Dell Selected by Department of Justice for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Solution

Highlights:

• New $28 million project is based on Dell XC Series appliances for a scalable hyper-converged infrastructure solution
• This solution will deliver improved management and scalability for the US DoJ and offer a secure solution to access corporate data and applications on any device
  

Dell, Inc. announced it was awarded a contract for a Department of Justice (DoJ) unclassified VDI deployment.

The $28 million partnership includes new Dell XC Series of Web-scale Converged Appliances, powered by Nutanix, Inc.‘s software, as well as Dell Networking and Dell AppAssure data protection software. Supporting up to 55,000 named users, specifically within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the deal includes more than 600 Dell XC Series appliances and represents one of the largest VDI deployments the US government has undertaken.

The foundation of this solution is the XC Series appliances, hyper-converged systems that combine compute, storage and virtualization resources in one solution built on preconfigured PowerEdge 13th generation servers with iDRAC, an agent-free systems management solution. These appliances are integrated with software from Nutanix, the hyper-converged market leader according to International Data Corporation.

The FBI will be able to take advantage of an IT solution that offers simple deployment and management and also scales-out incrementally, one node at a time, and as demands increase. Moreover, these appliances excel in supporting desktop virtualization, while also providing lower TCO and faster time to value when compared to a traditional VDI solution approach. With this addition, the FBI will be able to better empower its field agents and administrators, as well as expand its operations across its global footprint. Furthermore, the FBI will be able to leverage Dell’s support-all while working with one technology partner to satisfy these multiple needs.

This new Dell solution will allow the FBI to create a flexible VDI that can scale as needed. The XC Series deployment will scale to more than 600 nodes and support vSphere, Hyper-V and Nutanix Acropolis hypervisors. The addition of these hyper-converged appliances offers FBI users the opportunity to reduce the number of elements managed in the IT environment, increase overall savings and decrease time-to-value. The infrastructure also enables users to securely access agency data and applications at any time across any device.

As a trusted technology provider to federal agencies for more than 20 years, Dell is committed to providing its government customers with the tools they need to solve complex problems with IT solutions.