Dell Middle East has announced that GEMS, one of the world's largest private K-12 education providers, has deployed the latest in Enterprise Solutions from Dell at its corporate headquarters located in Dubai and at 26 schools across the UAE.
The Dell PowerEdge blade servers, rack dense servers and the Dell EMC CX3-40 and CX3-10 Enterprise storage systems deployed support all major business applications at GEMS.
Sunny Varkey, Founder and Chairman, GEMS said, 'At GEMS, we know first-hand that education can be transformed, and that learning can become an exciting experience for all students who use technology. We strongly believe in providing education beyond the classroom, and therefore we were looking for a technology provider like Dell with a comprehensive platform. We endeavor to utilize state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and creative advanced teaching and learning techniques that will further enhance overall merit and excellence of our students.'
'GEMS chose to install the Dell servers and Enterprise storage systems because of their high performance, reliability and easy manageability. The Dell solutions offer leading performance per watt and consume the least amount of data centre space. The environmental benefits and the Gold mission critical support services were also a defining factor in selecting Dell as our solutions provider. Support calls have dramatically reduced after deployment of the DELL products', said Manoj Varghese, GEMS Director of IT.
'Recognising the importance of data consolidation and improving utilisation without sacrificing performance, Dell's blade servers answer GEMS Education's datacenter needs. Through world-class technology and systems management, these servers enable more efficient and easily managed datacenter infrastructures, helping IT management demonstrate increased ROI,' Sudhakaran Nair , General Manager, Key Information Technology.