Retail PowerChat

In this episode, Scott Delandy, Technology Director within Dell Technologies’ Storage Division, begins with characteristics of PowerStore that make it uniquely suited to retail and edge processing. Scott discusses the advantages of PowerStore’s AppsON and data reduction features and shares customer feedback on PowerStore. Scott concludes by describing PowerStore’s design philosophy and development team, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Scott Delandy, Technology Director within Dell Technologies’ Storage Division, begins with what retail customers are interested in when it comes to onsite and edge processing and how those requirements have changed. Scott shares a personal story demonstrating an edge processing use case in retail. Scott concludes by sharing how Dell Technologies new PowerStore platform satisfies edge processing requirements.

In this episode, Justin Litherland, Retail Field CTO at Dell Technologies, begins with use cases for how big data benefits retailers, such as customer behavior analytics for personalization, journey analytics, operations and supply chain. Justin discusses what’s holding retailers back from modernizing. Justin concludes with how Dell Technologies and its partners can help, advice for on-prem vs. cloud infrastructure, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Justin Litherland, Retail Field CTO at Dell Technologies, begins with the new ways retailers are collecting data for analysis. Justin discusses the role of IoT devices in generating data that feeds retail analysis and how the new data is being combined with existing data to drive changes in retail. Justin concludes with the challenges retailers are facing in terms of data collection, storage, processing and analysis, and retail process modernization.

In this episode, Chandra Venkatapathy, Director of IoT Solutions for Retail at Dell Technologies, begins with how computer vision algorithms can be used to recognize in-store events requiring action such as sneezing. Chandra discusses the final use case of contact tracing and tracking the movement of a person through an area. Chandra concludes with key attributes of a solution to address these use cases, how customers get started, Dell Technologies’ offerings in this area, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Chandra Venkatapathy, Director of IoT Solutions for Retail at Dell Technologies, begins with how retailers’ safety and security needs have been evolving. Chandra discusses new computer vision use cases of personal temperature monitoring, mask usage, counting customers and enforcing social distancing. Chandra concludes with an explanation of identifying people via computer vision algorithm training.

In this episode, Mike Hulme, Senior Director, Marketing, VMware Cloud, begins with how VMware and Dell Technologies come together to help retailers and explains VMware Cloud Foundation and Dell VxRail solutions. Mike discusses VMware’s cloud-based offerings and advice for customers getting started on their application modernization journey. Mike concludes with balancing application portfolio and infrastructure between cloud-native and on-prem, where to find more info and final thoughts.

In this episode, Mike Hulme, Senior Director, Marketing, VMware Cloud, details the unique characteristics of today’s retail climate which define the application portfolio and related infrastructure. Mike explains characteristics such as the need for flexibility to address seasonality, and the many different ways that different types of retailers are using applications across their businesses. Mike discusses the impact of business continuity and disaster recovery considerations on application evolution and infrastructure strategies. Mike concludes with an application modernization success story with telco retailer T-Mobile.

In this episode, Mike Hulme, Senior Director, Marketing, VMware Cloud, begins with how retailers are leveraging technology to better power their success. Mike explores the challenges that retailers are facing and how they are using technology to improve the customer experience. Mike discusses how retailers are evolving their application portfolio to support better customer engagement and how they are integrating their existing and new applications into a comprehensive portfolio. Mike concludes with a discussion of the linkage between application requirements and infrastructure investments.

In this episode, Mitch Berk, Director of Product Management for Workspace One within Industry Solutions at VMware, begins by discussing how retailers are using technology to provide better service to in-store customers. Mitch then explains the device modernization that must occur to support improved customer and employee experiences. Mitch then shares how VMware’s Workspace One solution is enabling modernization for both employees and customers, where to find more information and final thoughts.