MICHAEL DELL
EDGE COMPUTING
“ We’ re brought in from the start as a trusted advisor, helping customers navigate their entire AI journey – from turning raw data into AI fuel, through deployment and to measurable business outcomes.”
NativeEdge as an orchestration layer At the centre of Dell’ s edge orchestration strategy is NativeEdge, a platform designed to manage distributed data centres as a unified system. Rather than treating each edge location as a standalone deployment, NativeEdge introduces a centralised control plane capable of provisioning, updating and securing infrastructure at scale.
This model addresses one of the core operational challenges in edge computing: consistency. Historically, remote sites evolved independently, often resulting in fragmented technology stacks and inconsistent processes. As AI deployments scale, that fragmentation becomes a barrier to reliability and governance.
NativeEdge replaces this with blueprint-driven automation. Pre-validated configurations allow organisations to deploy complex AI workloads repeatedly across locations while maintaining standardisation. This is particularly relevant for enterprises operating in sectors such as retail, manufacturing and healthcare, where hundreds or thousands of sites must run identical or near-identical applications.
MICHAEL DELL
TITLE: CHAIRMAN AND CEO COMPANY: DELL TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRY: TECHNOLOGY
At the helm of Dell Technologies, Chairman and CEO Michael Dell leads an industry powerhouse, providing the essential IT infrastructure that empowers modern organisations to digitally transform and secure data.
90 May 2026