The 5 Best Things to Do at Dell World

Last week, almost no one noticed I was at Dell Technologies World 2022. DTW has been an exception to my usual lack of enthusiasm for anything on the showcase floor at events like these.

They had robotic baristas who produced better coffee than Starbucks one year, and they've had customer vehicles that I've wanted to purchase. Which brings me to the one item that should have been on the floor this year but wasn't, especially given that GM was on the big stage with Michael Dell: the Cadillac Lyriq - an incredible electric SUV that I hear looks wonderful in person.

The 5 Best Things to Do at Dell World Last week, almost no one noticed I was at Dell Technologies World 2022. DTW has been an exception to my usual lack of enthusiasm for anything on the showcase floor at events like these.

They had robotic baristas who produced better coffee than Starbucks one year, and they've had customer vehicles that I've wanted to purchase. Which brings me to the one item that should have been on the floor this year but wasn't, especially given that GM was on the big stage with Michael Dell: the Cadillac Lyriq - an incredible electric SUV that I hear looks wonderful in person.

The Future Desk

These events may be rather costly for me. I previously stated that Dell showcased an automobile at a previous Dell Technologies World. Though I should have mentioned that I bought the automobile (maybe it's a good thing they didn't have the Cadillac Lyriq on the floor! ), they did have an office desk that I'm now coveting.

It was a Dell prototype of an adjustable-height desk with inductive charging for your laptop and other wirelessly charged equipment, an attached wirelessly linked monitor, and a wireless keyboard and mouse.

My own workstation's jumble of cables became old years ago, so the notion of a sleek, uncluttered desk is really enticing. Because this desk was simply a prototype, my office budget is still intact for the time being. But, oh brother, if this ever makes it to the market, I'm in.

EXTREME E

The fact that the Lyriq was not showcased at the event does not imply that they did not have any automobiles. Dell has collaborated with McLaren on Extreme E, thus there was a McLaren Extreme E automobile on the floor. It was odd since I saw it didn't have a front motor and I'd assumed the car had all-wheel drive. Then I realised it didn't have a motor in the rear, which made me wonder how it received power.

Fortunately, a Dell employee informed me that the automobile was really a prototype, but it had me intrigued for a brief minute. Why this is still noteworthy is because Extreme E is a new sport that mixes men and women together for each driving team (most race events favour male drivers). As a result, this automobile sent both an environmental and a diversity message.

Michael Dell and Dell Technologies have one of the industry's most progressive diversity initiatives. This automobile not only boasted impressive technology, but it also highlighted the need for greater diversity in the business – as well as a solution to that problem.

Non-Pesticide Farm Automation

Chhandomay Mandal, Dell Technologies' Director of Solutions Marketing, conducted a farm demonstration on the floor, which was really amazing. As part of a collaboration between Dell and Nature Fresh Farms, the endeavour is computer-controlled.

We are losing a significant quantity of agricultural land due to climate change. The vertical farming strategy showcased at DTW this year not only dramatically increases agricultural density (one acre can produce what ten acres can produce horizontally), but I expect this density to rise much more if you go vertical.

Another noteworthy aspect of this presentation is that it employs active insect management to ensure that crops are adequately pollinated, with insects performing the task that would otherwise be done with pesticides. Our water supplies are being polluted by chemicals and fertilisers. Moving to more natural approaches should drastically minimise this type of pollution.

More nutritious food is a major potential during this time of climate change. Unfortunately, this example included two things that I dislike: bell peppers (which make me sick) and tomatoes (which I only like in sauces, soup, and salsa). I wish they'd picked something different!

App for Ethics

I was wandering around the floor doing my own business when Kristi Kevern came up to me and said there was an app I had to see. Kristi is Dell Technologies' senior managing director of ethics and compliance. It was almost as if she knew I used to work as an internal auditor for IBM and that I would have died for an app like this while I was there.

You can frequently run into major difficulties with new personnel coming from locations where activities like bribery are popular (albeit illegal), which can harm your brand, your relationship with regulators, and get you into criminal legal trouble. This is frequently the consequence of people not knowing the regulations, or because the rules in a U.S. firm may be considerably different from native companies due to U.S. legislation and enforcement.

Also, I've been in charge of firing workers who broke unbreakable ethics standards because they were either fresh out of school, missed the memo, or required training before making the error. There will always be employees who willfully violate regulations and then claim ignorance. While I still feel those people should be fired, especially those who plainly didn't realise they were going too far, firing has always felt more harsh than useful.

If you could provide every employee with an ethics app that is intelligent enough to recognise a poorly phrased ethics inquiry and point out the infraction, you would not only save careers, but you would also protect the company brand from this type of mistake while removing the excuse of "not knowing" from those employees who were gaming the system.

Simply fantastic.

Luna concept

Concept Luna is what any merchant should strive for. It's the first PC product I've seen that comes close to meeting the aim of being 100 percent recyclable/renewable.

This effort should massively reduce the number of problem materials going into landfills from existing laptop designs by greatly reducing the number of screws in the product, using materials like organically produced plastics that degrade naturally and safely when discarded, and providing an impressive path to upgrade or update the product during its lifecycle.

What was particularly remarkable was how rapidly this laptop could be disassembled into components, taking only a fraction of the time it normally takes to remove and reassemble the product for upgrading, repair, component reuse, or destruction.

No laptop is made like Concept Luna now, but my ambition, and the best hope for our technological future, is that every computer device will be designed that way in the future. If you're interested green technology items, this is the Holy Grail and should serve as a model for how similar products will be created in the future.

Finally, one more thing

My attention was drawn to a sixth product. Unfortunately, no one was available in the last booth to speak with about this device – a tomb supposed to dramatically enhance cooling by thermal liquid immersion.

The cooling container has the appearance of a cryogenic sleep chamber for space travel. This chamber might more efficiently cool and safeguard your high-performance servers and workstations by using a non-conductive coolant. It appeared to be really amazing, but because no one was in the booth, I never learned the tale.

In any case, there were six things on the Dell Technologies World floor that piqued my interest. They covered topics such as optimising your office and food supply, environmental and diversified racing, preventing employees from making mistakes, the ecological future of laptops, and the future of liquid-cooled gear.

In summary, at Dell Technologies World, I saw a lot of the future. I really wish they'd had that Cadillac Lyriq, but given how expensive automobiles have become, it's probably for the best that they don't.