Dell Technologies modernizes the developer experience with Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

Dell Technologies modernizes the developer experience with Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces OpenShift Dev Spaces: A cloud development environment Key benefits of OpenShift Dev Spaces The Dell strategy: "Golden images" and customization Integrating AI assistants into the inner loop Conclusion: A blueprint for enterprise success Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform | Product Trial About the author Debbie Margulies More like this How DTCC uses GitOps to accelerate customer value and security Northrop Grumman scales enterprise Kubernetes for AI and hybrid cloud with Red Hat OpenShift Talking to Machines: LISP and the Origins of AI | Command Line Heroes The Truth About Netcode | Compiler Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share At Red Hat’s OpenShift Commons Gathering in Atlanta on November 10, 2025, Joseph Kanjirathinkal, DevOps manager at Dell Technologies, and James Walton, principal solution architect at Red Hat, shared Dell Technologies' journey to modernize their developer experience by adopting Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces. Image 1: Joseph Kanjirathinkal sharing how OpenShift Dev Spaces are made available to developers in Dell ISG/CSG To understand why Dell began this transition, it’s important to understand the technology itself. Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces is a layered product that is included with Red Hat OpenShift. This cloud-based, containerized development environment, built on the open source Eclipse Che project running on OpenShift, provides developers with consistent, pre-configured workspaces, eliminating the friction of local environment setup. Standardization and consistency: By defining the entire development workspace as code (using a devfile in YAML), all developers use the exact same tools and configurations, which eliminates the infamous "it worked on my machine" problem. Accelerated onboarding: Developers can launch the environment in their browser and be ready to code in minutes, without needing to install local tools or extensions. Enhanced security: The source code lives on the OpenShift cluster and never lands on the user's local laptop, allowing the operations team to centrally control the security standards for the development environments. Cost savings: Resources can be scaled to meet demand, and workspaces can be scaled down to zero when not in use, helping save money instead of buying costly, dedicated development hardware. Streamlining the developer workflow During the talk, Kanjirathinkal highlighted how Dell’s initial transition to OpenShift Dev Spaces streamlined the developer workflow, particularly in the Kubernetes-adopted environment which is typically broken down into an "inner loop" and an "outer loop. " Inner loop (coding, debugging, testing): The iterative cycle where developers spend most of their time. OpenShift Dev Spaces provides rapid local testing and faster debugging, improving individual developer productivity. Outer loop (CI/CD, monitoring): The broader software development lifecycle.