Dell Weekly Recap: News & Customer Spotlight (August 30 Edition)

Welcome to the latest edition of Dell’s Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings.

TOP STORY OF THE WEEK

Dell juices Latitude line with Haswell Ultrabook, skinny lappiesAugust 28, 2013

Creating a “mixed product environment” which offers different machines for the diverse needs of workers, Dell has launched a new line-up of Latitude Ultrabooks and laptops for business, powered by Intel’s fourth generation Haswell processors.

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Clear Creek ISD uses bond funds to buy computer tablets for studentsAugust 20, 2013

As the school year begins, a priority for educators is how to personalize learning to advance student achievement. In the belief that learning can take place anywhere, anytime, Clear Creek Independent School District in Texas is delivering a program that will put Dell Latitude 10 tablets into the hands of its students to ensure they are career, or college-ready.

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Dell’s S6000 Switch Supports VMware’s New NSX TechnologyAugust 26, 2013

Featuring a fixed form factor design, the Dell S6000 doubles the density and throughput while consuming up to 50 percent less power than previous generation top-of-rack switches.

 

This Solar Dryer Is Helping Put Food On The Table In India – August 23, 2013

Dell Social Innovation Challenge winners Vaibhav Tidke and Shital Somani are changing the world and to helping prevent food wastage with their low-cost solar device that can enable farmers to store up to three tons of food per year

 

BYOD: It's What Doctors WantAugust 21, 2013

In order to satisfy physicians’ BYOD demands without sacrificing data security, Louisiana’s Green Clinic Health System uses Dell Software's endpoint systems management solutions.

 

Dell partners going deeper; new software competencies comingAugust 22, 2013

Dell’s software acquisitions have given it a lot more technology and product in the security space, including identity and access management, and other more traditional security products.

Q2 Server Data: HP, IBM Take Big Hits As Dell Surges – August 28, 2013

Dell has surged in the second quarter, thanks to a focus on the right server market opportunities. According to analyst firms Gartner and IDC, Dell's share of global server revenue jumped more than 10 percent compared to the same period last year, bucking the industry trend and strengthening Dell’s leadership position.

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