Omdia validates Dell PowerProtect cuts TCO up to 61%

Omdia published an independent validation showing Dell PowerProtect can cut three-year total cost of ownership by up to 61%.

• Main announcement: Omdia’s independent evaluation reports 38%–61% lower three-year TCO for organizations using Dell PowerProtect (driven by the Data Domain platform and PowerProtect Data Manager), plus an average 99.3% data reduction across real deployments and up to 76% reduction in backup windows.
• Background and details: The validation is based on a three-year TCO model built from live customer data and interviews; Omdia also reported 25% reduction in administration costs, 84% reduction in resources and services costs, 40% less rack space and up to 80% less power for all-flash Data Domain versus disk alternatives. The article links to the full Omdia report published by Dell Technologies (PDF).