Longer term, Gass believes servers will become more like "a peripheral" that connects to storage: "You'll begin to see slimmed-down servers, with the heart of the infrastructure containing your storage devices." This, mind you, is from an executive at one of the industry's top server makers.
And to answer another burning question right up front: No, Steven the Dell Dude won't be put into service selling SANs.
Read on, as Gass talks with US Editor Todd Spangler about:
Byte and Switch: How would you characterize Dell's relationship with EMC?
Rhonda Gass: We've been very satisfied with our relationship with EMC. It's expanded our reach and broadened our storage portfolio, particularly in the Fibre Channel SAN marketplace, and our ability to extend our reach into Linux and Unix markets.
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