6. Dell’s Massive Server Launch

In 2021, Dell Technologies launched more new servers than ever before including more than a dozen new PowerEdge servers and five new rack and tower servers targeting small-and-medium businesses (SMBs) and edge computing use cases.

“We are embarking on a path to get to autonomous compute infrastructure,” said Ravi Pendekanti, senior vice president of server solutions product management and marketing at Dell Technologies last year.

“We are building on what I would call workload-specific platforms to make sure we have an optimized platform for specific workloads,” said Pendekanti. “We’ve been hearing customers say they’re not just looking for the optimal performance, the key is they’re looking for the best price performance.”

Dell’s new PowerEdge server portfolio leverages a combination of both Intel and AMD processors. Arguably the largest server launched in 2021 is the new Dell EMC PowerEdge XE8545 that combines AMD and Nvidia technology designed for accelerated workloads and ideal for machine learning, HPC and GPU virtualization.

The new PowerEdge servers can be consumed as-a-service through Dell Technologies’ consumption-based Apex offering.

With such a massive investment in creating new best-in-class servers, it will be interesting to see if Dell lets these new PowerEdge servers mature in the market or if any new additional servers will be launched in 2022.