Ebook: The time is now to migrate to Dell Private Cloud

| Posted November 5, 2026

| Next-Generation Infrastructure | Ebook

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In brief: Dell has made its path forward clear: Dell Private Cloud is the strategic successor to VxRail. Here's how to think about migrating from VxRail to DPC.

Modernize infrastructure for a flexible future

The infrastructure decisions organizations make today will shape what they can support tomorrow. As AI, containers, and other workloads place new demands on the data center, IT leaders need to look beyond replacing aging technology and consider whether their architecture is built for the next generation of applications. For Dell VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure customers, the path forward is an opportunity to move beyond a like-for-like refresh and toward a more flexible private cloud foundation for the AI era.

The time is now to evaluate Dell Private Cloud

But today, for many organizations, the next infrastructure decision has a deadline. Dell VxRail 7.x reached end of life in September 2025, and VMware vSphere 8 reaches end of general support in October 2027. Most VxRail and vSphere customers will make a platform decision in the next two years: whether to move to VxRail on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, to Dell Private Cloud, or to other products.

Dell has made its path forward clear: Dell Private Cloud is the strategic successor to VxRail for customers pursuing virtualization, containers, AI, and other modern workloads. A required move is also the best chance to make the right one, so organizations should treat this deadline as a chance to rethink their architecture for AI and modern workloads rather than simply renew what they have. Learn more in this ebook about how to upgrade your infrastructure today.

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