxtera to deliver on-demand infrastructure solutions that accelerate customer deployments
Cyxtera , a global leader in data centre colocation and interconnection services , has announced a strategic collaboration with Dell Technologies to deliver Dell ’ s infrastructure , combined with Cyxtera ’ s colocation and network technologies , that will accelerate the infrastructure deployments of their customers .
Leveraging Cyxtera ’ s global footprint of colocation facilities and Digital Exchange network fabric , Cyxtera and Dell will provide global enterprises of all sizes – as well as federal , state and local government organisations – with full stack infrastructure as-a-Service . This includes compute infrastructure , network connectivity and colocation space and power at the individual server and rack unit levels . These capabilities enable a cloud-like experience for the deployment of workloads that require the control , performance and security of dedicated infrastructure and colocation .
Customers will be able to leverage Dell infrastructure through Cyxtera ’ s Enterprise Bare Metal solution , an on-demand model that provides all the benefits of dedicated colocation and network infrastructure , resulting in an extension of their existing environments without the burden of capital expenditures , lengthy implementation cycles , or depreciating assets .
Additionally , customers will be able to test the capabilities offered by Dell and Cyxtera via Cyxtera ’ s Dell Experience Lab , which is powered by Cyxtera ’ s Digital Exchange platform . With infrastructure provided by Dell – and space , power and network fabric provided by Cyxtera – the lab will give customers a hands-on experience that demonstrates how the technology would work in their environment .
“ Dell is committed to providing our partners with greater choice and flexibility to support customers with a consistent experience wherever they want to consume Dell infrastructure solutions ,” said Denise Millard , Senior Vice President , Global Alliances for Dell . “ Our collaboration with Cyxtera simplifies data centre challenges , providing customers with rapid deployment options , seamless scalability , high levels of physical security and optimised performance so they can deliver better business outcomes .”
Dell will also combine its solutions with Cyxtera SmartCabs which delivers pointand-click provisioning of dedicated , on-demand colocation cabinets . Cyxtera SmartCabs offers built-in power and network connectivity , as well as access to Cyxtera ’ s Digital Exchange network fabric , to quickly provide the compute resources and connectivity customers need . �
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