Dell Continues Down "Software As A Service" Path

Monday, 19 November 2007 by Michel Roth

Dell is continuing down the "Software As A Service" road they entered when they announced their "Dell On-Demand Desktop Streaming" that uses Citrix Provisioning Server. Today Dell announced that they have acquired Everdream, provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for remote-service management.

According to the press release: "The planned acquisition is a key component in Dell�s strategy of enabling customers to Simplify IT. Everdream�s capabilities complement those provided by the recently acquired Silverback Technologies, further enabling end-to-end remote management of customers� IT environments. With this acquisition, Dell can now extend remote management of critical IT assets from servers, storage, printers, etc to desktops, notebooks and other end-user devices globally."

By the way, if you want to know more about Citrix Provisioning Server (formerly Ardence) you could listen to this DABCC.com podcast.