“ Data ’ s the fuel and software ’ s the magic but neither of these can run without hardware ”
— Claire Vyvyan , Senior Vice President UK & Ireland Commercial Business , Dell EMC digital transformation . In fact , its own success is proof of its ability to reinvent itself time and time again . In its founding years , Dell Technologies was better known for its PC and end-user devices . Since then it has entered new markets , acquired innovative market capabilities , and created what it calls a ‘ family ’ of digitisation solutions . When Dell and EMC joined forces in 2016 , it represented the largest technology merger in history . Now the firm has united with several more technology leaders — Dell , Dell EMC , Pivotal , RSA , Secureworks , Virtustream and VMware — to power digital transformation and achieve business results .
There are four strands to any digital transformation , according to Dell – IT transformation , digital transformation , security transformation and workforce transformation – each as important as the last . To start though , Hegarty says that any digitally savvy company needs to forge the right foundation or IT structure , whether that ’ s through data centres , edge or cloud computing . “ I would say the first step for any company is IT modernisation and transforming the infrastructure ,”
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