Dell sets up storage design center in Bengaluru

Dell, the leading end-to-end technology solution provider, launched its storage design center in Bangaluru in order to strengthen the coordinated development of Dell's servers, storage and networking in alignment with the company's focus on IT convergence solutions.

The company has plans to ramp up operations by adding professionals like storage architects, design engineers, software developers and engineering managers focused on enterprise storage technologies and data center integration. Dell's storage design centers in Austin, Texas, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Nashua, New Hampshire, San Jose, California, Tel Aviv, Israel and now Bangalore will collaborate to create next-generation storage technologies and data center integration, the company said in a release.

Alan Atkinson, Vice President and Co-General Manager, Dell Storage said, "The demand for efficient storage products is said to be growing by more than 30 per cent annually, and we are receiving more requests for customised products and solutions that address specific datacenter challenges."

"With this in mind, we have extended our Dell Storage design capabilities to India, so we can leverage talent and other resources here to develop new storage innovations that will continue to keep Dell top of mind for a wide range of storage and data center customers," he added.

The Bangalore center is the sixth of its kind across the globe and aims at various developments areas, including management software, support tools, integration, validation and sustaining activities for the Dell storage portfolio.