Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is giving customers a new way to simplify IT by delivering optimized hardware and consulting services around Microsoft's most advanced Windows Server operating system, Windows Server(R) 2008. Available across Dell's PowerEdge(TM) server line, Windows Server 2008 - when optimized by Dell - can provide customers with more energy efficient computing, simplified virtualization and greater control for running mission critical business applications. Windows Server 2008 will be available worldwide for ordering from Dell the first week of March. For more information, visit www.dell.com/WS2008.
LOS ANGELES (Business Wire EON) February 27, 2008 --
Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is giving customers a new way to simplify
IT by delivering optimized hardware and consulting services
around Microsoft’s most advanced Windows
Server operating system, Windows Server® 2008.
Available across Dell’s PowerEdge™
server line, Windows
Server 2008 – when optimized by Dell –
can provide customers with more energy efficient computing, simplified
virtualization and greater control for running mission critical business
applications. Windows Server 2008 will be available worldwide for
ordering from Dell the first week of March. For more information, visit www.dell.com/WS2008.
Dell has established comprehensive expertise in all aspects of Windows
Server 2008 by working closely with Microsoft for the past three years
and dedicating thousands of hours to developing field readiness and
implementation capabilities. As a result, Dell created technology tools,
processes and customizable infrastructure consulting services designed
to enable automation of and to simplify Windows Server 2008 adoption.
“Windows Server 2008 will revolutionize the
data center, and Dell is uniquely positioned to unlock and accelerate
the potential of this next-generation operating system for our customers,”
said Brad Anderson, Senior Vice President, Dell Business Product Group. “Combined
with Dell technology and services, Windows Server 2008 is easier to
configure and deploy and helps deliver on our goal of simplifying IT,
enabling customers to reduce costs and complexity as they take data
center computing to a new level.”
“Our customers are excited about the vibrant
ecosystem that has developed around Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008
and Visual Studio 2008,” said Bob Muglia,
senior vice president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft
Corp. “We look forward to continued work with
Dell to extend the benefits of Windows Server 2008 to our customers
across the globe.”
Helping Customers “Go Green”
in the Data Center
New features in Windows Server 2008 help simplify power management,
making it easier to reduce data center power consumption. These
features, combined with Dell’s leading Energy
Smart PowerEdge server and data center solutions, can enable
customers to create more energy efficient data centers and effectively
deliver on their corporate green IT initiatives.
For example, Dell’s PowerEdge
M-Series blade server solution running Windows Server 2008 provides
significant energy savings compared to similarly configured competitive
systems. The PowerEdge M-Series consumes up to 10 percent less power and
achieves up to 21 percent better performance per watt than the HP
BladeSystem c-Class1. Compared to the IBM
BladeCenter H, the M-Series consumes 11 percent less energy and achieves
up to 28 percent better performance per watt1.
Dell PowerEdge servers provide an ideal platform for virtualization,
and enable an easy path to a virtualized environment with the
combination of Hyper-V technology built into Windows Server 2008. This
combination can help customers simplify the way they consolidate, reduce
power consumption and optimize their data center operations.
Simple and Flexible Windows Server 2008 Adoption
Dell offers a comprehensive portfolio of services to best meet the
unique needs of customers with diverse IT infrastructures and help
simplify the adoption of Windows Server 2008. Dell’s
Global
Infrastructure Consulting Services (GICS) helps accelerate Windows
Server 2008 deployment time and maintenance by leveraging a validated,
repeatable migration process. Dell GICS is designed to ensure customer
migrations to Windows Server 2008 are “right-sized,”
fast and reliable, with no interruption to their business operations.
Dell is working with customers worldwide to deliver smooth Windows
Server 2008 migrations, with services and tools including:
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Factory testing and validation of Windows Server 2008 on Dell servers
to help ensure it will work in customers’
IT environments;
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Dell’s Readiness Advisor Tool, an
easy-to-use, free online tool that can help save customers time and
money by scanning their networks to determine which Dell servers are
ready for Windows Server 2008;
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Pre-installation of Microsoft security updates on every server,
enabling more secure integration and faster deployment time; and
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Dell’s Windows Server 2008 Early Adopter
Program, providing migration consultants with “from
the field” expertise and enabling them to
be optimally prepared to assist customers in the evaluation,
assessment, design, migration to and implementation of Microsoft’s
new operating system platform.
About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative
technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its
direct business model, Dell is a leading global systems and services
company and No. 34 on the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.dell.com,
or to communicate directly with Dell via a variety of online channels,
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1 Based on preliminary results from Principled
Technologies “Windows Server 2008 SPECjbb2005
Performance and Power Consumption on Dell, HP and IBM Blade Servers,”
February 2008 report commissioned by Dell.
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