Dell Offers Server Management from Microsoft with OEM Deal
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Dell is taking server management for its PowerEdge servers one step further. According to this report on The Register, Dell has OEMed the SCE 2010 software from Microsoft and has worked with Microsoft to integrate its Windows management console with its own OpenManage tools.
The company will integrate Microsoft's SCE 2010 software with its own OpenManage tools.
"The integration between OpenManage and SCE 2010 is available for customers who don't buy the Dell version, because, according to Enrico Bracalente, senior strategist for systems management product marketing at Dell's Enterprise Product Group, Dell is not trying to lock PowerEdge customers into its OEM version to get tighter integration. The OEM version is supported by Dell, not Microsoft, which gives SMB shops one throat to choke and one support bill instead of two (just like Dell front ends support for Windows Server licenses at SMBs).
