Dell Technologies Announces Customer Award Winners

Dell Technologies Announces Customer Award Winners

Eight industry leaders exemplify excellence across all stages of the Digital Transformation journey

LAS VEGAS, April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell Technologies World --

News summary

    --  Innovator award winners: Ford Motor Company, Bank Leumi, AeroFarms and
        Johnson & Johnson
    --  Trailblazer award winners: Volvo Cars/Zenuity, Travelers, Unidad de
        Conocimiento and State Bank of India
    --  Dell Technologies to donate $20,000 to four non-profit organizations on
        behalf of winners

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Dell Technologies is announcing the winners of its 2018 customer awards, recognizing two extraordinary sets of its customers: the Innovators realizing significant business impacts from their innovative digital and IT transformations and Trailblazers in the early stages of their groundbreaking transformation journeys.

A panel of senior Dell executives reviewed all nominations against a range of criteria, and winners were deemed to be standout examples of forward-thinking companies making real progress in the areas of Digital Transformation, IT Transformation, Workforce Transformation and Security Transformation. Winners are collaborating with Dell Technologies and the family of businesses including: Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA, Secureworks, Virtustream and VMware to realize their digital future.

"These awards celebrate organizations across industries and regions using technology to accelerate success in today's all-digital world," said Karen Quintos, chief customer officer, Dell. "Not only are these leaders realizing their digital futures through technology innovation, but they are creating an exceptional experience for their employees, customers and communities. We're honored to be a strategic partner to this extraordinary group and look forward to the continued impact we can make collectively through the power of technology."

2018 Dell Technologies customer award winners

In the Innovator award category, winners are Ford Motor Company, Bank Leumi, AeroFarms and Johnson & Johnson.

INNOVATORS:

    --  Ford Motor CompanyFord Motor Company is shifting gears and reimagining
        the future of transportation with connected car technology and the
        FordPass mobile app. In partnership with Pivotal, Ford is embracing a
        startup and software development mentality to democratize mobility and
        bring innovative solutions to market faster. Learn more here.

    --  Bank LeumiBy working with Dell Technologies, Bank Leumi, Israel's oldest
        banking corporation, has been able to challenge the status quo of an
        industry and bring to life its mobile-only bank, Pepper. The company
        implemented a hybrid cloud model and software-defined data center that
        allowed them to move code from development to production within hours
        compared to weeks, establish new environments faster and do this at less
        cost. This has helped them to bring a new, innovative product to market.
        Learn more here.

    --  AeroFarmsNew Jersey-based AeroFarms is on a mission to transform
        agriculture and show the world how to feed an ever-growing global
        population while conserving our limited natural resources. In
        collaboration with Dell Technologies, the company is using data-driven
        insights from IoT deployments to increase yields, conserve resources and
        improve flavor at its indoor vertical farming facilities. Learn more
        here.

    --  Johnson & JohnsonJohnson & Johnson relies on RSA Netwitness Suite as a
        core component of the cybersecurity fabric that supports its global
        portfolio of operating companies. It has facilitated the mind shift from
        traditional threat detection to mitigation of business risks intrinsic
        to information and operational technology.

In the Trailblazer award category, winners include Volvo Cars/Zenuity, Travelers, Unidad de Conocimiento and State Bank of India.

TRAILBLAZERS:

    --  Volvo Cars/ZenuityZenuity is a joint venture of Volvo Cars and Veoneer
        (as of April 1, Veoneer is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of
        Autoliv) formed in early 2017 to develop software for autonomous driving
        and driver assistance systems to help save lives. To manage both the
        rapid growth of unstructured data and comply with stringent regulatory
        requirements, Volvo Cars and Zenuity worked with Dell EMC and
        Virtustream to implement an end-to-end solution - including storage,
        backup, servers, networking and security - as a managed service,
        ultimately reducing operational risk and complexity while accelerating
        the time to value.

    --  TravelersTravelers, in strategic partnership with Dell EMC, is
        successfully implementing a companywide IT transformation. Through
        standardization, simplification and automation, Travelers is changing
        the economics of IT and how technology products and services are
        delivered. This is creating meaningful capacity, operating agility and
        increasing available funding for a broad array of digital business
        initiatives.

    --  Unidad de ConocimientoUnidad de Conocimiento is a group of five
        individual corporations, with approximately 50,000 employees in Colombia
        and another 10,000 in other Latin American operations. The organization,
        which includes Grupo Bancolombia, was motivated to equip its growing
        workforce with the latest PCs and laptops to enhance productivity and
        efficiency. The group turned to Dell to ensure that all employees -
        whether in banking, healthcare insurance, cement manufacturing or food
        processing - had the right device for the right job, backed by a full
        range of services and support.

    --  State Bank of IndiaThe State Bank of India, the largest public-sector
        bank in the country, implemented a converged private cloud based on
        all-flash storage, data protection, services and VMware as part of an
        overhaul of its branch operations. The bank also recently opened a major
        innovation center to explore the integration of emerging technology,
        such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

On behalf of each award winner, Dell Technologies will donate $2,500 to one of the following organizations of the winners' choice supported through Dell's Legacy of Good program: Save the Children, Deaf Kids Code, Next Wave (via the Lonely Whale Foundation) and Beat Childhood Cancer.

Additional resources

    --  View the Dell Technologies World Online Press Kit
    --  See more real stories of Digital Transformation online
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About Dell Technologies World

Dell Technologies World 2018 brings together the power of seven technology leaders committed to making the digital transformation real. Join us April 30 - May 2 in Las Vegas, learn more at www.delltechnologiesworld.com or follow #DellTechWorld on Twitter.

About Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. The company services customers of all sizes across 180 countries - ranging from 99 percent of the Fortune 500 to individual consumers - with the industry's most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from the edge to the core to the cloud.

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