Dell Technologies and Nokia announced the advancement of a strategic partnership to leverage joint expertise and cutting-edge solutions. This integrated approach includes infrastructure solutions from Dell and private wireless connectivity from Nokia to drive open network architectures across the communications ecosystem and support private 5G use cases within the enterprise.
Nokia has selected Dell as its preferred infrastructure partner for existing Nokia AirFrame customers and is focused on gradually transitioning these customers to Dell’s broader infrastructure portfolio. The portfolio includes Dell PowerEdge servers purpose-built for modern communications networking workloads and more. This strategic partnership means Dell technology is the infrastructure of choice for communications cloud deployments.
The Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (NDAC) private wireless solution is being deployed as Dell’s preferred private wireless platform for edge use cases for enterprise customers. The two companies will work closely to integrate Nokia’s NDAC solution with Dell NativeEdge, an edge operations software platform. This integration provides a comprehensive and scalable solution for enterprises.
“Through our partnership, Nokia and Dell Technologies will leverage each company’s expertise and expanded distribution to deliver the latest in communications networks and private 5G,” said Dennis Hoffman, senior vice president and general manager of Dell Technologies’ Telecom Systems business. Scale your use cases easily and quickly. Leveraging our decades of digital transformation experience, we work with Nokia customers to scale their network cloud transformation on the industry’s best-selling computing platform. I’m ready to continue my journey.”
Nishant Batra, chief strategy and technology officer at Nokia, said: “This strategic partnership will enable both companies to be more flexible and better respond to future customer needs. “Our expertise and world-class service and support provide seamless migration options for our customers.” Nokia AirFrame customers. Similarly, Nokia’s extensive experience in designing, deploying and operating high-performance public and private mobile networks provides Dell customers with comprehensive and scalable private wireless solutions. ”
Mr. Batra further added, “In line with our technology strategy, our continued collaboration with Dell will support our customers’ future needs driven by increased demand for networks and help communications service providers bring modern networks to the cloud.” It helps us provide solutions that help us scale,” he added.
Further expanding joint research, development and lifecycle management efforts at the Dell Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab, the companies plan to continue testing platforms and applications. Future plans also include Dell and Nokia certifying workloads on the Dell Telecom infrastructure block supporting Nokia Cloud products and maintaining the OEM agreement.
