Dell Technologies is updating its portfolio of storage solutions to empower businesses with better data resilience and flexibility. The newly updated solutions take the lead from businesses which have inadvertently adopted a multi-cloud approach which Dell has identified as “Multi-Cloud by Default”. These updated solutions enable businesses to seamlessly access and store data across their multiple clouds while increasing efficiency.
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Dell’s PowerStore, PowerMax and PowerFlex have been updated with over 500 software advancements across the board to deliver better multi-cloud control, insights and resilience. The updates come as part of Dell’s project Alpine which looks to bring enterprise performance, protection and capacity that is offered by Dell Technologies to public clouds.
The Dell PowerStore solution is one of the fastest ramping new architecture in Dell’s history. It is capable of delivering improvements of up to 50% in mixed workloads and up to 66% greater capacity than most of the current market offerings. With the new software updates, it now supports better, more secured file workloads with file level retention, native file replication and support for third-party solutions for file monitoring and ransomware protection. Deeper VMware integrations which empower better vVols latency and performance allow businesses to run more workloads faster. In addition, it’s been imbued with added resilience with better VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVolss) replication and VM-level snapshots and fast clones.
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PowerMax, on the other hand, empowers mission-critical operations with data security and resilience. These include cyber vaults for traditional and mainframe deployments. It comes with added data security thanks to CouldIQ ransomware capabilities which enable early detection of ransomware attacks minimizing exposure and recovery. Dell PowerMax now offers up to 65 million secure snapshots to better data recovery and resiliency with a new 4:1 data reduction guarantee. Software updates enable automated storage operations including multi-array smart provisioning, workload optimisation, health monitoring and remediation. It will also be able to quickly move and mobilise workloads between public and private clouds with snapshot shipping and recovery. This also allows for better, higher availability to minimise downtime.
Rounding up their offerings, Dell PowerFlex is available to help consolidate traditional and modern workloads. It does this through new file services that allow for a unified platform for both block and file capabilities. PowerFlex works to simplify the complexities of a multi-cloud environment as well as DevOps with support for the broadest file and block support for all Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Red Hat, SUSE and VMware. New software updates also allow PowerFlex to unify compute, storage and system lifecycle management helping simplify workflow.
These innovations and cloud storage solutions from Dell Technologies is one of the first steps the company is taking to its vision of a multi-cloud by design work environment. In this new work environment, entreprises are able to work on-prem and in the cloud with the flexibility and security needed regardless of being in the public or private cloud. In fact, they will work seamlessly as data and operations stores and retrieves data from both.
The Dell PowerMax and Dell PowerStore updates and upgrades will be available globally starting in mid-July 2022 while PowerFlex will see global availability in mid-August 2022.
We are living in a do-anything-from-anywhere economy enabled by an exponentially expanding data ecosystem. It’s estimated 65% of Global GDP will be digitalnext year (2022). This influx of data presents both opportunities and challenges. After all, success in our digital present and future relies on our ability to secure and maintain increasingly complex IT systems. Here I’ll examine both near-term and long-term predictions that address the way the IT industry will deliver the platforms and capabilities to harness this data to transform our experiences at work, home and in the classroom.
What to look for in 2022:
The Edge discussion will separate into two focus areas – edge platforms that provide a stable pool of secure capacity for the diverse edge ecosystems and software defined edge workloads/software stacks that extend application and data systems into real world environments. This approach to Edge, where we separate the edge platforms from the edge workloads, is critical since, if each edge workload creates its own dedicated platform, we will have proliferation of edge infrastructure and unmanageable infrastructure sprawl.
Imagine an edge environment where you deploy an edge platform that presents compute, storage, I/O and other foundational IT capacities in a stable, secure, and operationally simple way. As you extend various public and private cloud data and applications pipelines to the edge along with local IoT and data management edges, they can be delivered as software-defined packages leveraging that common edge platform of IT capacity. This means that your edge workloads can evolve and change at software speed because the underlying platform is a common pool of stable capacity.
We are already seeing this shift today. Dell Technologies currently offers edge platforms for all the major cloud stacks, using common hardware and delivery mechanisms. As we move into 2022, we expect these platforms to become more capable and pervasive. We are already seeing most edge workloads – and even most public cloud edge architectures – shift to software-defined architectures using containerisation and assuming standard availably of capacities such as Kubernetes as the dial tone. This combination of modern edge platforms and software-defined edge systems will become the dominant way to build and deploy edge systems in the multi-cloud world.
The opening of the private mobility ecosystem will accelerate with more cloud and IT industries involved on the path to 5G. Enterprise use of 5G is still early. In fact, today 5G is not significantly different or better than WiFi in most enterprise use cases. This will change in 2022 as more modern, capable versions of 5G become available to enterprises. We will see higher performance and more scalable 5G along with new 5G features such as Ultra Reliability Low Latency Communications (UR-LLC) and Massive Machine Type Communicators (mMTC), with dialogue becoming much more dominant than traditional telecoms (think: open-source ecosystem, infrastructure companies, non-traditional telecom).
More importantly we expect the ecosystem, delivering new and more capable private mobility, will expand to include IT providers such as Dell Technologies but also public cloud providers and even new Open-Source ecosystems focused on acceleration of the Open 5G ecosystem.
Edge will become the new battleground for data management as data management becomes a new class of workload. The data management ecosystem needs an edge. The modern data management industry began its journey on public clouds processing and analysing non-real-time centralised data. As the digital transformation of the world accelerates, it has become clear that most of the data in the world will be created and acted on outside of centralised data centers. We expect that the entire data management ecosystem will become very active in developing and utilising edge IT capacity as the ingress and egress of their data pipelines but will also utilise edges to remotely process and digest data.
As the data management ecosystem extends to the edge this will dramatically increase the number of edge workloads and overall edge demand. This correlates to our first prediction on edge platforms as we expect these data management edges to be modern software-defined offerings. Data management and the edge will increasingly converge and reinforce each other. IT infrastructure companies, like Dell Technologies, have the unique opportunity to provide the orchestration layer for edge and multi-cloud by delivering an edge data management strategy.
The security industry is now moving from discussion of emerging security concerns to a bias toward action. Enterprises and governments are facing threats of greater sophistication and impact on revenue and services. At the same time, the attack surface that hackers can exploit is growing based on the accelerated trend in remote work and digital transformation. As a result, the security industry is responding with greater automation and integration. The industry is also pivoting from automated detection to prevention and response with a focus on applying AI and machine learning to speed remediation. This is evidenced by industry initiatives like SOAR (Security Orchestration Automation & Response), CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management) and XDR (Extended, Detection and Response). Most importantly we are seeing new efforts such as the Open Secure Software Foundation in the Linux Foundation ramp up the coordination and active involvement of the IT, telecom and semiconductor industries.
Across all four of these areas – edge, private mobility, data management and security – there is a clear need for a broad ecosystem where both public cloud and traditional infrastructure are integrated. We are now clearly in a multi-cloud, distributed world where the big challenges can no longer be solved by a single data center, cloud, system or technology.
What to look for beyond 2022:
Quantum Computing – Hybrid quantum/classical compute will take center stage providing greater access to quantum.In 2022 we expect two major industry consensuses to emerge. First, we expect the industry will see the inevitable topology of a quantum system will be a hybrid quantum computer where the quantum hardware or quantum processing units (QPU) are specialised compute systems that look like accelerators and focus on specific quantum focused mathematics and functions. The QPUs will be surrounded by conventional compute systems to pre-process the data, run the overall process and even interpret the output of the QPUs.
Early real-world quantum systems are all following this hybrid quantum model and we see a clear path where the collaboration of classical and quantum compute is inevitable. The second major consensus is that quantum simulation using conventional computing will be the most cost effective and accessible way to get quantum systems into the hands of our universities, data science teams and researchers. In fact, Dell and IBM already announced significant work in making quantum simulation available to the world.
Automotive – The automotive ecosystem will rapidly shift focus from a mechanical ecosystem to a data and compute industry.The automotive industry is transforming at several levels. We are seeing a shift from Internal Combustion Engines to Electrified Vehicles resulting in radical simplification of the physical supply chain. We are also seeing a significant expansion of software and compute content within our automobiles via ADAS and autonomous vehicle efforts. Finally, we are seeing the automotive industry becoming data driven industries for everything from entertainment, to safety to major disruptions such as Car-as-a-Service and automated delivery.
All of this says that the automotive and transportation industries are beginning a rapid transition to be driven by software, compute and data. We have seen this in other industries such as telecom and retail and in every case the result is increased consumption of IT technology. Dell is actively engaged with most of the world’s major automotive companies in their early efforts, and we expect 2022 to continue their evolution towards digital transformation and deep interaction with IT ecosystems.
Digital Twins – Digital Twins will become easier to create and consume as the technology is more clearly defined with dedicated tools. While gaining in awareness, digital twins is still a nascent technology with few real examples in production. Over the next several years, we’ll see digital twins become easier to create and consume as we define standardised frameworks, solutions and platforms. Making digital twin ideas more accessible will enable enterprises to provide enhanced analytics and predictive models to accelerate digital transformation efforts. Digital twin adoption will become more mainstream with accelerated standardisation and availability of solutions and framework, bringing deployment and investment costs down. Digital twins will be the core driver of Digital transformation 3.0 combining measured and modeled/simulated worlds for direct business value across industry verticals.
As a technology optimist, I increasingly see a world where humans and technology work together to deliver impactful outcomes at an unprecedented speed. These near-term and long-term perspectives are based on the strides we’re making today. If we see even incremental improvement, there is enormous opportunity to positively transform the way we work, live and learn and 2022 will be another year of accelerated technology innovation and adoption.
Alienware has been creating gaming-focused systems for 25 years! I’m pretty sure there are a good number of our readers who remember the company’s early offerings. It’s safe to say that they’ve come a long way from their early days. The biggest updates this year was the introduction of their new Legend 2.0 design language and the introduction of the Alienware X series. The new design and new offering seem to be only the beginning of the company’s 25th-year celebrations.
That said, Alienware is also introducing a new, refreshed look to its Aurora desktop lineup. The new take on the Aurora desktops introduces design cues from their new Legend 2.0 design language. Their mid-tower desktop redesign focuses on increasing airflow, keeping noise levels low and accessibility. However, the size of the Alienware Aurora remains relatively unchanged.
The biggest change anyone will notice is the increase in vents that will allow for better airflow in the Aurora. Alienware is calling this its first “open-air” design. The new Aurora desktops have larger chassis volumes. The new Aurora is up to 50% larger than even the Aurora R10 and R12. They will ship with a minimum of two 120mm fans – one intake and rear exhaust. On higher configurations, there is an option to double up on these 120mm fans. The new design has allowed Alienware to minimise acoustic noise by 9% compared to the R12.
The design changes aren’t just to ensure more airflow. The overall design has been refined. The Aurora’s design is now more fluid with curves accenting it. The front panel of the desktop also continues the design language but also keeps to Alienware’s signature aesthetic. There will be an option for a transparent side panel as well. Users will be able to use this to show off their setup with the eight RGB Zones. Users can even customise the colours through AlienFX. The updated chassis is also the most accessible yet. You won’t need any tools to access the guts of your setup. The right side door is fitted with cable management features that allow the cables to be mechanically and thermally isolated. There is also an optional magnetic back to help with hiding those cables.
Pricing & Availability
The new Alienware Aurora desktops will be available in Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon. Alienware has not announced any details on pricing, configurations or availability just yet.
Many companies are moving slowly towards becoming more carbon-neutral and environmentally responsible. We’ve seen companies make commitments in the past year to make their operations more environmentally friendly, however, companies like Dell Technology have been hard at work behind the scenes. The company has been working to realise their “Progress Made Real” blueprint as early as 2012.
One of the pillars of their blueprint is a coordinated effort to advance sustainability in their operations. Under this lofty pillar, Dell has committed to reducing their energy intensity and also sourcing 75% of electricity from renewable resources. To this end, the company has implemented the world’s largest on-site solar panel in the Dell Technologies Asia Pacific Customer Center in Bukit Mertajam in Penang, Malaysia.
The solar panel consists of 1,590 individual efficient solar panels which will produce 1,000MWh of renewable electricity annually at their centre. This will account for more than 25% of the energy consumed at the 24-hour facility. Dell Technologies is aiming to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases at the facility by an impressive 650 metric tonnes (650,000 kg) annually.
The solar panel is the latest in Dell Technologies ongoing efforts to become a more ecologically responsible company. Previously, they have made changes to their product lineup to incorporate more recycled materials in the products and packaging. It is the company’s step forward in attaining its goal of having nett zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
We also spoke about sustainability in our recent episode of the Tech & Tonic Podcast in which we praised Dell Technologies for creating a meaningful impact in their operations. Their incorporation of recycled plastics in their flagship products such as the Dell Inspiron and even their Precision and XPS line ups.
Why would you breathe easier with a new laptop? Well, in the case of the new line up of Dell Inspirons, it’s cause the line up comes with a smaller carbon footprint than ever. The new line up uses more recycled materials than before and is one of the culminations of Dell’s commitment to creating a circular economy when it comes to their products. Every Inspiron is painted using paints with low volatile organic compound content. Also, the packaging of the Inspirons is comprised of 90% recycled materials with the packaging tray being completely made of recycled materials.
With their carbon footprint in check, Dell took the next step to completely redesign the new line up of Inspiron laptops. The new laptops come with a near-borderless display and a new design language that builds on Dell’s prowess in creating compact, slim, stylish laptops. The new line up comes with larger keycaps which allow you to type faster and more accurately and a larger touchpad. The new line up also comes with an HD webcam equipped with Temporal Noise Reduction (TNR) which reduces pixelation and reduces visual artefacting in low lit conditions.
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The Dell Inspiron line up is being spearheaded by the Dell Inspiron 14 & 15. As the name suggests, these Inspirons have pretty much the outlook but come in two form factors – 14-inch and 15-inch. Keeping the ethos of previous Inspirons, the new 14 and 15 keep things minimalistic, simple and functional.
That said, the new design also comes with improved thermals for better cool. The new adaptive thermals also help manage power consumption to ensure your PC is running at maximum performance. The laptops also come with a sensor that detects when the lid is opened and immediately boots the PC. Paired with the optional Windows Hello enabled fingerprint sensor, you’ll be logging into your PC faster than ever. Working on the go shouldn’t be an issue with the Inspiron 14 and 15 with ExpressCharge which gives you 80% of battery life in just 60 minutes of charge.
If adaptability and flexibility is more for you, the Inspiron 14 also comes in a 2-in-1 configuration which brings added versatility. You’ll be able to flip into tablet mode, present in tent mode or even work on the touch enabled screen exclusively in stand mode.
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus
This year, the Inspiron line up gets a creator-focused entry with the Inspiron 16 Plus. The larger, more power-packed edition of the Inspiron brings a larger, 16-inch display for added workspace and visual real estate. It also comes in a cinematic 16:10 aspect ratio. That said, it’s not much larger than its smaller siblings; coming in at only 5% larger. However, it has an active screen area that’s 11% larger.
The Inspiron 16 Plus comes with the latest Intel Core H-series processors for better performance and can be paired with NVIDIA GTX or RTX discreet graphics processors for added umph. It also comes equipped with a more robust thermal solution for better cooling of the power packed specifications. The display on the Inspiron 16 Plus is a 3K display with true to life colours and low blue light emissions.
The latest line up of Inspiron laptops come with the latest, 11th Generation Intel Core processors or AMD’s Ryzen 5000 U series processors. These can be paired with a variety of graphics options to suit any need.
Pricing & Availability
The Inspiron line will be available starting mid-April 2021. The Inspiron 14 and 15 models will be available first. However, the H-series equipped Inspiron 15 and the Inspiron 16 Plus will only be available in early June.
Hot off the heels of AMD’s announcement of their new EPYC processors, Dell Technologies has revealed a series of new offerings that put the AMD EPYC front and centre. The new Dell EMC servers come optimised for multiple workloads to help businesses better cater to their needs. They up the ante with up to 64 cores with EPYC’s new Zen 3 architecture.
The new additions add to Dell Technologies’ already robust portfolio of Dell EMC PowerEdge offerings. They bring updated technologies with improved compute capabilities. The expanded portfolio allows for better handling of critical workloads and applications augmented by fast data performance thanks to the integration of PCIe Gen 4 technology. In addition, the new offerings in the Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio come with up to six accelerators to help with large, challenging, data-intensive workloads. They continue to put data security and redundancy at the core with a well-established Root of Trust and what Dell Technologies refers to as a Cyber resilient architecture.
Of course, running on the Zen 3 augmented EPYC processors, the new PowerEdge servers are more power-efficient than before. Dell Technologies claims that the new racks offer up to 60% power efficiency compared to the previous generation. Adding to its power efficiency, Dell has equipped the new generation PowerEdge with multi-vector cooling. This technology helps direct airflow to the hottest portions of the server; helping maintain lower temperatures and better performance.
The new line up consists of six offerings catered for different workloads and computing environments. From powerful, performance-oriented racks to AI optimised racks to deceivingly powerful, slim racks, Dell’s new offerings have you covered. Their Dell EMC PowerEdge XE8545 marries the performance of AMD’s new EPYC cores with NVIDIA’s A100 GPUs for powerful, AI and machine learning optimised workloads. The PowerEdge R6515 packs a configurable, dual-socket setup in a 1U rack server for compact performance while the R7515 brings a scalable single-socket 2U rack with performance and affordability in mind. They’ve got the C6525 for high performance, dense computing environments while the R7525 and R6525 bring extended flexibility.
Dell’s XPS sereis has always represented the top of the line when it comes to their offerings. This stays the same with their XPS desktop. The XPS desktop offerings bring Dell’s signature XPS design queues to their desktop offerings and keeps the focus on content creation and performance.
The new XPS Desktop is coming in a more compact form factor – 19L case compared to the previous 23.7L. However, it keeps most of the XPS desktop’s compelling features including easy expandability. If you need more storage or want to swap out your graphics card, you have easy, toolless access via the backplate. The desktop supports up to four hard disk drives (HDDs), graphics cards up to 10.5-inches long and up to 500W power supplies.
Dell brings its voltage regulated cooling to the new generation of XPS desktops which helps better maintain processor performance even under high loads including VR. This paired with the design to maximise airflow allows better cooling of the components. The chassis of the XPS Desktop is designed to direct cool air from the front to the back allowing it to flow into the nooks and crevices of the components for better cooling. Dell claims that the high RPM fans in the desktop allow them to stay silent while maintaining high workloads.
Dell is taking a keen interest in content creation with the new XPS desktops. They’ve equipped the desktops with top of the line graphics offerings. Users can select from a range which includes the RTX3070 with 8GB GDDR6 RAM or the AMD Radeon RX5700XT. This paired with capable processors from Intel’s 11th generation Core i line up ensures that you’ll have ample performance to meet your needs. Users are able to select configurations with up to an Intel Core i9 to cater to their creative needs. The XPS desktop is also available in Dell’s Creator Editions which certify that the machines are built for creation. This paired with their recognition under NVIDIA’s RTX Studio programme should give you ample peace of mind when it comes to content creation.
Pricing & Availability
The Dell XPS Desktop will be available starting end of March 2021 with prices starting at USD$649.99 (MYR2,673.91). It will also be available in a special edition which comes in white with prices starting at USD$1129.99 (MYR4,648.41).
In Malaysia, the XPS Desktop will be available in a single configuration starting at the end of March 2021 with prices starting from MYR3,699. Specifications start with the 11th Generation Intel Core i5 with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of onboard memory and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX1650 Super.
Your work desk set-up is almost never complete without a PC. But these days, you can sort of do without. Your smartphones today are powerful enough to work with in remote situations and even in the office. For example, ever since Samsung introduced their DeX mode into their flagships, you can see people shifting their workflow to the new mobile optimised workspace like DeX. You can still work on the simplest of Word documents, create impressive looking slides with either Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint, you can even create and edit huge Excel sheets with your smartphones.
The only thing you need on your work desk set-up then is a capable display. If you need the most capable desk monitor set-up, you have to have a Dell. You have to have their 2021 line-up of monitors.
Dell has been known as one of the industry leaders in monitor set-up for work and professionals. Of course, they are going to want to retain the lead in that industry amongst others. For this CES 2021, they introduced 11 new monitors for the working class and professionals.
Video Conferencing Made Even Better
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Dell introduced a new monitor class that is made specifically for video conferencing. The world today puts more emphasis on video conferencing more than ever. This is partly thanks to the current global pandemic situation which has driven our work requirements all the way home and in isolation. The only way to meet then is online via video conferencing.
In this class Dell introduces three different sizes to fit different requirements and demands. There is the smaller 24-inch monitor with Full HD resolution (C2422HE), a 27-inch with QHD resolution (C2722DE), and a 34-inch ultra-wide display with WQHD resolution (C3422WE). As far as we can tell, these are the only differences between the displays.
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All the monitors come standard with a 5-Megapixel camera with IR blaster and dual 5W integrated speakers. They also come with noise-cancelling mics for a clear audio transmission from you to the team. A 5-Megapixel camera also means that you can transmit up to 1080 Full HD videos to your video conferencing software of choice. The IR sensor also means that you get to work with the benefit of Windows Hello integrated security with facial recognition.
All of the monitor also comes with an RJ45 port for direct and stable connectivity for better video conferencing experience. They also come with their own USB-C ports for you to either charge your devices or plug your USB Type-C hubs into. These monitors could easily be your USB hub, if you think about it. For more flexibility, the 34-inch ultra-wide variant support dual HDMI inputs and Picture-in-picture mode for added flexibility.
UltraSharp – Details Matter
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Dell’s UltraSharp is currently the industry standard in monitors that are designed for work. There is a good reason for that. Dell UltraSharp displays always boast highly accurate colours that is heavily relied upon in the creative industry. They also boast some of the latest industry innovations when it comes to colour accuracy and more effective workflow.
Plenty of the monitors in the market have already sort of caught up to Dell’s UltraSharp line-up though. So how does Dell maintain their #1 position in the market? By introducing even better products of course.
Meet Dell’s latest 24-inch (U2422H, U2422HE), 27-inch (U2722D, U2722DE), curved 38-inch (U3821DW), and curved 40-inch (U4021QW) monitor options. These are monitors that is designed to make short work of, well, work. These will be industry defining monitors for Dell.
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The 24-inch and 27-inch variants come with the option of USB Type-C hub abilities (U2422HE, U2722DE). But the 24-inch only comes with a Full HD resolution while the 27inch variants boast QHD resolutions. Stepping up a notch to the 38-inch gives you a larger workspace area with an ultra-wide curved screen factor. THe 37.5-inch panel boasts WQHD resolution too, so you will not be missing out on resolutions either. USB Type-C and RJ45 hub capabilities comes standard on the 38-incher and the 40-incher. The 40-inch monitor boasts a curved ultra-wide display form factor too, but with more pixels packed in at WUHD resolution.
All monitors come calibrated with 100% sRGB and at least 95% DCI-P3. The 40-incher (U4021QW) boasts a colour accuracy of 98% DCI-P3 though, making it perfect for the creative professionals that needs a highly accurate monitor to work with. Whichever display you go with though; you know you are getting great displays for colour correction and extra editing. All the monitors also come with TÜV Rheinland certified ComfortView eye protection.
Bigger is Better – 4K Interactive Touch Monitors
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We have always advocated large displays. We like large displays because they justify more pixels. 4K on 55-inch panels are perfect. We are also quite used to TVs with 4K resolution. Dell is taking that concept one further.
The introduced their new 55-inch display with 4K resolution. Get this though, this is a touch display. No, it is not made for gaming, that is another topic for another day.
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The new 4K Interactive Touch Monitors, as they call it, is meant to be used in a work team environment allowing multiple users to interact with the display. There is also two 20W speakers built-in on the display so that it can also be used in group video conferencing environments. For even more flexibility and even easier use case, Dell put their Dell Screen Drop feature to improve reachability.
Of course, it also comes with a USB Typ-C port with 90W power delivery to conveniently charge connected devices. It even has an RJ45 port in addition of the usual HDMI port for even more connectivity options. The RJ45 port can also be used for quick IT support action, if ever the department needs to be contacted.
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Alongside the monitors, Dell also has unveiled new accessories for better productivity and work agility. They introduced a new USB Type-C Mobile Adapter designed to expand your modern notebook’s connectivity options. They also introduced a wireless keyboard and mouse combo (KM7321W) with Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity. Finally, they unveiled also a new rechargeable wireless mouse MS7421W with options of Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity or 2.4GHz pairing.
Pricing and Availability
The Dell Video Conferencing monitors will be available globally February 16th, 2021 onward with prices starting at US$ 519.99 (MYR 2,087*) for the 24-inch variant, US$ 719.99 (MYR 2,890*) for the 27-inch variant, and US$ 1,149.99 (MYR 4,616*) for the 34-inch variant. No word on local (Malaysia) availability and pricing just yet.
The Dell UltraSharp U2422H, U2422HE, U2722D, and 2722DE 24-inch and 27-inch monitors will be available globally March 30th, 2021 onward with prices starting at US$ 359.99 (MYR 1,445*) for the 24-inch variant (US$ 459.99 [MYR 1,846*] for U2422HE), and US$ 579.99 (MYR 2,328*) for the 27-inch variant (US$ 679.99 [MYR 2,729*] for U2722DE). The UltraSharp 38-inch curved USB Type-C Hub monitor and 40-inch curved USB Type-C Hub monitor will be available globally 28th January 2021 onward with prices at US$ 1,499.99 (MYR 6,020*) and US$ 2099.99 (MYR 8,428*) respectively. No official word on local availability and pricing just yet.
The Dell 4K Interactive Touch Monitor is available in 55-inch and 65-inch variants. The 4K monitors will be available globally starting March 30th, 2021. There are no mentions of price just yet. According to Dell, prices will be revealed on a later date. There are also no mentions of local pricing and availability just yet.
The Dell USB Type-C Mobile Adapter will be available globally from the January 28th, 2021 onward at US$ 99.99 (MYR 401*). The Dell Premier Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard and Mouse KM7421W combo and Wireless Rechargeable mouse MS7421W will be available in the United States (U.S.) region January 19th, 2021 onward and other reagions on March 18th, 2021 onward with prices starting from US$ 99.99 (MYR 401*) each as well.
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Remote working is a bigger focus now more than ever. We have been saying that for that past year, to be fair. It still rings true today though. But it is not just about avoiding the rest of the world to be cooped up in your own room. It is also about being flexible at work.
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It is about being able to work in places where you never thought you could work at. It is also about getting your projects worked on-site and visualised in near real-time. That, and it is also about getting your projects worked on in a timely manner. Time is money, after all.
So, you need a work PC that is both powerful, portable, and incredibly powerful. You need one of these, a Dell Precision 3560. Oh, if you are an environmentalist, this might be a delight for you too. As part of their Dell Moonshot Goal by 2030 programme, the Dell Precision 3560’s shell is made with the inclusion of some recycled materials or recyclable materials such as bioplastics and ‘tall oil’ a by-product of the paper making process that usually goes to waste.
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Now, back to the device at hand, back to the Dell Precision 3560. This ultra-portable work beast can be customised to however you need it to work. You can go from HD options, all the way to UHD options. Of course, all of them are in 15.6-inch size factor. Near bezel-less too, to make it tinier for your gear bag.
You can get it to come packing a huge punch with Intel’s 11th Generation Core processors. You can spec it with up to an Intel Core i7-1185G7 quad-core processor that clocks at 1.9GHz and up to 4.8GHz on Turbo. That is gaming class power right there.
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Graphics options range from the humble Intel UHD Graphics integrated GPU or up to an NVIDIA Quadro T500 for maximum work attack mode. Combined with Intel’s Core i7-1185G7, the Dell Precision 3560 makes short work of 3D CAD design apps and allows you to work as seamlessly as a seamless stainless-steel tube; precise and functional.
Of course, powerful GPU and CPU has to be paired with ample temporary memory to prevent bottlenecking. You really do not want your work to bottleneck at the last minute. You can get up to 64GB of DDR4 (32GB x 2) RAM modules in the belly of the beast for god measure. Storage options are practically endless as well to store as many projects as you can to keep yourself mobile. Dell gives you the option to go with up to 2TB in premium Gen4 PCIe NVMe SSD storage.
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Source: Dell
Source: Dell
According to Dell, the Dell Precision 3560 will be available globally as soon as 12th January 2021 (this month). There are no mentions of its local (Malaysia) availability just yet. It will be priced at US$ 1,189 (MYR 4,819*) onward. No mentions of local pricing just yet too and available specs in Malaysia. We are keeping our ears close to the ground though, so watch this space.
UPDATE: The Dell Precision 3560 will be coming to Malaysia later this month. Prices to be announced later.
*Approximately based on Conversion Rate of US$ 1 = MYR 4.05 as of 11th January 2021 (xe.com)
Dell first announced the Optiplex in 1993. However, back in 2019, the company changed things up by introducing a brand new form factor. The new form factor brought a new modular design that is no larger than the stand of a Dell monitor; it’s literally the size of a slim brick; no thicker than a laptop. In fact, it allowed users to update and upgrade the Optiplex as they needed to.
This year, Dell is bringing two more models to the Dell Optiplex Ultra line up: the Dell Optiplex 3090 Ultra and Dell Optiplex 7090 Ultra. Both come with up to 64GB of RAM with support for up to 2TB of space with options for self-encrypting drives. They run on the latest Intel Core processors with the 3090 supporting the 11th generation Core i3 and i5 processors as well as the Intel Celeron processor; while the 7090 supports the 11th Generation Intel Core i7, in addition to the Core i3 and i5.
Of course, being built for work, the new Dell Optiplex All-in-Ones come with support for the Dell Technologies Unified Workspace. This allows companies to deploy pre-configured systems customised with their apps and settings directly from Dell to their users. It also allows IT to move from a high touch environment to a more remote one with Dell ProSupport Suite. This also allows IT to deploy fixes proactively before hardware breaks down or to patch critical software vulnerabilities.
The modular Optiplex Ultra has a unique design that is tailored for minimalist setups. It is designed for minimal cables and has support for connectivity over USB, Thunderbolt 4.0 and DisplayPort 1.4. A point to note is that not all Optiplex All-in-Ones come with a monitor. You may need to purchase the monitor separately and they are compatible with most monitors out there. However, they are designed for Dell Optiplex stands which allow you to hide the modular brick in the stand. These stands are available and will work with VESA compatible displays.
Pricing & Availability
The Dell Optiplex 7090 Ultra will be available starting from January 28, 2021 with prices starting at USD$769 (MYR3,088.62*) with a fixed stand. No display is included with the Optiplex 7090 Ultra. It will be available in Malaysia starting sometime in January, 2021; no official pricing for Malaysia has been announced.
The Dell Optiplex 3090 Ultra will be available at the same time with prices starting at USD$659 (MYR2,646.65*) with a fixed stand. Again, no display is included. Malaysia will be getting the Optiplex 3090 Ultra in January 2021. No official pricing is available yet.
*Conversion done with xe.com at 11.45PM (GMT+8); rate (USD$1 = MYR4.019)
