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Infrastructure as Code with PowerFlex

Take your PowerFlex knowledge to the next-level and discover Infrastructure as Code - a modern approach to managing and provisioning infrastructure through code instead of manual processes and interactive configuration tools.

Gain value by leveraging the extensive PowerFlex automation capabilities: direct programmability with the REST API and streamlined operations using Ansible and Terraform. Access intelligent automation that simplifies infrastructure operations and application workflows.

In this session our experts Brian and Parasar will:

- Explain the implementation of Infrastructure as Code practices in PowerFlex using APIs, Ansible and Terraform.

- Discuss the relationships between different automation layers and tools, ensuring safe and consistent usage.

- Present lab demonstrations that show how each tool is used both independently and together to deploy, scale, and manage PowerFlex and its workloads programmatically, whatever the deployment model or location. 

- Offer free bonus material and exclusive resources to help you in your IT transformation journey.

Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to get skilled with automation. Register today!

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Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024

Time: 11:00AM Eastern Daylight Time

Speakers: Brian Dean - Technical Staff, Engineering Technologist & Parasar Kodati - Technical Staff, Engineering Technologist

Advance Automation with Microsoft Azure Stack HCI

Azure Stack HCI delivers a hybrid cloud solution that extends the value of Azure into on-premises datacenters and edge locations, with the security and performance of on-premises infrastructure. 

In this free 1-hour session, you will gain the confidence and know-how of the latest in Microsoft Azure Stack HCI to deliver repeatable and consistent Infrastructure as Code (IaC), enabling you to achieve faster business value as you learn how to automate frequent, time-consuming manual tasks.

In this session our experts will:

- Discuss the different Infrastructure as Code use cases and scenarios for Azure Stack HCI and provide best practices for implementation.

- Explore how to reduce manual processes and multi steps in a task using API’s, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Ansible and Terraform.

- Provide guidance to help you orchestrate and integrate with Dell-provided APIs for infrastructure management automation.

- Show lab demonstrations to help you become familiar with Infrastructure as Code for Azure Stack HCI.

- Receive bonus material to help you in your learning journey and access to free hands-on Labs.

Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to get skilled with automation. Register today!

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Date: June 20, 2024 

Time: 11:00am EDT​

Speakers: Matt McSpirit – Senior Principal Engineering Technologist & Lisa Clark – Advisory Systems Engineer

Azure Stack HCI is a world-class solution revolutionizing how organizations deploy and manage applications. It is built on proven technologies already deployed at scale and brings major operational advantage - from small-scale, one-node configurations up to 16-node systems.

Explore the benefits of Azure Stack HCI and Azure Arc and learn to leverage their powerful capabilities from a single place: from compute at the core and edge locations, faster networking with fewer cycles, cloud-integration and automation that sets you up for success. Learn how Dell Technologies offers the deepest connection among hardware, Azure, and Azure Stack HCI for a seamless hybrid experience. 

PowerFlex provides the unique flexibility of a software-first architecture that allows it to be the data center chameleon - adapting to whatever requirements are thrown at it.  PowerFlex delivers traditional benefits of both HCI and 3-tier storage arrays without the trade-offs of either. It is a universal storage solution, the flexibility of which helps dramatically simplify your operations. 

In this Tech Exchange explore the capabilities for all types of storage needs from high-performance databases to mission critical workloads and containerized apps. Plus, you’ll discover the sophisticated storage-defined software services with integration and management of storage, compute, and network.

Be inspired to explore Generative AI services in your organization with an ethical and secure digital interface platform that uses the concepts of gamification for enterprise systems. By building this ecosystem and evolving the next generation of technologies, we bring the intelligence grid of the future to every customer and drive growth thru practical uses in retail, healthcare and beyond.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a modern approach to managing and provisioning infrastructure through code instead of manual processes and interactive configuration tools. VxRail's vast automation capabilities are exposed to many automation tools that interface with the VxRail API.

Learn more about the relationship of IaC using VxRail API, explore new Ansible modules and their automation capabilities, and receive an introduction to Terraform and how it is used to manage vSphere.

Kubernetes has become the go-to solution for life-cycling container-based applications. Given that nearly every app will require a password, token, or certificate, organizations adopting Kubernetes face the challenge of determining workflows that include Secure Secrets management. 

Learn how to securely manage secrets, methods and limitations of a Kubernetes approach to handling them, and popular 3rd party secret management solutions.

Non-stop data flow across interconnected networks and devices can increase the risk of cyber-attacks and impede efforts toward digital transformation. Designed to destroy, steal, or compromise your valuable information (including backups), cyber-attacks disrupt your ongoing business operations. 

Our cyber security experts share their vast knowledge of recovery solutions that reduce business risk and equip you to detect, respond and recover after a destructive cyber-attack.  

Dell VxRail enables organizations to modernize data centers and edge environments with intelligent infrastructure, asymmetric scale, and a common operational model. Automation and validation enabled by VxRail HCI System Software, extends native VMware capabilities.

Learn a new way to deploy VxRail and increase your knowledge of satellite nodes. Learn how to integrate, scale and leverage your HCI and primary environments together.

Organizations need the flexibility to run their applications in ways that best align with their business requirements. Virtualization fundamentally shifted how this flexibility was achieved, and virtualized infrastructure ​quickly became a standard feature of enterprise data centers.

Learn how infrastructure platforms integrate with Kubernetes to optimize performance, resilience, capacity and scalability of cloud-native applications.

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on Dell VxRail is the cornerstone for APEX Hybrid Cloud. VCF delivers a simple and direct path to the hybrid cloud and Kubernetes at cloud scale with one, complete, automated platform.

Learn about integration with VMware Tanzu and how VCF on VxRail could be used as a platform for modern, cloud-native applications. Discover the concepts and benefits.

Dell Technologies PowerScale provides the flexibility of a software-defined architecture with accelerated hardware innovations to harness the value of your data.

Discover the capabilities of automation with REST API, Ansible, Datadobi, and more. Learn how to receive code in PowerScale lab environments to enable practical application.

PowerStore storage array is built around flexible scalability so you can configure systems based on specific needs and then granularly scale to your business needs without compromise.

Learn when and how to scale-up, scale-out and scale-down architecture to help address all possible needs. Discover automation in PowerStore with programming languages such as Ansible.

IT professionals are constantly tasked with finding new ways to increase efficiency and reduce cost. Many IT departments and service providers have made use of Cloud and APIs as a way to enable automation that will drive the efficiency, consistency and cost-savings needed.

Learn to leverage the full power of automation using tools and take VxRail automation to the next level.

Data protection environments are becoming more complex, especially with the need to protect disparate workloads across multiple locations, from Edge to core to cloud.

Learn about trends that require a modern data protection approach, how modern solutions are impacted by technologies like Kubernetes, Ansible and REST API, the shift to the Cloud and the rise of ransomware.

Learn the steps you need to take to combat and recover from cyber-attacks: from prevention to detection and response. 

Discover how business resiliency practices can mitigate risk. Our expert brings specialized knowledge and a set of techniques to keep you informed about how to protect the secrecy, integrity, and availability of computer systems and data against threats.

Using Ansible to provision and manage your Dell environment enables you to quickly deploy new devices, change network configurations and audit running network device configurations to manage all Dell storage.

Discover how automating with Ansible enables you to consistently gather ongoing configuration and valuable metrics and explore use cases that illustrate how Ansible can be deployed as an automation tool.

Data Engineers are business critical to how Big Data is transformed, governed, analyzed and stored. A key role in the data analytics life cycle, Data Engineers gather and prepare data either by architecting systems or solving big data challenges.

Discover how to upskill as a Data Engineer and provide trustworthy, integrated and up-to-date data to support your organization’s analytics journey.

OpenManage Enterprise (OME) is a unified systems management console designed to streamline IT administration management, making it more efficient, automated and secure.

Learn how integrating OME with your current environment saves you time and money through automation and how to integrate OME into your existing software environment, enabling you to control hardware and software provisioning from a single utility

Microsoft generates a cadence of Office365 updates designed to save you time, sustain productivity and improve the quality of your work experience. However, many people have trouble keeping up with the latest updates or access to new Office 365 features and tutorials.

Receive expert insight on workforce transformation and change management adoption and how an end-user or IT Administrator can navigate the latest features and functions.

Node pools are groups of disk pools, spread across similar PowerScale storage nodes (compatibility classes). Multiple groups of different node types can work together in a single, heterogeneous cluster and can be easily modified to adapt to changing requirements.

Learn how to build workflows into tiers using node pools all within the same cluster, how to set up your tiers, and what happens to your data.

The PowerScale system provides several levels of configurable data protection settings, which you can modify at any time without taking the cluster or file system offline or needing to reboot.

Learn how to strategically adjust data protection higher where needed and lower to improve efficiencies exactly where you need it.  Become an expert in the protection your files are capable of performing.

Unlike traditional storage, PowerScale solutions are flexible, efficient and stay simple regardless of how much storage capacity and performance is required, or how your business needs change.

Learn more about how to bring silos of data storage and workflows together on one platform while controlling appropriate separation.

Only Dell VxRail provides the extensive breadth of platform configurations, automation, orchestration and lifecycle management across the integrated HW & SW stack. Its consistent hybrid cloud operations address the broadest range of traditional and modern applications.

Learn about new platform announcements and ecosystem enhancements and explore related use cases.

Dell PowerScale (Isilon) scale-out data storage solutions are powerful, yet simple to scale and manage, no matter how large your unstructured data environment becomes.

Learn how to add nodes to increase capacity and performance as you need it over time and see how it maximizes the ability to control the overall process. 

VxRail delivers a turnkey experience that enables users to unlock innovation, foster operational freedom, and evolve predictably.

Learn how VxRail can help with your IT transformation challenges. Discover more about drivers for HCI Adoption, VxRail use cases, and what's inside VxRail and VxRail HCI System Software.

Grocery stores, doctors’ offices, sporting events – wherever people are, data is generated. “Big Data” is a term used to describe the volume, variety and velocity of data.

In this immersive session, discover the many opportunities for businesses today to apply predictive analytics and the skills needed to accomplish it.

Nosso especialista e instrutor internacional Marcelo Lopez, explorará como as tecnologias em Cloud Computing, Big Data, Machine Learning e Internet of things permitem que você confie em insights orientados por dados para comercializar produtos, melhorar a experiência do cliente, reduzir custos e aumentar a produtividade no local de trabalho.

The accelerated pace of IT Transformation today, as well as the vast amount of data generated, has launched us from purely structured data into the universe of unstructured data.

Learn how and why modern storage technologies are vital factors to harnessing the unrelenting growth of unstructured data and contribute to enabling IT Transformation success.

Since its beginnings in the 1980’s, ITIL has changed how IT service management is performed. This framework has become widespread around the world, from government agencies to private companies. Best practice in IT Service Management is no longer a nice-to-have but an all-important must-have.

Discover how DevOps and ITIL can deliver high-quality technology solutions – faster.

What must organizations do to transform and become AI and ML ready?  Imagine what you can achieve by applying AI and ML workflows to the power of PowerScale.

Explore data lake concepts and how transferring data to your system can uncover facts, patterns and offer data for improved decision making.

Discover the benefits that an easy-to-use, intelligent storage system provides.

Learn how you can leverage the simplicity and value of all-flash and hybrid unified storage platforms with Dell EMC Unity XT and explore its key elements.

Big Data Analytics is perhaps the most important skill an organization can apply to remain competitive. Those who can identify patterns and trends, design algorithms or make discoveries using big data enable their organizations to make better decisions, quickly.

Increase business value by learning the art of extracting and analyzing big data.

Únase a este Tech Exchange en donde, Claudio Aracena, liderará una plática interactiva sobre “Isilon Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning”. En conjunto con junto con Claudio, explorará la amplia variedad de herramientas disponibles que le facilitaran la resolución de problemas, evaluar el rendimiento, mejorar su técnica e incluso convertirse en un experto en Isilon certificado.

A geração atual do all-flash storage arrays não consegue atingir os benefícios de desempenho que a mídia NVM (Non-Volatile Memory) oferece e que as empresas exigem cada vez mais. O Dell EMC PowerMax foi criado especificamente para desbloquear totalmente os benefícios de largura de banda, IOPS e desempenho de latência.

Constrói e usa um back-end de armazenamento 100% Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe), o PowerMax atinge densidades e desempenho de E / S sem precedentes do que aqueles encontrados nas tradicionais interfaces SAS e SATA.

Though PowerScale (Isilon) appears to be a fairly simple concept – a bucket of digital files clients can use to store and access their information – it has become a useful tool that over 7,000 customers use.

Learn more about the wide variety of tools available to ease into troubleshooting, evaluate performance and improve your technique.