Enterprise architecture: Dell and Microsoft integrate hybrid AI

How can software and cloud giant Microsoft Corp. translate its platform vision into fully deployed enterprise architecture in the age of AI? This central question has defined the next chapter in a decades-long partnership between Microsoft and Dell Technologies Inc. Dell provided some answers at this year’s Dell Technologies World by expanding its private cloud offering to deploy the latest Microsoft software implementations. Since that event, Microsoft has worked to enable a disaggregated architecture, simplifying operations across Dell PowerEdge compute, Dell PowerStore storage and Azure Local. Flexibility is the key attraction for enterprise customers evaluating Dell and Microsoft’s joint solutions, according to Paul Nashawaty, principal analyst at theCUBE Research. “Microsoft and Dell are moving beyond infrastructure partnerships to deliver a more integrated go-to-market strategy for enterprise AI, hybrid cloud and application modernization,” he said.…