Dell’s Force10 Buy: Data Centres With An Escape Hatch

Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Aug 4 2011) Cloud Computing , Networking

1. With Force 10′s networks, Dell can offer converged data centres – but users will have an escape route, says Forrest Norrod Dell’s plan to acquire networking vendor Force10 Networks will be a boon for all parts of the company’s efforts to build out its data centre solution offerings, according to Dell’s top server executive. In an interview with eWEEK, Forrest Norrod, vice president and general manager of Dell’s server platforms business, said Force10 will add 10 Gigabit Ethernet capabilities to Dell’s portfolio of products, complement the networking technology Dell already has on hand with its PowerConnect lineup and give it a more robust cloud and hyper-scale computing strategies. (Read Full Article)

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