(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In an effort to bring the full benefits of data center virtualization to its customers, technology provider Dell (www.dell.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Scalent (www.scalent.com), a private company that provides software that makes data center infrastructure dynamic, easily scalable and highly efficient.
According to Dell’s announcement last week, the Round Rock, Texas-based company will integrate Scalent technology into its Advanced Infrastructure Manager solution. Currently, AIM simplifies data center management by enabling a single administrator to dynamically allocate compute, storage and network resources for physical and virtual application workloads. It enables dynamic deployment and repurposing of infrastructure without the need for physical server, cable or storage area network changes.
“Scalent provides a critical building block for our Virtual Integrated System, the most open, capable and affordable converged infrastructure solution available,” Dell enterprise product group senior vice president Brad Anderson said in a statement. “This acquisition will solidify an important component of our enterprise solution portfolio. We know that Scalent software, in combination with Dell servers, storage and network platforms, provide increased efficiency and value for our customers. Scalent’s open architecture is an example of Dell’s ongoing commitment to provide customers with solutions that don’t lock them into proprietary hardware or gateways.”
Subject to customary closing conditions, Dell expects the acquisition to be finalized during its second fiscal quarter.
“Scalent brings an open, software-based approach to managing virtual infrastructure,” Scalent chief executive officer Benjamin Linder stated. “We are very excited about bringing our talented team of professionals into Dell and look forward to Dell’s investment into accelerating our innovation curve.”
Dell AIM works with industry-standard servers, Ethernet switches and Fibre Channel switches, allowing customers to transition quickly to a highly-dynamic data center using existing infrastructure investments. Dell’s open architecture approach lets customers leverage their existing infrastructure, dramatically lowering the cost of implementation relative to other industry solutions.
The solution has built-in high-availability, helping organizations manage infrastructure failures without service disruption.
This acquisition is also significant for the world’s third-largest PC maker because it marks the company’s serious expansion into data-center products, in a rivalry with IBM and HP to provide more complex computer systems and IT services. According to a Bloomberg report, Dell CEO Michael Dell said that Dell plans to nearly double its enterprise computing business to $30 billion by fiscal 2014 from $16 billion last year, and acquisitions would play a role in this.
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