Month: May 2024

Revolut launches Instant Access Savings in Ireland

Revolut, the global financial app used by more than 40 million customers worldwide, has today rolled-out Instant Access Savings accounts to its more than 2.7 million customers in Ireland. Instant Access Savings accounts are a new and better way for customers in Ireland to save their money. Customers will be able to earn daily, competitive interest of up to 3.49% AER on their deposits, all in just a few taps.

Instant Access Savings complements an existing feature Revolut announced in Ireland earlier this year, which enables customers to invest their cash in money market funds to grow their wealth in either EUR, USD, and GBP.

Instant Access Savings is the newest feature to Revolut’s all-star financial app, where customers will have, upon launch, access to interest on deposits at the following variable annual gross rates: Standard & Plus plans 2% AER, Premium 2.5%, Metal 3%, and Ultra 3.49%.

Revolut’s new Instant Access Savings account gives customers the ability to move their cash into their savings as soon as their salary reaches their account, earning interest on those funds every day, unlike other banks. Customers who would like to earn higher interest rates can upgrade their existing plans from Standard to paid plans in just a few taps within the app.

Instant Access Savings offers savers in Ireland full control too; customers will have access to their funds on-demand whilst earning competitive interest, adding or withdrawing at any time.

Joe Heneghan, Partner & Chief Executive Officer – Revolut Europe, said: “The Irish banking landscape is characterised by some of the lowest deposit rates in Europe, tricky or confusing limits, inaccessibility, and a real lack of competition. Today, Revolut is stepping in with a solution that makes saving money much better and much simpler for the people of Ireland. With our app now the preferred choice for managing finances every day for millions of customers in Ireland, we’re introducing Instant Access Savings accounts to offer customers great rates of up to 3.49%, full control over their money at any time, and interest paid out daily. Now when payday arrives, customers can confidently allocate a portion of their salary to their savings without having to worry about accessing it when they need it.”

Albert Codorniu, General Manager of Savings at Revolut, commented: “This is a key step in our mission to make Revolut the best choice for everyday banking. With daily interest payments and instant-access withdrawals, secured by our fully licensed bank, we’re making it simpler and better than ever for our customers to save and grow their money in Ireland.”

To open an Instant Access Savings account and start earning interest, customers need to:

  • Update their Revolut app to the latest version.
  • Tap on ‘Accounts’
  • Tap ‘Add new’
  • Scroll down and tap on ‘Savings & Funds’
  • Choose ‘Instant Access Savings’.

For more information about the product see product T&Cs. For more information about deposit protection see the deposit insurance page. For more information about complaints and disputes see the complaints policy page.

Revolut bank UAB is authorised by the bank of Lithuania in the Republic of Lithuania and by the European Central Bank and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland for conduct of business rules.

For more information, visit: www.revolut.com/en-IE/instant-access-savings 

One-in-five voters have changed their ballot choices based on social media posts

Pure Telecom, Ireland’s high-speed broadband and telecoms provider, today announces the results of its annual Connected Lives survey, which shows that one-in-five (19%) voters have changed their voting choice based on posts they have seen on social media. The research found that this is significantly higher for younger voters, with 28% of those aged 18 to 24 saying social media has led to them changing their ballot preference.

The nationally representative survey of 1,006 adults in Ireland was conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Pure Telecom. It examined the growing crossover between politics and social media and how that is impacting public opinion. In doing so, the research found that 38% of adults in Ireland believe that social media is now the most important political campaigning platform, rising to 47% for those aged 18 to 24.

The research shows that many adults turn to social media to keep themselves informed on political discourse. Of those who use social media (85%), more than a quarter (26%) credit it with helping them to see alternative political points of view, while 32% say it supports their knowledge of election and referendum issues. Despite this, just 41% of social media users fact-check political social media content, while 27% will only follow people and accounts whose political opinions they agree with.

Pure Telecom’s survey showed that there is an appetite for politicians to have a presence on social media, with many saying they would like to see more of it. Almost half (49%) of adults who use social media said they like politicians to use it because it makes them more accessible, while 49% like them to use social media as it keeps them up-to-date on their progress and opinions.

It’s not just election issues that adults in Ireland are interested in seeing from politicians. Almost half (47%) of social media users would like politicians to give more personal insights on social platforms to make them more relatable. Meanwhile, one-third of adults (33%) believe that politicians should make TikTok videos to appeal to younger generations. This rises to 45% for those aged 18 to 24.

When it comes to voicing their own opinions, the population is less sure. While 27% of men who use social media say they share their political opinions on social media, just 13% of women do it.

Paul Connell, CEO, Pure Telecom, said: “Social media is making politics more accessible to the general public, while also helping people to get up-to-speed on important political issues. It can help the population to stay informed on local issues and developments, while also having a greater awareness of national issues, elections and referenda. However, with so many admitting to being influenced politically by social media, it is incumbent on all of us to make sure we carry out some fact-checking before forming an opinion.

“With voters set to return to the ballot boxes at least twice over the next 12 months, staying connected and informed will be important for all of us in deciding which way to vote. At Pure Telecom, by providing high-speed broadband connectivity to any location in the country, we are proud to empower people to make the choices that are right for them.”

 

The research was conducted by Censuswide, among a sample of 1006 ROI Consumers, aged 18+. The data was collected between 26.03.2024 – 28.03.2024. Censuswide abides by and employs members of the Market Research Society and follows the MRS code of conduct and ESOMAR principles. Censuswide is also a member of the British Polling Council.

86% of Executives have already deployed Artificial Intelligence to enhance revenue, reveals TCS Global AI Study

A new study by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, reveals that more than eight out of 10 (86%) of senior business leaders have already deployed artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance existing revenue streams or create new ones. This compares to a staggering 93% of surveyed executives from Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) region, who currently have AI projects aimed at growing revenue.

The ‘TCS AI for Business Study’, a comprehensive report on the state of AI adoption and its impact on businesses, also finds that 69% of businesses are more focused on using AI to spur innovation and increase revenue than on productivity improvement and cost optimisation. For respondents from Ireland and the UK, this figure was significantly lower at 59%.

Executives are generally positive about the impact of AI, with 57% globally reporting excitement or optimism about the potential impact of AI on businesses. This figure is slightly lower in Ireland and UK at 50%.

Among all respondents in the study, 45% expect up to half their employees will need to use generative AI capabilities to do their job in three years’ time — and another 41% think even more will do so. Most (65%) believe AI will augment and enhance human capabilities, enabling people to focus on higher-value activities that require creativity and strategic thinking.

Gerard Grant, Director of Strategic Initiatives at TCS Ireland, said, “2023 was a year of exuberance, with every enterprise experimenting with AI/GenAI use cases. We are now entering an era of wide-and-deep enterprise AI adoption. Enterprises, however, are realising that the path to production for AI solutions is not easy, and that building an AI-mature enterprise is a marathon, not a sprint. Our AI study has confirmed this sentiment; it has also highlighted that enterprises feel underprepared to deploy AI solutions at scale as well as to manage the profound shifts in the roles of people and ways of working resulting from such deployments.”

Business leaders are less certain about the path to transformation. Only 4% of global respondents use AI in a way that has transformed their business, this figure is slightly higher in Ireland and UK at 5%. Nearly a quarter (24%) of global respondent say they haven’t even moved beyond the initial exploratory phase; this is even less among Ireland and UK respondents at 15%.

The report finds that top barriers to business success include current corporate IT infrastructures and customer expectations. Organisations also recognise the need to move beyond existing metrics to measure the success of AI implementations; nearly three-fourths (72%) of global respondents and over three-fourths (77%) of Ireland and UK respondents say they don’t have the right metrics. The survey also highlights the need for businesses to take a strategic approach to AI adoption and develop the right performance indicators to measure the impact of the technology on their business.

TCS was one of the first organisations in the industry to bring together the capabilities of cloud computing and artificial intelligence under its AI.Cloud unit to cater to the emerging needs of customers. The unit drives TCS’ multi-layered AI architecture to help strategise AI deployment for customers across their value chains, enable deployment and govern thereafter.

The TCS Thought Leadership Institute surveyed nearly 1,300 CEOs and other senior executives with P&L responsibilities, across 12 industries and 24 countries. The survey included 111 respondents from businesses across the United Kingdom and Ireland. About half the companies had $1 billion to $5 billion in annual revenue and the other half had over $5 billion in revenue. Other key results from the global report, which can be found at on.tcs.com/2024-global-AI-study, include:

  • Executives believe the impact of AI will be greater than or equal to that of the internet (54%) and smartphones (59%)
  • Corporate functions with the most completed AI projects: Finance/comptroller (completion rate of 29%); HR (completion rate of 28%); Marketing (completion rate of 28%)
  • 65% of senior executives say their competitive advantage will still come from humans — with their creativity, intuition, and strategic thinking unleashed by AI’s augment and assist capabilities
  • 40% of executives say that in the future they have a lot of changes to make to their business before they can take full advantage of AI
  • Over half (55%) said they were actively making changes right now to their business or operating models, or to their products and services, due to the potential benefits and risks of AI
  • 81% of executives highlight the need for global AI standards and regulations
  • 93% of executives surveyed in the Ireland  & United Kingdom said they have AI projects aimed at growing revenue. Executives in other regions are equally enthusiastic with 89% in North America, 88% in APAC, 83% in Continental Europe, and 80% in Latin America
  • Nearly two-thirds of BFSI (64%) and manufacturing (63%) industry executives surveyed say they are excited or optimistic about the impact of AI on businesses

“Since our inception in 1968, TCS has always been leading change in embracing new technologies, helping decipher the opportunities behind them and execute transformational projects for our clients to rapidly unlock business value. Through our TCS Thought Leadership Institute, we have brought in new insights on every key technology development and how various industries and personas (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs etc.) are leveraging them. Through this new, data-driven and unique global AI study, we hope to further deepen the dialogue and perspectives on how AI can be used to build stronger, more sustainable and adaptable businesses for the future,” said Abhinav Kumar, Chief Marketing Officer, TCS.

How to Start Up a Diamond Jewelry Selling Business

Jewelry’s significance in today’s society has been repeatedly demonstrated. Gems can lift any outfit, making you captivate everyone. The vast majority center around getting to the gems they need; however, only a few are fascinated by what precisely happens in the background of a gems-selling business. Are you thinking of venturing into the diamond jewelry business? If so, here are six steps you should add to your plan to ensure a successful business.

Obtaining diamonds

The quality of its diamonds is the foundation of any diamond jewelry business. Obtaining these valuable stones includes establishing associations with dependable providers and guaranteeing moral acquisition rehearsals. Building solid associations with legitimate jewel mines and providers is vital for reliable admittance to excellent gems. 

Creation and design

The next step is to make stunning jewelry with the sourced diamonds. Creative design and skilled craftsmanship are required for this. Talented jewelry designers who comprehend market trends and customer preferences are essential. 

After concluding plans, creation becomes possibly the most important factor, requiring experienced diamond setters who can fastidiously make each piece. The production process can be streamlined and precision ensured by investing in cutting-edge technology and tools like CAD and 3D printing. 

Stock administration

Using stock administration programming can assist with monitoring stock levels, forestall overloading or stockouts, and provide insights into deal patterns. Executing safety efforts, like secure stockpiling and protection, is additionally urgent to safeguard important stock from robbery or harm. 

You can also look into how other businesses, like labgrown.com, follow through with stock administration.

Administrative consistence

Exploring the administrative scene is a huge part of maintaining a precious stone gems business. Consistency with industry norms and guidelines guarantees the business works lawfully and morally. 

This includes observing hallmarking standards for precious metals, consumer protection regulations, and anti-money laundering (AML) laws. In addition, maintaining customer trust requires diamond grading and certification transparency. 

Advertising 

Building serious areas of strength and showcasing your precious stone gems is indispensable for drawing in and holding clients. Fostering an interesting brand character that resonates with your ideal interest group is the initial step. This includes making a convincing brand story, planning an alluring logo, and keeping up with predictable markings across all stages. 

Moreover, partaking in expos, presentations, and joint efforts with powerhouses or famous people can additionally upgrade memorability and believability. 

Client support and relationship

The board’s Excellent client care is the foundation of an effective precious stone gems business. Offering customized assistance, understanding client needs, and offering master exhortation can separate your business from rivals. The executives’ framework helps track client collaborations, inclinations, and buy history, empowering custom-fitted showcasing and prevalent assistance. 

Customer satisfaction and retention can be enhanced by providing after-sales services like customization, maintenance, and repairs. Building solid, long-term associations with clients like labgrown.com is fundamental for rehashing business and references. 

Maintaining a precious stone gems business includes considerably more than exhibiting lovely pieces; it requires meticulous consideration regarding obtaining, planning, stock administration, administrative consistency, promoting, and client care. 

Every one of these parts assumes a critical role in guaranteeing that the business works effectively without a hitch. By getting it and dealing with the in-the-background tasks successfully, hopeful goldsmiths can lay out a trustworthy and flourishing precious stone gems business that dazzles clients and endures over the extremely long haul.

Tips to Help Your Ballroom Dance Shoe Business Thrive

Ballroom dancing is a rich and serious fine art that requires particular footwear to improve execution and give solace. For business visionaries entering the couples dance shoe market, the test lies in making a brand that reverberates with artists, offers unrivaled items, and hangs out in a cutthroat scene. This guide frames five fundamental procedures to assist your dance hall with moving the shoe business to thrive, taking care of the special requirements of artists while building a reliable client base. 

Produce high-quality goods

The nature of the items is the underpinning of a flourishing ballroom dance shoe business. Artists require shoes that give solace, strength, and backing during their exhibitions. To ensure that your shoes meet these standards, invest in high-quality materials and craftsmanship. 

Join forces with experienced creators and makers who understand the particular requirements of formal dancers. Providing a variety of styles and customization options can also accommodate a variety of foot types and preferences, increasing customer satisfaction and retention. 

Build a strong brand

Creating a recognizable brand is fundamental for surviving the cutthroat ballroom dance shoe market. This incorporates a vital logo, a convincing brand story, and predictable visual components across all stages. 

Quality, dependability, and a strong connection to the dance community should all be reflected in your brand. Viable marking draws in clients and constructs trust and believability, which is fundamental for long-term achievement. 

Digital Marketing

A strong online presence is essential for reaching a larger audience in the digital age of today. Put resources into an expert, easy-to-understand site that features your womens ballroom dancing shoes with nitty gritty portrayals, excellent pictures, and client surveys. 

Execute website streamlining to work on your site’s permeability in web search tool results. Use online entertainment stages to draw in with the local dance area, share significant substance, and advance your items. 

Work together with powerhouses and dance studios

Joint efforts with powerhouses and move studios can essentially help your image’s permeability and believability. Work with well-known influencers and ballroom dancers to show off your products to their followers. 

Brand awareness and genuine endorsements can be increased through influencer marketing. Partnering with dance studios can also give you direct access to your target audience. 

Sponsor dance schools and instructors or offer special deals, discounts, or sponsorships. Working with studios to organize workshops or events helps you connect with the dance community and show off your products. 

Give Outstanding Client support.

Offer customized administration, master counsel, and help with choosing the right shoes. To keep track of customer interactions, preferences, and purchase history, implement a robust CRM system. As a result, you will be able to make individual suggestions and forge lasting connections. 

By zeroing in on offering great items, understanding your objective market, fabricating areas of strength for a, utilizing computerized showcasing, working together with powerhouses and dance studios, and giving extraordinary client care, you can make an effective and economical business. 

Every one of these methodologies assumes an urgent part in drawing in and holding clients, constructing a reliable client base, and guaranteeing your business hangs out in the serious couple’s dance shoe market. Your business selling womens ballroom dancing shoes has a great chance of success if you work hard and use the right strategies.

Tech Review – JBL Tune 770 NC headphones

The JBL Tune 770 NC headphones are the next pair of cans to check out as I did say before it is headphone season here with more to come soon, the latest headphones come packed with features and have a nice clean look to them so lets talk some more.

Packaging is the standard affair here with the recognisable colours on the box and once opened we get presented with a white bag to store the headphones we get a 3.5mm cable an Orange charging cable and the headphones themselves and of course the statutory manuals we never read.

The headphones are light and have a clean look with all the keys on one side keeping it simple and the way I like it, the buttons are slightly raised some more than others but easy to navigate and use blindly there is two small indicator lights too and an ambient key.

The controls are simple to use as said with that you have skip and reverse tracks volume control voice activation and play and pause, the controls are fairly similar to the JBL Go 4 speaker we recently checked out with the center button being the MFB or Multi Function Button.

JBL Tune 770 NC controls – techbuzzireland

These are comfortable to wear for long periods and you will need it because they sound excellent and with the EQ control on th app you wont be taking them off in a hurry and with the added bonus of video mode even better, for me this is great as I spend lots of time on YouTube and this works well and also works rather well for the gamers out there, note that when you swap from video to audio or vice versa your headphones will disconnect for a few seconds.

Battery life is impressive here to on my testing and up there with their claims on my settings and there was no disconnections at all, being able to pair to two devices is another bonus for me too as I work on my laptop and phone all day and always have something to test out which is great.

So back to the sound, these are loud the ANC is excellent as well as the ambient sound and will keep anything going on outside where it should be, and if you want to hear some more you can do that too, there is no lag latency no tinny sound on maxed out volumes which is the way I go and overall you will not be complaining and with the JBL signature sound and bass it is only to be expected and for the price these are a must have for those who want all the above and then some.

For the money and if you are a JBL fan you have to check em out.

JBL headphones App

 

JBL LIVE 770NC features:
● Bluetooth 5.3 with LE audio support
● True Adaptive Noise Cancelling with Smart Ambient
● 2 beamforming microphones for perfect calls
● Up to 50 hours of battery life with Bluetooth and ANC on and up to 65 hours without
● 5-minute speed-charging for an additional 4 hours of playtime
● Autoplay and pause
● Multi-point connection for seamless switching between devices
● JBL Headphones App support for personalisation and EQ adjustments

BUY

Video Review

 

Boom Launch Videobar Audio Expansion Combo Kit

Fast-growing video conferencing manufacturer, Boom Collaboration, has launched a new version of its innovative HALO videobar that features expandable audio.

The Boom HALO Business Edition includes a high performance videobar plus an additional microphone/speaker to dramatically increase the audio range in larger rooms.

Launched earlier this year, the standard HALO delivers crystal-clear audio and 4K video with enhanced AI facial framing and speaker tracking. Multiple additional microphones/speakers can be daisy-chained too.

Now to accelerate further demand the company has created a dedicated dual combo package, for added value and convenience.

Co-Founder Fredrik Hörnkvist says the Business Edition overcomes traditional acoustic limitations of standard videobars. It is ideally suited to a wide range of use cases where extra audio reach is required, such as flexible rooms, dedicated tasks and growing teams.

Game-Changer

“Our flagship Boom HALO videobar already features a 4K UHD camera, six beamforming mics and high fidelity speakers for a seamless collaboration experience,” he emphasised. “But as videobars are generally installed at the front of room there’s often limited flexibility for additional audio pick-up especially on a large scale. 

“With the additional speaker/microphone, audio can easily be extended by a further three metres for each device. This is useful in many ways such as for legal depositions which are already proving very popular, or a quietly-spoken CEO who often sits at the far end of a boardroom and struggles to be heard. It’s a bit of a game-changer in terms of total audio capacity.”

Available in white and black colours from UK distributor Westcoast, the HALO boasts many advanced features such as intelligent noise reduction. 

Fellow founder Holli Hulett explained: “There’s little doubt the popularity of videobars will continue to grow this year and the Boom HALO Business Edition will add more fuel to the fire.

“With 120° wide angle field of view, 10x zoom and smart mic array, the HALO detects both participants and speakers in real time locking in on attendees. Six array MEMS microphones and a superior 4K lens with an eight megapixel CMOS sensor combine to create a superior solution for a variety of spaces. The additional speaker enables much greater audio pick-up for a truly exceptional and optimised meeting experience across a wider range of meeting spaces.”

Lossless Audio

She highlighted the videobar’s in-built audio quality. “High-fidelity audio with a 48kHz sampling rate and dual 10W speakers provide lossless audio and full spectrum sound for meeting participants. Acoustic Echo Cancellation and Automatic Gain Control further enhance the meeting experience and work to ensure full duplex quality at a distance of six metres.”

Bluetooth 5.0 allows for easy pairing with mobile phones and other devices. A user-friendly remote control is included too whilst an automatic privacy shutter is combined with the ability to disengage wireless connectivity for added security.

Hörnkvist concluded: “Our whole ethos is to create better meetings. Simply. The Boom HALO Business Edition is another example of this continual vision.” 

Dell Technologies Enhances Dell PowerStore with Upgraded Storage Performance, Resilience, and Efficiency Features

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) unveils Dell PowerStore advancements for better performance, efficiency, resiliency and multicloud data mobility. Dell also expands Dell APEX portfolio with new AIOps advancements and enhanced multicloud and Kubernetes storage management.

“Our PowerStore advancements and new lineup of financial and operational advantages for customers and partners pack a powerful punch and raise the bar in all-flash storage,” said Arthur Lewis, president, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. “And we didn’t stop there. Our focus on innovation also extends to Dell APEX, where we’re improving infrastructure and application reliability through the power of AI and automation, making it even easier to manage multicloud and Kubernetes storage.”

Enhancing storage performance, efficiency, resiliency and multicloud capabilities Dell PowerStore helps manage increasing workload demands with the industry’s most flexible quad-level cell (QLC) storage1 and significant performance enhancements.

 

  • QLC-based storage: Delivers enterprise-class performance at a lower cost per terabyte when compared to triple-level cell (TLC) models. Customers can start with as few as 11 QLC drives and scale up to 5.9 petabytes of effective capacity per appliance.2 PowerStore’s intelligent load balancing capabilities help save costs and improve workload placement across mixed TLC and QLC clusters.
  • Increased performance: Improves hardware performance up to 66% through new data-in-place higher model appliance upgrades.3

Dell PowerStore software advancements improve efficiency, security and cloud mobility:

  • Software-driven performance boost: Non-disruptive software updates available at no additional cost to existing customers deliver up to a 30% higher mixed workload performance boost4 and up to 20% lower latency.5
  • Improved data protection: More choices for customers safeguarding critical workloads with native synchronous replication for block and file workloads and native metro replication for Windows, Linux and VMware environments.
  • Increased Efficiency: Software enhancements provide up to 20% better data reduction6 and up to 28% more effective terabytes per watt.7
  • Multicloud data mobility enhancements: Customers can advance multicloud strategies and simplify workload mobility by connecting PowerStore to Dell APEX Block Storage for Public Cloud, the world’s most scalable cloud block storage.8

“Dell PowerStore is helping Fulgent Genetics transform patient care in pathology, oncology, reproductive health, as well as infectious and rare diseases, by significantly accelerating data processing speed so that our physicians can deliver faster genetic insights and test results to our patients,” said Mike Lacenere, vice president, Applications, Fulgent Genetics. “PowerStore enhances our commitment to sustainability by minimizing energy use and reducing the size of our data centers while providing us considerable cost savings. With PowerStore’s new advances, we expect this trifecta of performance, efficiency, and cost savings to continue to increase which will help us improve patient care.”

These PowerStore advancements are part of PowerStore Prime, a new integrated offering that combines updated PowerStore systems with programs designed to offer customers greater storage investment protection and increase Dell partner profitability.

Offering greater storage investment protection

PowerStore Prime offers customers greater flexibility to make the most of their IT investment with:

  • 5:1 data reduction guarantee: Customers can buy with confidence, save on costs and reduce energy with the industry’s best data reduction guarantee.9
  • Continuous modernization: Lifecycle Extension with Dell ProSupport or ProSupport Plus offers customers 24/7 access to live support, flexible technology upgrades, capacity trade-ins, and storage advisory services.
  • Flexible consumption: Customers can consume PowerStore through a Dell APEX subscription, paying only for what they need monthly.

Empowering partners to meet customer demands

PowerStore Prime also makes it easier and more rewarding to sell PowerStore. Building on the Dell partner-first strategy for storage, partners can now increase PowerStore sales with competitively priced product bundles and deliver expanded use cases for joint customers. Partners can also streamline sales motions when selling PowerStore and PowerProtect offers together.

“PowerStore’s new 5:1 Data Reduction Guarantee and new QLC array are a testament of Dell’s unwavering commitment to meet customer efficiency goals while lowering the cost of advanced storage,” said John Lochausen, technical solutions architect, World Wide Technology. “Dell’s new partner incentives and guarantees bring it all together, putting us and our customers in a position to succeed with the latest advances in all- flash storage.”

Unleashing the power of AI to simplify and automate IT management

Dell Technologies continues to evolve its Dell APEX portfolio to meet customer needs across key focus areas like AI and multicloud. Dell APEX innovations deliver leading AIOps capabilities and improve storage and Kubernetes management.

Dell APEX AIOps Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) optimizes Dell infrastructure health and service availability with AI-driven full stack observability and incident management. It is a significant expansion of Dell’s AIOps tools that simplifies operations, improves IT agility and delivers greater control over applications and infrastructure through three integrated capabilities:

  • Infrastructure Observability: Resolves infrastructure issues up to 10X faster10 than traditional approaches through AI-powered health, cybersecurity and sustainability insights and recommendations. Generative AI-powered Dell APEX AIOps Assistant delivers instant responses to infrastructure questions and provides detailed problem-solving recommendations.
  • Application Observability: Yields up to 70% reduction in mean time to resolution of application issues11 through full stack application topologies and analytics for assuring application availability and performance.
  • Incident Management: Optimizes digital infrastructure availability through AI- driven incident detection and resolution that reduces customer-reported multivendor and multicloud infrastructure issues by up to 93 percent.12

 

Dell APEX Navigator SaaS expands to include Kubernetes storage management and additional support for Dell APEX Storage for Public Cloud offers:

  • Dell APEX Navigator for Kubernetes is generally available, simplifying Kubernetes storage management on Dell PowerFlex and soon, Dell PowerScale and Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift, by bringing advanced data services like data replication, application mobility and observability to containers.
  • Dell APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage adds support for Dell APEX File Storage for AWS with support planned for Dell APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure later this year. This offer simplifies storage configuration, deployment and monitoring across a universal storage layer created by Dell on-premises and public cloud storage.

Customers can get started with Dell APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage and now Dell APEX Navigator for Kubernetes through a 90-day, risk-free trial.

Availability

  • Dell PowerStore software enhancements will be globally available in late May.
  • Dell PowerStore QLC model and data-in-place higher-model appliance upgrades for Gen 2 customers will be globally available in July.
  • Dell PowerStore multicloud data mobility will be globally available in the second quarter of 2024.
  • Dell APEX AIOps Infrastructure Observability and Incident Management are available now. Application Observability availability is planned for October 2024.
  • Dell APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage support for Dell APEX File Storage for AWS is available now in the United States.
  • Dell APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage support for Dell APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure will be available in the United States in the second half of 2024.
  • Dell APEX Navigator for Kubernetes is available now for PowerFlex in the United States with support for Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift, Dell PowerScale and additional geographies planned for the second half of 2024.

Dell AI Factory Accelerates AI-Driven Innovation for Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies announces the Dell AI Factory to give customers access to the industry’s broadest AI portfolio, from device to data center to cloud1 and an open ecosystem of technology partners to create AI applications that meet their unique needs, through a traditional purchase or as a Dell APEX subscription. 

“AI is transforming business at an unprecedented pace. Data centers must be designed from the ground up to handle AI’s speed and scale while new AI PCs are transforming productivity and collaboration,” said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and chief operating officer, Dell Technologies. “What’s needed is new IT infrastructure and devices purpose-built to meet the specific demands of AI. The Dell AI Factory helps customers accelerate AI adoption with the world’s broadest AI portfolio and leading AI ecosystem partners, offering right-sized approaches and greater control over AI deployments on-premises, at the edge and across cloud environments.”

Delivering infrastructure to achieve any AI outcome

Dell’s end-to-end AI portfolio spanning client devices, servers, storage, data protection and networking form the foundation of the Dell AI Factory. Dell Technologies is expanding that portfolio with new offers purpose-built to meet increasing AI demands. 

AI PCs rewrite the rules of creativity and productivity

  • Dell introduces the most Copilot+ PCs powered by Snapdragon® X Elite and Snapdragon® X Plus processors,2 and featuring new Microsoft AI experiences. Targeted at professionals and consumers, these laptops include built-in AI with game-changing performance and exceptional battery life. This transformative AI PC experience will help users easily manage their tasks and workflows through local computing and processing across the GPU, CPU and NPU. 

 

Advancements to manage and protect the data that fuels AI innovation

  • Dell PowerScale F910 all-flash file storage addresses the needs of demanding AI workloads, delivering faster time to AI insights with up to 127% improvement3 in performance and superior density.
  • PowerScale: Project Lightning is a new, highly performant parallel file system software architecture that will be integrated into PowerScale to accelerate training times for large-scale and complex AI workflows.
  • Dell Solution for AI Data Protection helps customers protect critical AI applications and data with Dell data protection software, appliances and a reference design to streamline deployment.

 

Expanded networking portfolio delivers the fabric that accelerates AI performance

  • Dell PowerSwitch Z9864F-ON, powered by the Broadcom Tomahawk® 5 chipset, doubles network performance of AI applications4 through a modern network architecture that delivers high throughput, low latency and easy scalability, catering to the most demanding networking environments. 
  • Dell PowerEdge XE9680 supports Broadcom 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet adapters. The combination of PowerEdge hardware, PowerSwitch Z9864F-ON and 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet adapters allow organizations to achieve greater performance, scalability and efficiency by building robust ethernet fabrics.
  • Enterprise SONiC Distribution innovations enhance AI performance while SmartFabric Manager for SONiC software simplifies deployment, orchestration and lifecycle management with a single view of SONiC fabrics. 

 

Accelerating AI time to value with leading partner ecosystem 

Deep collaborations between Dell and leading ecosystem partners deliver tightly integrated solutions and make it easier for customers to get started with AI. 

 

    • Dell Technologies is the first infrastructure provider to collaborate with Hugging Face to offer optimized on-premises deployment of generative AI models.5 Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face allows organizations to easily and securely train and deploy open, customized large language models (LLMs) on-premises on Dell infrastructure. This experience accelerates time to value for customers building their own AI applications for use cases like chatbots and customer support and is accessible directly within Hugging Face’s leading open platform for AI builders. 
  • Dell Technologies continues its collaboration with Meta to simplify deployment of Meta Llama 3 models on-premises with Dell infrastructure, providing test results, performance data and deployment recipes.  
  • Dell AI Solution for Microsoft Azure AI Services speeds deployment of AI services, such as speech transcription and translation capabilities, built on Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure.

 

Simplifying the AI journey with expanded services portfolio

Dell is advancing its extensive portfolio of AI Professional Services to drive improved business outcomes from AI initiatives. 

 

  • Implementation Services for Microsoft Copilot solutions help organizations transform the way they work with expert guidance on embracing Microsoft Copilots experiences across GitHub, Security, Windows and Sales.
  • Accelerator Services for Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face reduce time to value for rapid AI prototyping using the Dell Portal on Hugging Face with strategic counsel on tool and model selection and use case alignment. 

 

Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA expands to turbocharge AI adoption

Dell Technologies today expanded the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA with new server, edge, workstation, solutions and services advancements. The Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, announced in March, speeds AI adoption by delivering integrated Dell and NVIDIA capabilities or pre-validated, full stack solutions.


Additional Comments

“AI workloads generate immense traffic and demand exceptional performance capabilities across clouds and data centers,” said Charlie Kawwas Ph. D., president, Broadcom’s Semiconductor Solutions Group. “We are proud to partner with Dell to unveil world leading networking innovations that empower organizations to harness peak performance from Dell’s infrastructure solutions. Broadcom’s commitment to enabling AI infrastructure with open, scalable and energy efficient networking solutions will drive this collaboration forward for our customers.”

“The Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face is the result of a deep collaboration between Hugging Face and Dell Technologies to simplify open source AI for enterprises using on-premises infrastructure,” said Jeff Boudier, head of Product and Growth, Hugging Face. “This new experience will help enterprise organizations build their own AI      combining the best of open source AI with the performance, reliability and security of Dell infrastructure.”

“As organizations explore how to benefit from AI, it’s clear there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach,” said Mike Leone, principal analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “The Dell AI Factory brings together Dell’s differentiated infrastructure, services and partner ecosystem to help customers quickly and easily adopt AI on their own terms.” 

Availability

  • XPS 13 and Inspiron 14 Plus are available now for preorder. 
  • Latitude 7455, Inspiron 14 and Latitude 5455 will be available in the coming months.
  • Dell PowerScale F910 will be globally available on May 21, 2024.
  • Dell Solution for AI Data Protection reference design will be available in the first half of 2024.  
  • Dell PowerSwitch Z9864F-ON and Enterprise SONiC Distribution enhancements will be globally available in August 2024.
  • SmartFabric Manager for SONiC will be available in North America, EMEA and APJ in August 2024.
  • Broadcom 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet adapters will be available in PowerEdge XE9680 servers starting in July 2024. 
  • Dell Solution for Microsoft Azure AI Services will be globally available in Q2 2024.
  • Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face will be globally available on May 21, 2024. 
  • Implementation Services for Microsoft Copilot solutions are globally available now.
  • Accelerator Services for Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face will be available in NA, EMEA and APJ in late May 2024.