SOLUTION BRIEF

Dell APEX Cloud Platforms
Built for your multicloud future
Businesses today rely on their IT organizations to support theirincreasingly complex operations and remain competitive in themarket. To stay competitive and succeed, these businesses seek
to build innovative applications and services at unprecedented
speed. Many organizations are adopting a multicloud strategy
to power their innovations and accelerate application roll-out.
However, management complexity, skills gaps and security
and compliance concerns create real barriers that are holding
organizations back from realizing the promise of multicloud.

What if you could optimize Microsoft Azure, RedHat, OpenShift,
and VMware vSphere cloud ecosystems by extending thoseexperiences on-premises, on a common set of building blocks?
At Dell, we believe Multicloud-by-Design requires choice,consistency, and control. Dell APEX Cloud Platforms deliver
innovation, automation, and integration across your choice ofcloud ecosystems while delivering unprecedented flexibility
and investment protection over time, so you can empower
unrestrained innovation across your IT landscape.

Public Cloud

Integrated & AutomatedCommon Building Blocks

Automated
M&O

ComputeData Center

Enterprise SDS

Edge

Dell APEX Cloud Platforms
Dell APEX Cloud Platforms are a family of fully integrated, turnkey systems integrating Dell infrastructure, automatedmanagement and operations software and cloud operating stacks to deliver consistent multicloud operations byextending cloud operating environments to on-premises data center and edge locations.
These next generation platforms deliver:

CHOICECONSISTENCYCONTROL

Choose the cloud ecosystem that best
meets your needs without being constrainedby operational considerations. Ensure
unprecedented adaptability while protecting
your investments with common infrastructurebuilding blocks.

Accelerate productivity with familiar
operational and developer experiences
regardless of the cloud ecosystem youchoose. Achieve operational excellence withcomprehensive automated management andoperations software that delivers consistentoutcomes across every ecosystem.

Optimize workload placement across dispersed
locations to meet the precise performance,compliance and security needs while enforcing
consistent cloud governance and complianceacross on-premises and public cloud.

Copyright © 2023 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.SIMPLICITY

Simplify multicloud
IT today operates in a distributed fashion where applications and data are spread across on-premises datacenters, dispersed edge locations and multiple public cloud destinations. If not done correctly, multicloud canlead to operational complexity, increased administrative overhead, and cost overruns.
The APEX Cloud Platform family is designed to eliminate the cost and complexity of multicloud by:• Providing consistent operational experience and outcomes regardless of location and the cloud ecosystem
you choose, with Dell APEX Cloud Platform Foundation Software.
• Enabling you to use familiar tools and interfaces native to the ecosystem of your choice to manage andoperate the entire technology stack through its lifecycle.
• Delivering unparalleled flexibility while protecting your investments with common infrastructure building
blocks that can easily adapt to support a wide range of cloud ecosystems.

AGILITY

Accelerate application delivery
Organizations are adopting agile, containerized application architectures to deliver critical applications andservices at an unprecedented pace. Often, the legacy, outdated approaches to infrastructure create roadblocks for
IT and application teams looking to simplify DevOps workflows and accelerate application delivery.
The APEX Cloud Platforms accelerate these DevOps initiatives and modern application delivery by:• Simplifying and optimizing the delivery of a broad range Kubernetes distributions across distributed IT
landscapes with a responsive cloud operational model.
• Enabling you to develop anywhere and deploy everywhere with a common storage fabric between environmentsthat simplifies data and app movement.
• Delivering open APIs, automation tools set and advanced container capabilities through Dell Container Storage
Module for increased agility.

CONTROL

Enhance control and governance
Many organizations struggle to build optimal, adaptable workload placement that can address changing
workload, security and corporate requirements. Additionally, having data and applications spread across many
on-premises and public cloud locations introduces inconsistencies in how security and governance policies areapplied, leading to potential vulnerabilities.
The APEX Cloud Platform family enhances IT control and simplifies governance by:• Enabling agile, adaptable workload placement that can evolve as the priorities evolve, with the common
storage fabric that spans multiple on-premises locations and public cloud destinations.
• Providing advanced, full-stack lifecycle management that ensures the entire infrastructure stack always
remains in a compliant and validated state.
• Integrating with management and governance frameworks of the ecosystem partners that enable centralized
creation and enforcement of governance policies across dispersed deployments.

APEX Cloud Platforms – Built for your multicloud future
The APEX Cloud Platform family of on-premises, turnkey infrastructure platforms provide ideal foundation for organizations
adopting multicloud approaches for their IT operations. With the APEX Cloud Platforms, enterprises are able to deliverconsistent operational experience regardless of location or the cloud ecosystem they choose. The platforms acceleratedelivery of modern applications by empowering organizations to develop anywhere and deploy everywhere, while boostingIT agility and DevOps productivity. They help enhance control and governance by enabling agile, adaptable workload
placement while ensuring consistent security and governance across dispersed on-premises and public cloud locations.

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