Based on the growing demand for flexible storage options, Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal provides a simplified infrastructure that accelerates time to value. 

Thanks to enhanced connectivity and close proximity to leading public clouds, Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal enables enterprises to deploy, manage and view compute and storage across the globe, according to Lisa Miller (pictured, left), senior vice president of platform alliances at Equinix Inc.

Equinix’s Lisa Miller and Dell’s Todd Lieb talk to theCUBE about the importance of Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal.

“We’ve had a really long partnership with Dell,” Miller said. “What’s exciting right now in our partnership, we are launching Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal at Equinix data centers. What that means is a customer can now get PowerStore as a service, so cloud adjacent storage as a service for Dell equipment at Equinix. Customers want to see their storage and their compute and their cloud capabilities right next to each other, and we can deliver that as a service.”

Miller and Todd Lieb (right), vice president of cloud and data center partnerships at Dell Technologies Inc., spoke with theCUBE analysts Savannah Peterson and Bob Laliberte at Dell Technologies World, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed how Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal is changing the storage game. (* Disclosure below.)

Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal: A game changer in artificial intelligence

Since data is the backbone of AI, Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal is changing odds in the AI field because data is provided in a timely manner. This is made a reality thanks to the deployment of a consistent storage infrastructure globally, according to Lieb.

“I think we’re freeing up customers’ ability to move data into new locations, to put it close to the cloud, but not in the cloud, to have it run in their cage, in Equinix Metal, inside a public cloud,” he noted. “The whole data story is going to play out and data is the fuel for AI. Now we’re playing in that game as well.”

As enterprises seek to grow and expand into new markets, operational efficiency is essential if the intended goals are to be realized. As a result, the partnership between Equinix and Dell helps with this objective thanks to the private cloud on-ramps provided, Miller pointed out. 

“The ecosystem that we have is one of the best things at Equinix,” she said. “We are getting close to a half a million interconnections to all the types of ecosystems you need to reach regardless of the vertical, and so combine that with the power of storage for Dell, I think we’re about to a [do] mic drop. Dell has been talking about how customers want to have their services on-prem, and you also talk about the cloud, but we are that private network in the middle.”

Given that the Dell-Equinix collaboration spans 25 years, this teamwork is geared toward offering cutting-edge features. For instance, Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal enables better cost savings, financial flexibility, easy global deployments and scalable agility, according to Miller. 

“It really has been a partnership for 25 years, and we’ve continued to increase our partnership by selling together on strategic accounts,” she explained. “I think when you look at Dell being the leader in storage, we, of course, feel we’re the global leader in data center. To be able to put that together, I think it’s such a powerful message for us and where we can deliver it initially in over 30 countries, and our goal is to continue to add Metal locations.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE Research’s coverage of Dell Technologies World: 

(* Disclosure: Dell Technologies Inc. and Equinix Inc. sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Dell, Equinix nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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