Cyxtera announced a strategic collaboration with Dell Technologies to deliver Dell's infrastructure, combined with Cyxtera's colocation and network technologies, that will accelerate the infrastructure deployments of their customers. Leveraging Cyxtera's global footprint of colocation facilities and Digital Exchange network fabric, Cyxtera and Dell will provide global enterprises of all sizes -- as well as federal, state, and local government organizations -- with full stack infrastructure as a service. This includes compute infrastructure, network connectivity, and colocation space and power at the individual server and rack unit levels.

These capabilities enable a cloud-like experience for the deployment of workloads that require the control, performance, and security of dedicated infrastructure and colocation. Customers will be able to leverage Dell infrastructure through Cyxtera's Enterprise Bare Metal solution, an on-demand model that provides all the benefits of dedicated colocation and network infrastructure, resulting in an extension of their existing environments without the burden of capital expenditures, lengthy implementation cycles, or depreciating assets. Additionally, customers will be able to test the capabilities offered by Dell and Cyxtera via Cyxtera'sDell Experience Lab, which is powered by Cyxtera's Digital Exchange platform.

With infrastructure provided by Dell, and space, power, and network fabric provided by Cyxtera, the lab will give customers a " hands-on" experience that demonstrates how the technology would work in their environment. Dell will also combine its solutions with Cyxtera SmartCabs which delivers point-and-click provisioning of dedicated, on-demand colocation cabinets. Cyxtera SmartCabs offers built-in power and network connectivity, as well as access to Cyxtera's Digital Exchange network fabric, to quickly provide the compute resources and connectivity customers need.