Dell has introduced Intelligent Data Management solutions for handling challenges in storing and managing data. The solutions include next-gen object storage, de-duplication, unified storage, and data archiving consulting. The company claims these solutions will allow customers to integrate new technologies without sacrificing performance or existing investments.

According to Dell, 1950s was the mainframe era, 60s was the minicomputers’, 80s was the PC-Client servers’, 90s was the era of internet, while 2010s will be the virtual era, which will be characterised by focus on cost.

Sameer Garde, country general manager for Dell India, said, “Enterprise innovation and efficiency depends on solutions that are open, capable and affordable. Dell is uniquely open and un-tethered to legacy assets and proprietary approaches to deliver against these needs.”

Addressing the media, Garde said rapidly growing data, pace of change that complicates application management and maintenance of infrastructure as inefficiency drivers. He also said that over the last 15-18 months, Dell is witnessing companies that have started realising the importance of cost management.

“The CIO agenda is not about managing OPEX at the expense of CAPEX, or, innovation at the expense of open. It is about driving efficiency without compromise and reinvesting the savings towards innovation and returning shareholder value,” Garde said.

Sally Stevens, VP, platform marketing at Dell, said, “Our strategy is to help CIOs achieve enterprise efficiency with a new approach to IT operations.”