Dell unveils virtualization blockbuster – from servers and storage to software and services

Company Brief

Mumbai, May 21, 2008

Dell today announced its broadest lineup of dedicated virtualization solutions ever. More than a dozen new servers, tools, and services simplify the deployment and management of virtualization in Enterprises of any size.

“Virtualization is quickly moving beyond hypervisors and hardware consolidation,” said Pallab Talukdar, Director, Enterprise Solutions Group, Dell India. “Enterprises are looking for a broad array of servers, storage and services designed specifically for virtualized environments. Having led the first wave of virtualization, today we are signaling our intent to lead the second.”

New Dell PowerEdge servers built for virtualization

The new Dell PowerEdge R805 and R905 deliver servers optimized for virtualization with the PowerEdge R805 offering 2X the memory and I/O capacity of typical 2 socket servers. With a choice of VMware ESXi 3.5 or Citrix XenServer Express integrated hypervisors, the PowerEdge R805 and R905 servers can deliver the optimal platform for virtualized environments. The Dell PowerEdge R805 and R905 servers are now available worldwide with a starting price of Rs. 2 lacs and Rs. 3.5 lacs respectively. For more information, visit www.dell.com/poweredge.

The Dell PowerEdge R900 and R905 can deliver the ultimate in 4 socket virtualization performance as some of the first servers to support 60 virtual machines in VMmark® testing1, with 23 percent higher performance than the HP ProLiant DL580 G5, 8 percent higher than the IBM System x3850, and 17 percent higher than the Sun Fire X44501. The PowerEdge R905 delivered price per virtualization performance at 33 percent less cost than the IBM x3850, 56 percent less cost than the Sun X4450, and 18 percent less cost than the HP Proliant DL5801. This is in addition to Dell’s leadership with number 1 performance benchmarks in blade and 2 socket servers with the PowerEdge M-Series blades and the PowerEdge 2950III2.

Dell EqualLogic delivers advanced integration with VMware Site Recovery Manager

Dell EqualLogic™ storage arrays offer new advanced SAN-aware integration with VMware Site Recovery Manager for data protection and disaster recovery for virtualized environments at no additional cost in management tools. Combined with Dell EqualLogic patented storage virtualization technology that eliminates complexity of SAN deployment and management, customers can more easily provision and manage their virtual storage environments.

New services ‘Right-Size’ solutions for customer needs

Dell today announced the expansion of its virtualization services to include:

- Virtualization Simplification Workshop – for customers looking to determine which options are the most suitable for their specific business needs today, their technical environment and to meet future growth.

- New Virtualization Operational Assessment and Process Automation accelerates selection of the right virtualization technology for their needs and define processes and tools to automate the management of virtualized environments.

- New Virtualization Healthcheck – reviews existing virtualized production environments to identify technology, process and people issues impeding virtualization scale out and provides an actionable, results oriented plan.

- Expanded Virtualization Assessment – taking into account multi-vendor virtualization considerations, advanced storage options, as well as green IT data center energy efficiency improvements.

- Expanded Design and Implementation Services – which features the latest Virtualization technologies, in addition to best-of-breed disaster recovery tools and techniques.

- ProSupport Remote Advisory Services – fast access to technical experts for consulting on virtualization implementations.

These offerings are available today from Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services.

· New Dell™ PowerEdge™ R805, R905 servers optimized for virtualization

· New integration between Dell EqualLogic™ storage arrays and VMware Site Recovery Manager

· New and enhanced services ‘right-size’ virtualization solutions for customer needs

For further information, please contact:

Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide

Pallavi Bordoloi

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Mob: +91-9867696467

e-mail: pallavi.bordoloi@ogilvy.com