AUSTIN, USA: Dell announced new product enhancements to its Virtual Integrated System (VIS) architecture at the Dell World 2011 event here.

The new products include:

Integrating acquired technology into Dell vStart configurations - Dell announced that Compellent storage and Force10 networking capabilities will be made available in vStart configurations in 2012.

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Dell advanced infrastructure manager (AIM) integration - Dell has certified its Dell AIM technology to work with Microsoft System Center Orchestrator and BMC Atrium Orchestrator, in addition to its current support for VMware ESX servers and VMware vCenter Server.

VIS Creator - Dell released a new version of VIS Creator which enables businesses to provision extra compute resource from public cloud facilities, says the company in a release.

Dell also announced that it will add compression and de-duplication capabilities, obtained through the Ocarina Networks acquisition, in its Fluid Data Architecture.

The company also announced the availability of DX Object Storage Platform with additional compression and de-duplication solutions for back-up and recovery storage, expected early next year, including:

Dell DX6000G Storage Compression Node, which will be available on Oct. 18.

With regards to its cloud computing infrastructure and services investments, Dell will be introducing:

New data centres -- Dell announced the opening of two data centres. The first one will be in London, where Unified Clinical Archiving will be one of the first vertical solutions supported by the data centre. It will also open one at Quincy, WA, facility in the United States.

Dell announced the availability of virtual desktop as-a-service (DaaS), the cloud-based delivery model for the Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions (DVS) portfolio. The virtual DaaS is operated and maintained via the Dell Cloud.
Dell Data Protection | Encryption -- The new encryption protection features include Full Volume Encryption with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 certification.

Dell KACE Global Expansion -- Dell is expanding the availability of KACE Systems Management Appliances in EMEA and APJ. Dell is now making the appliances available in select countries overseas in German, French, Chinese, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese.