18 Dec 2000
Dell has reinforced its enterprise ambitions by launching an array of hardware servers and support services for its non-PC business.
The company plans to market a 32-processor Dell PowerEdge server based on Unisys' cellular multiprocessing (CMP) architecture. CMP uses 32 Intel Xeon microprocessors but is upgradeable to Itanium to provide a processing functionality familiar to enterprise-scale computers.
Other products launched include two PowerEdge rack-mounted servers, two PowerApp appliance servers, OpenManage installation and configuration tools and associated consulting and support services.
"Enterprise products have long represented one of Dell's fastest-growing businesses," said Michael Lambert, senior vice president of Dell's enterprise systems business, who added that the announcements put the company in a better position to address enterprise customers.
The 32-processor PowerEdge servers will be shipped in the first quarter of next year. They can run either one operating system or be partitioned to run multiple instances of various operating systems.
The PowerEdge 1550 and 350 systems are general-purpose machines. The 1550 offers dual 1Ghz Pentium III processors, 4Gb of Ram and up to three hot-pluggable SCSI hard drives. The 350 unit supports a single Celeron or Pentium III chip.
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