Dell is adding cyber recovery (and more) to the APEX storage cloud platform.

Dell Technologies plans to introduce its APEX storage cloud platform de facto Ground zero for all cloud app development, where the bulk of enterprise IT build is heading in 2022 and beyond.

At Dell Tech World in Las Vegas, the company’s first largely in-person conference since the outbreak of the pandemic in spring 2020, the Black Rock, Texas-based company today unveiled a fleet of new features for the APEX development suite — the key ones This is a revamped cyber recovery feature that fills a big need in the package.

Just when you thought you’d seen every “as-a-service” idea imaginable, APEX brings to the forefront a cloud service offering that’s tantamount to a “portfolio-as-a-service.” Its versatility is why Dell believes users can direct any type of cloud app or infrastructure development needed into its all-encompassing APEX backstop.

Dell strengthens the portfolio with the introduction of Dell APEX Cyber ​​Recovery Services. This is the first in a series of new APEX full-stack solutions that enable full recovery of an organization’s data following a cyberattack, Dell APEX chief Pete Manca told VentureBeat.

Dell manages cyber recovery

In this APEX scenario, Dell manages the day-to-day Cyber ​​Recovery Vault operations and assists with data recovery. Dell offers standardized configurations, Dell-supported recovery options and expertise from nearly 2,000 isolated vault solutions deployed worldwide, Manca said.

“We are already on our storage services with our GA APEX product and our compute services, which are a combination of APEX Private Cloud and APEX Hybrid Cloud, our two cloud services,” Manca said. “VMware runs our fully managed service. We also have a full suite of customized offerings so customers who wish to subscribe to specific products or services can do so through our Flex on Demand program.

“What you’ll see now that we’ve got the (APEX) basics working is that we’re going to add privacy and some other features. What you will see now is that we are moving more upward towards solutions.”

Users want help reducing complexity and are looking for solutions that use a common approach to managing data wherever it resides — from public clouds to the data center to the edge, said Chuck Whitten, co-chief operating officer by Dell Technologies, in a media advisory. “We are building a portfolio of software and services that simplifies on-premises and multi-cloud environments and offerings,” said Whitten.

Dell offers on-premises cyber recovery in public clouds

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Dell also announced a cloud-specific set of capabilities for Microsoft Azure and AWS. Dell PowerProtect Cyber ​​Recovery for Microsoft Azure will join other Dell offerings available through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace and enable businesses to:

• Deploy an isolated cyber vault in the public cloud to more securely protect and isolate data from ransomware attack, improve cyber resilience and reduce the impact of cyber attacks; and
• Provide flexible recovery options in the event of a cyber attack, including recovery within the data center, to a new private Azure network, or to an unaffected Azure environment.

CyberSense for Dell PowerProtect Cyber ​​Recovery for AWS gives developers the ability to:

• Use adaptive analytics, scan metadata and full files, and implement machine learning and forensic tools to detect, diagnose, and accelerate data recovery.
• Monitor files and databases to determine if a cyberattack has occurred and identify the last known good copy of data to accelerate safer and more confidential recovery.

Dell and Snowflake collaborate on multi-cloud development

Dell and Snowflake will work together to connect data from Dell Enterprise Storage to Snowflake Data Cloud, Manca said. The collaboration will reportedly give customers more flexibility to work in multi-cloud environments, meet data sovereignty requirements and easily turn data into insights wherever it resides, he said.

Dell and Snowflake customers can use on-premises data stored on Dell object storage with Snowflake Data Cloud while keeping their data on-premises or seamlessly copying it to public clouds. The companies will seek product integrations and joint go-to-market efforts in the second half of 2022.

Apex availability

Dell APEX Cyber ​​Recovery Services are available today in the United States, with wider availability planned for later this year, the company said. Dell PowerProtect Cyber ​​Recovery for Microsoft Azure will be available globally in the second half of 2022. CyberSense for Dell PowerProtect Cyber ​​Recovery for AWS will be available globally in the second half of 2022.