The Acer Aspire 5738DG notebook can turn 2-D content into 3-D. It features high-definition playback, Dolby surround sound and a 15.6-inch CineCrystal, LED-backlit display coated with a 3-D film. The 3-D glasses are included.
Acer’s newest notebook, the Aspire 5738DG, announced Oct. 21, comes with its own 3-D glasses.
The entertainment-focused notebook features a TriDef 3-D solution that includes a 3-D screen, software and glasses for 3-D visuals, and it can additionally convert 2-D content into a “vivid 3-D experience,” according to Acer.
“This holiday season, we are seeing 3-D content become more prevalent in popular films and games,” Ray Sawall, senior manager of product marketing for Acer America’s, said in a statement. “The new Acer Aspire 5738DG notebook enables consumers to enjoy exciting new 3-D entertainment on a mobile PC that can also replicate a 3-D experience from standard 2-D content.”
The transition from viewing regular old documents, e-mail and other everyday items to the 3-D experience comes with just a mouse click and results from a combination of the notebook’s 15.6-inch CineCrystal HD display and a 3-D film that’s said to cling to the panel, pixel, by pixel, enabling the LCD technology to deliver 3-D images. The 3-D glasses filter 2-D to 3-D. Videos and photos can be viewed in 3-D via the TriDef Media Player, and a TriDef Ignition tool can convert 2-D games and applications with DirectX 9 to 3-D.
(Microsoft’s DirectX at one time created vulnerabilities that hackers exploited. In July, however, Microsoft addressed the issues and offered fixes.)
Beneath all that entertainment goodness, the Aspire 5738DG-6165 3D notebook runs Windows 7 Home Premium and features a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6600, a Mobile Intel PM45 Express chipset, an ATI Mobility Radeon hard drive 4570 with up to 2304MB off HyperMemory, 4GB of DDR2 1,066MHz memory and a 320FB, 5,400RPM SATA hard drive.
There’s a multi-in-1 digital media card reader, a Crystal Eye Webcam, a Dolby surround-sound system with two stereo speakers and a touchpad with multigesture that allow users to navigate with finger pinches, flicks and swirls.
There’s 802.11 b/g/n connectivity, a 6-cell battery and 4 USB ports, and the notebook weighs 6.16 pounds and measures, at its thickest point, 1.5 by 15.1 by 9.9 inches.
It will be available for $779.99 immediately following Microsoft’s Oct. 22 launch of Windows 7.
In the same month, Acer has also launched two additional laptops, each with exciting features and difficult-to-remember names. The Aspire One AOD250 is a dual-boot netbook with both Android and Microsoft Windows XP operating systems, and the Aspire 5738PG is a 15.6-inch notebook with Windows 7 and a touchscreen.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Samsung, Phoenix Offering Instant-On Technology for Laptops, Netbooks
Samsung and Phoenix Technologies announced that they will work together to bring notebooks and netbooks with instant on-off capabilities to market. Recently, Acer and Hewlett-Packard have offered comparable capabilities.
Samsung Electronics and Phoenix Technologies announced a strategic agreement on Oct. 21, saying they were planning to work together to deliver notebooks and netbooks with instant on-off capabilities, extended battery life and a more secure user experience.
“All-day, instant-on and always-available mobile computing is the very foundation of our P.C. 3.0 vision,” Phoenix CEO Woody Hobbs wrote in a statement. “Consumers expect their notebooks and netbooks to perform with the speed and agility of smartphones, and Phoenix is very pleased to be working with Samsung to offer this user experience across all of Samsung’s notebook and netbook product line.”
Analyst Roger Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies, explains that Phoenix is a BIOS company. The BIOS alternative environment has been used to run before the operating system to make sure a system is free of bugs and that all’s well.
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“It enumerates the hardware and then calls up the operating system,” Kay told eWEEK.
Samsung and Phoenix could be planning to offer dual-boot devices that use BIOS to offer instant-on capabilities, or it could offer a version of the BIOS environment on its own for light devices intended for surfing the Web and checking Web-based e-mail.
They haven’t come out and said that’s what they’re planning, but it’s possible,” said Kay, who explains that, less than delighted with Microsoft Windows Vista, OEMs were looking for alternative environments. However, he adds, “The dynamics are going to change with the arrival of Windows 7. The pressure for other environments is going to decrease.”
In their joint statement, Samsung and Phoenix point out that netbook shipments are “exploding” and expected to reach 25 million units by the end of the year, according to Gartner.
Should the pair offer a netbook-like device with a unique environment, but that’s “a strange beast people don’t recognize, people will avoid it,” said Kay. Alternately, he went on, should it be positioned as an inexpensive device for light e-mailing and surfing, Samsung might makes its first significant contact with consumer PC owners in the United States.
On Oct. 15, Acer introduced the Aspire One AO250 netbook, which features two operating systems, Windows XP Home and the open-source Android. Acer attributed to Android the ability to equip the netbook with instant-on Internet capability.
Hewlett-Packard’s thin-and-light 5310m, set to arrive with the Oct. 22 debut of Microsoft’s Windows 7, similarly offers QuickLook3, which offers 10 seconds of e-mail capabilities on a powered-down notebook, and QuickWeb, for 20 seconds of browsing. These instant-on tools can be used without fear of viruses, HP has noted, since they run separate from the operating system.
“As the world’s fastest-growing vendor in the ultra-mobile computing market, Samsung is committed to bring to market innovative technology solutions that simplify consumers’ lives,” offered Samsung in the joint statement. “Working with Phoenix, we plan to deliver to our mobile consumers innovative and intuitive next-generation mobile computing devices that fit their emerging needs and desires.”
Samsung Electronics and Phoenix Technologies announced a strategic agreement on Oct. 21, saying they were planning to work together to deliver notebooks and netbooks with instant on-off capabilities, extended battery life and a more secure user experience.
“All-day, instant-on and always-available mobile computing is the very foundation of our P.C. 3.0 vision,” Phoenix CEO Woody Hobbs wrote in a statement. “Consumers expect their notebooks and netbooks to perform with the speed and agility of smartphones, and Phoenix is very pleased to be working with Samsung to offer this user experience across all of Samsung’s notebook and netbook product line.”
Analyst Roger Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies, explains that Phoenix is a BIOS company. The BIOS alternative environment has been used to run before the operating system to make sure a system is free of bugs and that all’s well.
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“It enumerates the hardware and then calls up the operating system,” Kay told eWEEK.
Samsung and Phoenix could be planning to offer dual-boot devices that use BIOS to offer instant-on capabilities, or it could offer a version of the BIOS environment on its own for light devices intended for surfing the Web and checking Web-based e-mail.
They haven’t come out and said that’s what they’re planning, but it’s possible,” said Kay, who explains that, less than delighted with Microsoft Windows Vista, OEMs were looking for alternative environments. However, he adds, “The dynamics are going to change with the arrival of Windows 7. The pressure for other environments is going to decrease.”
In their joint statement, Samsung and Phoenix point out that netbook shipments are “exploding” and expected to reach 25 million units by the end of the year, according to Gartner.
Should the pair offer a netbook-like device with a unique environment, but that’s “a strange beast people don’t recognize, people will avoid it,” said Kay. Alternately, he went on, should it be positioned as an inexpensive device for light e-mailing and surfing, Samsung might makes its first significant contact with consumer PC owners in the United States.
On Oct. 15, Acer introduced the Aspire One AO250 netbook, which features two operating systems, Windows XP Home and the open-source Android. Acer attributed to Android the ability to equip the netbook with instant-on Internet capability.
Hewlett-Packard’s thin-and-light 5310m, set to arrive with the Oct. 22 debut of Microsoft’s Windows 7, similarly offers QuickLook3, which offers 10 seconds of e-mail capabilities on a powered-down notebook, and QuickWeb, for 20 seconds of browsing. These instant-on tools can be used without fear of viruses, HP has noted, since they run separate from the operating system.
“As the world’s fastest-growing vendor in the ultra-mobile computing market, Samsung is committed to bring to market innovative technology solutions that simplify consumers’ lives,” offered Samsung in the joint statement. “Working with Phoenix, we plan to deliver to our mobile consumers innovative and intuitive next-generation mobile computing devices that fit their emerging needs and desires.”
enovo ThinkPad SL Series Laptops Offer Windows 7 at Low Cost
Lenovo introduced two new ThinkPads for cost-conscious businesses, each with Windows 7 and complementary features such as multitouch touchpads. More Think- and Idea-branded Lenovo PCs will also feature Windows 7.
With the Oct. 22 release of Microsoft’s Windows 7, Lenovo has announced it is offering a portfolio of Think- and Idea-branded PCs running the new operating system, as well as the availability of two new laptops — the ThinkPad SL410 and SL510 — both of which are particularly geared toward businesses with limited IT resources.
“For three years, Microsoft and Lenovo engineers have worked tirelessly together to jointly create a PC experience that is better, faster, more stable and more secure,” said Rory Read, president and CEO of Lenovo, in a statement.
“This has been an unparalleled effort to integrate hardware and software from the ground up,” Read added. “As a result, we’ve created new innovations in touch technology, improved speed and performance across the board and developed a host of other enhancements that will make a meaningful difference to our customers worldwide.”
The SL models feature 16:9 high-definition screens, Intel Core 2 Duo processors and options for 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Ethernet and Bluetooth connectivity. Plus, playing to Windows 7’s touch strengths, the touchpads feature multitouch, for two-finger scrolling and expanding and minimizing screen views.
There’s VibrantView and anti-glare technology and HDMI and VGA output for high-definition and standard displays. VOIP calls being a small-business conferencing mode of a choice, Lenovo has increased the resolution of the webcam, improved the digital microphone and added a microphone mute button.
Also for those challenged on the IT staffing front, the laptops come with ThinkVantage Technologies (TVTs), which Lenovo describes as hardware and software tools that assist users in connecting to the Internet, recovering data, managing passwords and similar tasks.
The SL models are said to be among Lenovo’s “greenest,” as they’re the first ThinkPads to use post-consumer recycled materials. They’re also EPEAT Gold and Energy Star 5.0 compliant.
As for the rest of the updated portfolio, on those certified for “Enhanced Experience,” Windows 7 starts up 56 percent quicker than Windows XP or Vista and shut down in as few as five seconds. There are security and productivity TVTs, and two models, the ThinkPad X200 Tablet and T400 laptop, feature SimpleTap, which works in conjunction with touchscreens.
(On Oct. 14, Acer debuted the Aspire 5738PG, a 15.6-inch notebook with a multitouch display.)
“Our collaboration and joint innovations have resulted in faster and more reliable scenarios so customers can use their PCs in more new and exciting ways,” said Steve Guggenheimer, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s OEM division, in the statement.
The ThinkPad SL410 and SL510 are now available, with pricing starting at $529.
With the Oct. 22 release of Microsoft’s Windows 7, Lenovo has announced it is offering a portfolio of Think- and Idea-branded PCs running the new operating system, as well as the availability of two new laptops — the ThinkPad SL410 and SL510 — both of which are particularly geared toward businesses with limited IT resources.
“For three years, Microsoft and Lenovo engineers have worked tirelessly together to jointly create a PC experience that is better, faster, more stable and more secure,” said Rory Read, president and CEO of Lenovo, in a statement.
“This has been an unparalleled effort to integrate hardware and software from the ground up,” Read added. “As a result, we’ve created new innovations in touch technology, improved speed and performance across the board and developed a host of other enhancements that will make a meaningful difference to our customers worldwide.”
The SL models feature 16:9 high-definition screens, Intel Core 2 Duo processors and options for 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Ethernet and Bluetooth connectivity. Plus, playing to Windows 7’s touch strengths, the touchpads feature multitouch, for two-finger scrolling and expanding and minimizing screen views.
There’s VibrantView and anti-glare technology and HDMI and VGA output for high-definition and standard displays. VOIP calls being a small-business conferencing mode of a choice, Lenovo has increased the resolution of the webcam, improved the digital microphone and added a microphone mute button.
Also for those challenged on the IT staffing front, the laptops come with ThinkVantage Technologies (TVTs), which Lenovo describes as hardware and software tools that assist users in connecting to the Internet, recovering data, managing passwords and similar tasks.
The SL models are said to be among Lenovo’s “greenest,” as they’re the first ThinkPads to use post-consumer recycled materials. They’re also EPEAT Gold and Energy Star 5.0 compliant.
As for the rest of the updated portfolio, on those certified for “Enhanced Experience,” Windows 7 starts up 56 percent quicker than Windows XP or Vista and shut down in as few as five seconds. There are security and productivity TVTs, and two models, the ThinkPad X200 Tablet and T400 laptop, feature SimpleTap, which works in conjunction with touchscreens.
(On Oct. 14, Acer debuted the Aspire 5738PG, a 15.6-inch notebook with a multitouch display.)
“Our collaboration and joint innovations have resulted in faster and more reliable scenarios so customers can use their PCs in more new and exciting ways,” said Steve Guggenheimer, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s OEM division, in the statement.
The ThinkPad SL410 and SL510 are now available, with pricing starting at $529.
Windows 7 Prompts All-In-One PC Surge
Touch is the hot new interface, and with the arrival of Microsoft’s Windows 7, with its integrated multitouch capabilities, the trend is set to continue, says a new report, which additionally calls out Apple and Hewlett-Packard as trend setters.
On the eve of Windows 7’s Oct. 22 arrival, the all-in-one computer market has been on the rise and will continue to “surge,” according to an Oct. 21 report from the NPD Group.
The growth is said to be the result of more entry-level price points and the use of touch as an interface — a feature particularly suited to Windows 7, with its integrated multitouch capabilities.
While 3.2 million AIO desktop PCs shipped worldwide in 2007, MPD Group expects the number to rise to 5.9 million in 2010. It sees “clear momentum for the next input interface to be touch,” said the research firm in a statement, “with other possibilities like voice recognition also in the works.”
On Oct. 7, Gateway — which is owned by Acer, which introduced an AIO in August and a touchscreen notebook in October — introduced a ZX Series of AIO desktops with touchscreens and Windows 7. Packed with features, the ZX Series includes a 20-inch-display model starting at $750, and a 23-incher starting at $1,400.
And on Oct. 20, Apple introduced two updated versions of its iMac AIO, though instead of putting touch on the screen, it incorporated it into the mouse. Called Magic Mouse, it’s the first with multitouch.
Hewlett-Packard is taking still a third approach to touch.
“HP seems to be taking a bigger-picture view in leveraging touch as an interface for PCs, beginning with inclusion of touchscreen displays in its TouchSmart line of PCs in 2006,” states the report. “HP’s direction for touch recognizes that it is becoming a new way to interface with the PC, and that new ways to compute and access or manipulate data are evolutionary rather than revolutionary.”
Other notable AIO announcements this year, according to NPD, came from, or will arrive before the holidays, from Dell’s Studio 19 and Lenovo’s IdeaCentre, as well as from Asus, BenQ, Fujitsu, MSI, Sony and ViewSonic.
“This wave of new AIO products was targeting entry-level price points for desktop PCs until LCD panel prices rose in the second half of 2009,” said Chris Connery, a vice president with the DisplaySearch research firm under the NPD umbrella. “Many of these products have been repositioned to emphasize the enhanced features of Windows 7; lower-priced AIO products, including [netbooks], may emerge in 2010.”
NPD’s growth projections for AIOs additionally take into account increasingly price-conscious U.S. consumers, China’s first-time PC buyers and new form factors for emerging markets.
On the eve of Windows 7’s Oct. 22 arrival, the all-in-one computer market has been on the rise and will continue to “surge,” according to an Oct. 21 report from the NPD Group.
The growth is said to be the result of more entry-level price points and the use of touch as an interface — a feature particularly suited to Windows 7, with its integrated multitouch capabilities.
While 3.2 million AIO desktop PCs shipped worldwide in 2007, MPD Group expects the number to rise to 5.9 million in 2010. It sees “clear momentum for the next input interface to be touch,” said the research firm in a statement, “with other possibilities like voice recognition also in the works.”
On Oct. 7, Gateway — which is owned by Acer, which introduced an AIO in August and a touchscreen notebook in October — introduced a ZX Series of AIO desktops with touchscreens and Windows 7. Packed with features, the ZX Series includes a 20-inch-display model starting at $750, and a 23-incher starting at $1,400.
And on Oct. 20, Apple introduced two updated versions of its iMac AIO, though instead of putting touch on the screen, it incorporated it into the mouse. Called Magic Mouse, it’s the first with multitouch.
Hewlett-Packard is taking still a third approach to touch.
“HP seems to be taking a bigger-picture view in leveraging touch as an interface for PCs, beginning with inclusion of touchscreen displays in its TouchSmart line of PCs in 2006,” states the report. “HP’s direction for touch recognizes that it is becoming a new way to interface with the PC, and that new ways to compute and access or manipulate data are evolutionary rather than revolutionary.”
Other notable AIO announcements this year, according to NPD, came from, or will arrive before the holidays, from Dell’s Studio 19 and Lenovo’s IdeaCentre, as well as from Asus, BenQ, Fujitsu, MSI, Sony and ViewSonic.
“This wave of new AIO products was targeting entry-level price points for desktop PCs until LCD panel prices rose in the second half of 2009,” said Chris Connery, a vice president with the DisplaySearch research firm under the NPD umbrella. “Many of these products have been repositioned to emphasize the enhanced features of Windows 7; lower-priced AIO products, including [netbooks], may emerge in 2010.”
NPD’s growth projections for AIOs additionally take into account increasingly price-conscious U.S. consumers, China’s first-time PC buyers and new form factors for emerging markets.
Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Tablet Is Thin, Rugged
Dell says its new Latitude XT2 XFR — which shares components with its Latitude XT2 tablet — is the industry’s thinnest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet.
Dell has released what it says is the industry’s thinnest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet, the Latitude XT2 XFR. Designed for physically demanding vertical markets such as military, police, field service, factory fulfillment and first responders, the new tablet extends Dell’s mobile solution portfolio, which includes the Latitude E6400 XFR and semi-rugged E6400 ATG laptops.
The Dell XT2 XFR can perform in temperatures from 140 to negative 10 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s compression-sealed to protect against moisture and dust, and Dell soon expects an MIL-810G rating, which is related to the amount of multi-axis shaking the device can withstand.
“The typical tablet wasn’t prepared for dust or wind — or cheese powder or chocolate sauce,” David Lord, a Dell senior manager, told eWEEK, further indicating Dell’s expected customer base. For those who “need to be able to wash it off at the end of the day, we’ve taken the functionality of XT2 tablet and fused it with the ruggedness of XFR.”
The new XFR, which Dell announced Oct. 27, is 1.5 inches thick, weighs 5.4 pounds and features an impact-resistant, sunlight-viewable 12.1-inch LED display that’s multi-touch enabled. It also runs Microsoft’s Windows 7, which Lord says enabled Dell to offer enhanced functionality, such as not only using four-finger touch to manipulate photos and other items but using touch for various commands.
The XFR features a choice of several Intel Core 2 Duo processors and up to 5GB of DDR3 (double data rate 3), 1,066MHz memory. There are four-, six- and nine-cell battery options, and security features include a fingerprint reader and Dell’s ControlVault, for protecting passwords, biometric templates and security codes safe, and ControlPoint interface for management across multiple applications.
There’s an optional, hot-swappable module coming soon for GPS and a 2-megapixel “sliver,” says Lord, that attaches to the bottom of the device, enabling the screen to act as a camera or viewfinder.
Connectivity options include mobile broadband, 802.11 a/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1.
“We are listening and delivering purpose-engineered products based on unique usage models within customers’ environments,” said Steve Lalla, vice president and general manager of Dell’s Business Client Product group, in a statement.
“The Latitude XT2 XFR is a perfect example where feedback told us that customers needed the innovative functionality of the Latitude XT2 with the ability to perform in rugged environments.”
Lord says the XT2 XFR is also another example of Dell’s building “specialty or purpose-built solutions” for particular markets, which is a goal of the company’s. In May, for example, Dell introduced the Latitude 2100 netbook to the K-12 education market. The ruggedized netbook comes with an easy-to-grip case, an anti-microbial keyboard and the option of a rolling cart that can house and simultaneously charge a classroom’s worth of device, while also enabling them to be remotely managed by an IT department.
The rugged XT2 XFR will be available in the United States, Canada, France, Spain, the U.K., Germany and Italy, with pricing starting at $3,599.
Dell has released what it says is the industry’s thinnest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet, the Latitude XT2 XFR. Designed for physically demanding vertical markets such as military, police, field service, factory fulfillment and first responders, the new tablet extends Dell’s mobile solution portfolio, which includes the Latitude E6400 XFR and semi-rugged E6400 ATG laptops.
The Dell XT2 XFR can perform in temperatures from 140 to negative 10 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s compression-sealed to protect against moisture and dust, and Dell soon expects an MIL-810G rating, which is related to the amount of multi-axis shaking the device can withstand.
“The typical tablet wasn’t prepared for dust or wind — or cheese powder or chocolate sauce,” David Lord, a Dell senior manager, told eWEEK, further indicating Dell’s expected customer base. For those who “need to be able to wash it off at the end of the day, we’ve taken the functionality of XT2 tablet and fused it with the ruggedness of XFR.”
The new XFR, which Dell announced Oct. 27, is 1.5 inches thick, weighs 5.4 pounds and features an impact-resistant, sunlight-viewable 12.1-inch LED display that’s multi-touch enabled. It also runs Microsoft’s Windows 7, which Lord says enabled Dell to offer enhanced functionality, such as not only using four-finger touch to manipulate photos and other items but using touch for various commands.
The XFR features a choice of several Intel Core 2 Duo processors and up to 5GB of DDR3 (double data rate 3), 1,066MHz memory. There are four-, six- and nine-cell battery options, and security features include a fingerprint reader and Dell’s ControlVault, for protecting passwords, biometric templates and security codes safe, and ControlPoint interface for management across multiple applications.
There’s an optional, hot-swappable module coming soon for GPS and a 2-megapixel “sliver,” says Lord, that attaches to the bottom of the device, enabling the screen to act as a camera or viewfinder.
Connectivity options include mobile broadband, 802.11 a/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1.
“We are listening and delivering purpose-engineered products based on unique usage models within customers’ environments,” said Steve Lalla, vice president and general manager of Dell’s Business Client Product group, in a statement.
“The Latitude XT2 XFR is a perfect example where feedback told us that customers needed the innovative functionality of the Latitude XT2 with the ability to perform in rugged environments.”
Lord says the XT2 XFR is also another example of Dell’s building “specialty or purpose-built solutions” for particular markets, which is a goal of the company’s. In May, for example, Dell introduced the Latitude 2100 netbook to the K-12 education market. The ruggedized netbook comes with an easy-to-grip case, an anti-microbial keyboard and the option of a rolling cart that can house and simultaneously charge a classroom’s worth of device, while also enabling them to be remotely managed by an IT department.
The rugged XT2 XFR will be available in the United States, Canada, France, Spain, the U.K., Germany and Italy, with pricing starting at $3,599.
Lenovo IdeaPad, IdeaCentre PCs Grow with Intel, Windows 7
Lenovo introduced three new IdeaPad laptops and IdeaCentre desktops, all with Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Intel processors and encompassing a variety of price points and features. The new PCs should increase Lenovo’s consumer offerings.
Lenovo is rolling out three new IdeaPad laptops and three IdeaCentre desktops, all of which feature Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, new Intel processors and Lenovo’s Enhanced Experience for Windows 7, which the company developed with Microsoft in order to offer faster boot-up and shutdown times, as well as multimedia features and maintenance tools.
“Our idea products are designed with the user experience in mind — every aspect of product design and technology is engineered to improve how consumers seamlessly use these products to enrich their daily lives,” said Liu Jun, a Lenovo senior vice president, in a Oct. 26 statement.
The three new IdeaPads are the U150, U550 and Y550P.
The IdeaPad Y550P is the most powerful laptop in Lenovo’s consumer portfolio and is the company’s first to feature the Intel Core i7 processor with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, which is said to automatically speed up the processor when additional performance is needed. Additional features include Nvidia discrete graphics, a 15.6-inch HD widescreen display, Dolby Home Theater surround sound and a touch-sensitive SlideNav bar above the keyboard for more quickly navigating documents and between programs. It’s priced at $1,149.
The very portable IdeaPad U150 is 0.5-inches thick, weighs 3 pounds and features an 11.6-inch HD widescreen display. The processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo, and up to 8GB of DDR3 (double data rate 3) memory is supported. An Active Protection System protects the hard drive, when the laptop is bumped or dropped, and a OneKey Rescue System performs data backups scans for viruses before the operating system loads. Available in red or black, the U150 will retail for $585.
The final new laptop, intended to offer a balance between home and office, is the IdeaPad U550. It’s just under an inch thick and features a 15.6-inch HD widescreen display and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The discrete graphics card can be easily turned on and off, to extend battery life, and there’s an integrated fingerprint reader and VeriFace facial recognition software for password-free login. There’s also a DVD drive for accessing and sharing content, a Dolby Sound Room sound system and an ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts the screen’s brightness to its environment. The U550 is priced at $650.
Among Lenovo’s new desktops the IdeaCentre H230 is the most value-minded. At $449, it offers a range of hard drive and DDR3 memory configurations, plus integrated tools such as Lenovo Rescue System software for data recovery.
The IdeaCentre K300 is optimized for power and control, which means it includes high-performance RAID-configured hard drives, Lenovo’s Power Control Switch, for adjusting the machine’s power and efficiency, and an Intel Core 2 Quad processor. It’s priced at $499.
And finally the beast of the bunch is the B500, which features a 23-inch HD screen and JBL integrated speakers. There’s an Intel Core 2 Quad processor, discrete graphics, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory and 1TB of HDD storage space. Ideal for gamers, its 4-in-1 remote control can be used as a controller for driving games, and there’s a Voice over IP (VoIP) handset, wireless mouse, media remote and a CamSuite for controlling the webcam’s focus and special effects.
On top of its six-strong new lineup, Lenovo announced that its IdeaPad U350 can now be purchased in a “brown lizard print, white lamb skin print and red light weave” for $649. Additionally, it has given its S10-2 netbook a visual lift and is now offering it in, according to Lenovo, “pop art, violet floral, red floral, green floral, phoenix, garden, sailing and origami” designs for $349.
Lenovo is rolling out three new IdeaPad laptops and three IdeaCentre desktops, all of which feature Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, new Intel processors and Lenovo’s Enhanced Experience for Windows 7, which the company developed with Microsoft in order to offer faster boot-up and shutdown times, as well as multimedia features and maintenance tools.
“Our idea products are designed with the user experience in mind — every aspect of product design and technology is engineered to improve how consumers seamlessly use these products to enrich their daily lives,” said Liu Jun, a Lenovo senior vice president, in a Oct. 26 statement.
The three new IdeaPads are the U150, U550 and Y550P.
The IdeaPad Y550P is the most powerful laptop in Lenovo’s consumer portfolio and is the company’s first to feature the Intel Core i7 processor with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, which is said to automatically speed up the processor when additional performance is needed. Additional features include Nvidia discrete graphics, a 15.6-inch HD widescreen display, Dolby Home Theater surround sound and a touch-sensitive SlideNav bar above the keyboard for more quickly navigating documents and between programs. It’s priced at $1,149.
The very portable IdeaPad U150 is 0.5-inches thick, weighs 3 pounds and features an 11.6-inch HD widescreen display. The processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo, and up to 8GB of DDR3 (double data rate 3) memory is supported. An Active Protection System protects the hard drive, when the laptop is bumped or dropped, and a OneKey Rescue System performs data backups scans for viruses before the operating system loads. Available in red or black, the U150 will retail for $585.
The final new laptop, intended to offer a balance between home and office, is the IdeaPad U550. It’s just under an inch thick and features a 15.6-inch HD widescreen display and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The discrete graphics card can be easily turned on and off, to extend battery life, and there’s an integrated fingerprint reader and VeriFace facial recognition software for password-free login. There’s also a DVD drive for accessing and sharing content, a Dolby Sound Room sound system and an ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts the screen’s brightness to its environment. The U550 is priced at $650.
Among Lenovo’s new desktops the IdeaCentre H230 is the most value-minded. At $449, it offers a range of hard drive and DDR3 memory configurations, plus integrated tools such as Lenovo Rescue System software for data recovery.
The IdeaCentre K300 is optimized for power and control, which means it includes high-performance RAID-configured hard drives, Lenovo’s Power Control Switch, for adjusting the machine’s power and efficiency, and an Intel Core 2 Quad processor. It’s priced at $499.
And finally the beast of the bunch is the B500, which features a 23-inch HD screen and JBL integrated speakers. There’s an Intel Core 2 Quad processor, discrete graphics, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory and 1TB of HDD storage space. Ideal for gamers, its 4-in-1 remote control can be used as a controller for driving games, and there’s a Voice over IP (VoIP) handset, wireless mouse, media remote and a CamSuite for controlling the webcam’s focus and special effects.
On top of its six-strong new lineup, Lenovo announced that its IdeaPad U350 can now be purchased in a “brown lizard print, white lamb skin print and red light weave” for $649. Additionally, it has given its S10-2 netbook a visual lift and is now offering it in, according to Lenovo, “pop art, violet floral, red floral, green floral, phoenix, garden, sailing and origami” designs for $349.
Recession Continues to Take Its Toll on the Market, Even Server Virtualization, Although There Are Signs of Recovery as Customer Adoption Expands, Acc
According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Virtualization Tracker, 16.5% of all new servers shipped in the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09) were virtualized, an increase from 14.5% in 2Q08. However, actual shipments decreased 21.0% year over year to 246,000 physical servers in 2Q09 as customers continue to limit spending on new server hardware relative to last year. Similarly, worldwide virtualization software revenue declined 18.7% year over year in 2Q09 to $344 million. Virtualization licenses did grow quarter over quarter in 2Q09. The server virtualization market continues to shift towards the use of paid hypervisors, with paid virtualization software now running on 60.8% of all new server hardware shipments virtualized in 2Q09, an increase over 57.2% in 2Q08.
"In the second quarter, IDC observed a number of signs indicating that stability is beginning to take hold in the worldwide server market," said Matt Eastwood, group vice president of Enterprise Platforms at IDC. "The worldwide server installed base has aged significantly and virtual machine densities on these systems have increased sharply over the past year. As a result, the market is poised for the beginning of a significant infrastructure refresh cycle in the months ahead. IDC believes that virtualization will be a cornerstone technology as medium and large enterprise organizations around the globe accelerate the need for more dynamic and converged infrastructure designed to support the business needs of the next economic cycle."
Server Virtualization Maturity Signals Changing Behaviors and Buying Intentions
“Server virtualization has forever changed how customers manage their datacenters,” said Michelle Bailey, research vice president of Datacenter Trends at IDC. “'Virtualization First’ is now the default approach for new server deployments at most enterprise IT organizations and is quickly becoming the foundational platform for cloud computing initiatives among service providers. Additionally, growth in emerging regions is accelerating as the economic downturn limits the ability of organizations to raise capital. The next phase in virtualization will require a reinvention of IT policies and procedures and continued adoption of automation tools will be key as virtual machine densities rise and customers find themselves facing virtual server sprawl issues.”
Overall New Server Shipments Virtualized Market Standings, by Vendor
Hewlett-Packard held onto the number 1 spot for worldwide new server shipments virtualized with 36% market share. HP's shipments declined 18% year over year in 2Q09 but grew 1% sequentially. These results were driven primarily by its x86 Proliant server business. Dell continues to distance itself from the remainder of the field as the number 2 vendor with its market share growing 9% over 1Q09. Dell’s relatively strong performance was driven by growth of Intel-based x86 servers in a weak market. IBM remained in the third position with 15% market share. IBM achieved 14% sequential growth driven by a solid performance from its converged System p and x86-based servers.
x86 Virtualization License Market Standings, by Virtualization Platform
VMware continues to hold the number 1 (VMware ESX) and number 2 (VMware Server) virtualization platforms despite revenues declining 22% year over year. This was slightly more than the decline of 21% in total x86 virtualization licenses. Microsoft saw its virtualization license shipments decline 16% year over year, due to the continued depreciation of Virtual Server 2005. However, Hyper-V showed a sharp increase of 54%, one year after its official launch and entrenching itself into 4th place while it cannibalizes itself into the number 3 position, past Virtual Server 2005. Parallels Virtuozzo rounds out the top 5 with license shipments declining 36% year over year. Citrix XenServer showed the largest increase, growing 108% year over year due to the company changing its business model and offering the product for free with certain management functionality. It’s a bold seeding strategy that will see market share gains, but will take some time, if ever, to monetize.
“Despite economic worries, we are seeing the continued increase of paid virtualization platforms, as it now accounts for more than 60% of all x86 virtualization license shipments,” said Brett Waldman, research analyst for System Software at IDC. “This is due to the maturation of virtualization deployments and the need for greater control with higher quality, fine grained management tools as IT departments continue to strive towards internal cloud computing environments.”
IDC's Server Virtualization Taxonomy
Virtualization licenses represents the amount of virtualization platform shipments for a given vendor in a given quarter. New server shipments virtualized maps the amount of virtualization platforms shipments that are sold directly by the hardware vendors. Virtualized server revenue represents the hardware revenue of new server shipments virtualized. Virtualization software revenue represents the software revenue associated with virtualization platform sales.
IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Virtualization Tracker is a quantitative tool for analyzing the global server market on a quarterly basis. The Tracker includes quarterly virtualization license shipments, new server shipments virtualized, virtualized server revenue and virtualization software revenue, segmented by region, cpu type, vendor, form factor, sockets, virtualization platform, and primary guest operating system. For more information, please contact Hoang Nguyen at 508-935-4718 or hnguyen@idc.com.
"In the second quarter, IDC observed a number of signs indicating that stability is beginning to take hold in the worldwide server market," said Matt Eastwood, group vice president of Enterprise Platforms at IDC. "The worldwide server installed base has aged significantly and virtual machine densities on these systems have increased sharply over the past year. As a result, the market is poised for the beginning of a significant infrastructure refresh cycle in the months ahead. IDC believes that virtualization will be a cornerstone technology as medium and large enterprise organizations around the globe accelerate the need for more dynamic and converged infrastructure designed to support the business needs of the next economic cycle."
Server Virtualization Maturity Signals Changing Behaviors and Buying Intentions
“Server virtualization has forever changed how customers manage their datacenters,” said Michelle Bailey, research vice president of Datacenter Trends at IDC. “'Virtualization First’ is now the default approach for new server deployments at most enterprise IT organizations and is quickly becoming the foundational platform for cloud computing initiatives among service providers. Additionally, growth in emerging regions is accelerating as the economic downturn limits the ability of organizations to raise capital. The next phase in virtualization will require a reinvention of IT policies and procedures and continued adoption of automation tools will be key as virtual machine densities rise and customers find themselves facing virtual server sprawl issues.”
Overall New Server Shipments Virtualized Market Standings, by Vendor
Hewlett-Packard held onto the number 1 spot for worldwide new server shipments virtualized with 36% market share. HP's shipments declined 18% year over year in 2Q09 but grew 1% sequentially. These results were driven primarily by its x86 Proliant server business. Dell continues to distance itself from the remainder of the field as the number 2 vendor with its market share growing 9% over 1Q09. Dell’s relatively strong performance was driven by growth of Intel-based x86 servers in a weak market. IBM remained in the third position with 15% market share. IBM achieved 14% sequential growth driven by a solid performance from its converged System p and x86-based servers.
x86 Virtualization License Market Standings, by Virtualization Platform
VMware continues to hold the number 1 (VMware ESX) and number 2 (VMware Server) virtualization platforms despite revenues declining 22% year over year. This was slightly more than the decline of 21% in total x86 virtualization licenses. Microsoft saw its virtualization license shipments decline 16% year over year, due to the continued depreciation of Virtual Server 2005. However, Hyper-V showed a sharp increase of 54%, one year after its official launch and entrenching itself into 4th place while it cannibalizes itself into the number 3 position, past Virtual Server 2005. Parallels Virtuozzo rounds out the top 5 with license shipments declining 36% year over year. Citrix XenServer showed the largest increase, growing 108% year over year due to the company changing its business model and offering the product for free with certain management functionality. It’s a bold seeding strategy that will see market share gains, but will take some time, if ever, to monetize.
“Despite economic worries, we are seeing the continued increase of paid virtualization platforms, as it now accounts for more than 60% of all x86 virtualization license shipments,” said Brett Waldman, research analyst for System Software at IDC. “This is due to the maturation of virtualization deployments and the need for greater control with higher quality, fine grained management tools as IT departments continue to strive towards internal cloud computing environments.”
IDC's Server Virtualization Taxonomy
Virtualization licenses represents the amount of virtualization platform shipments for a given vendor in a given quarter. New server shipments virtualized maps the amount of virtualization platforms shipments that are sold directly by the hardware vendors. Virtualized server revenue represents the hardware revenue of new server shipments virtualized. Virtualization software revenue represents the software revenue associated with virtualization platform sales.
IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Virtualization Tracker is a quantitative tool for analyzing the global server market on a quarterly basis. The Tracker includes quarterly virtualization license shipments, new server shipments virtualized, virtualized server revenue and virtualization software revenue, segmented by region, cpu type, vendor, form factor, sockets, virtualization platform, and primary guest operating system. For more information, please contact Hoang Nguyen at 508-935-4718 or hnguyen@idc.com.
Liquidware Labs Launches Stratusphere 4.5 - Providing Support for VMware View 4, Citrix XenDesktop and Windows 7
Liquidware Labs Inc. (LWL), the leader in User Experience Management for next generation desktops, today announced the availability of version 4.5 of its’ flagship product, Stratusphere, and the award of its’ fourth patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
LWL is seeing a huge upsurge in the deployments of virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) and hosted virtual desktops (HVD) based on its award-winning assessment and service level assurance solution Stratusphere. The latest 4.5 version includes significant feature enhancements to enable businesses to thoroughly understand what they have, what they’re using, and what they need to move to VDI; including:
• Support for VMware View 4, Citrix XenDesktop 4, Microsoft Windows® 7
• Integration of ProfileUnity in the Stratusphere Hub – LWL’s profile management and user configuration solution
• New and powerful assessment and diagnostic dashboards
• Query driven analytic reports, trend analysis and capacity planning
• Correlation of user, desktop OS and VMware ESX Server performance metrics
• Plug-in to allow dynamic query from within Excel (or any other 3rd party tool that supports ODBC)
• Publically available evaluation download
“Many of the largest, next generation VDI deployments include Stratusphere as part of the solution to drive the most optimal user experience and guarantee service level assurances. We continue to provide superior levels of granularity in our Stratusphere product to allow organizations to assess and diagnose both their physical and virtual desktop environments alike. Stratusphere allows you to “right-size” your infrastructure for VDI and next generation desktop designs – both from the user and application perspective – bringing cost-savings to organizations and serious productivity gains to users,” commented Jason E. Smith, vice president product marketing, LWL. “Combined with our latest patent, we continue to innovate in the VDI/HVD space.”
The latest patent awarded to LWL from the US Patent Office (number 7,591,001 issued September 15th) covers LWL’s innovation that embeds the health status of a Connector ID™ key enabled machine into each packet. This health status is established by comparing the existing configuration, usage or performance of the Connector ID enabled machines (either physical or virtual) to previously defined IT policies. Stratusphere can provide real-time audits of the health status of these machines using the network, along with controlling how machines connect to the network or to specific servers and applications based on their health status.
LWL is seeing a huge upsurge in the deployments of virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) and hosted virtual desktops (HVD) based on its award-winning assessment and service level assurance solution Stratusphere. The latest 4.5 version includes significant feature enhancements to enable businesses to thoroughly understand what they have, what they’re using, and what they need to move to VDI; including:
• Support for VMware View 4, Citrix XenDesktop 4, Microsoft Windows® 7
• Integration of ProfileUnity in the Stratusphere Hub – LWL’s profile management and user configuration solution
• New and powerful assessment and diagnostic dashboards
• Query driven analytic reports, trend analysis and capacity planning
• Correlation of user, desktop OS and VMware ESX Server performance metrics
• Plug-in to allow dynamic query from within Excel (or any other 3rd party tool that supports ODBC)
• Publically available evaluation download
“Many of the largest, next generation VDI deployments include Stratusphere as part of the solution to drive the most optimal user experience and guarantee service level assurances. We continue to provide superior levels of granularity in our Stratusphere product to allow organizations to assess and diagnose both their physical and virtual desktop environments alike. Stratusphere allows you to “right-size” your infrastructure for VDI and next generation desktop designs – both from the user and application perspective – bringing cost-savings to organizations and serious productivity gains to users,” commented Jason E. Smith, vice president product marketing, LWL. “Combined with our latest patent, we continue to innovate in the VDI/HVD space.”
The latest patent awarded to LWL from the US Patent Office (number 7,591,001 issued September 15th) covers LWL’s innovation that embeds the health status of a Connector ID™ key enabled machine into each packet. This health status is established by comparing the existing configuration, usage or performance of the Connector ID enabled machines (either physical or virtual) to previously defined IT policies. Stratusphere can provide real-time audits of the health status of these machines using the network, along with controlling how machines connect to the network or to specific servers and applications based on their health status.
Certeon Adds Future Com as a Strategic Reseller of Its aCelera Virtual Appliance for WAN Optimization
optimization and application acceleration, today announces it has added Future Com as a reseller of Certeon’s aCelera Virtual Appliance. Future Com is a supported provider of network security solutions, representing customized best fit solutions to suit any of today’s networking needs.
Future Com is committed to providing clients with high performance, cost-effective and flexible networking solutions. Adding aCelera to its wide array of networking solutions was a direct response to customer requests. As a software-based solution for WAN optimization, aCelera provides Future Com customers with the level of flexibility and scalability demanded in today’s virtual environment.
aCelera virtual appliance software products are the perfect union of virtualization and application acceleration technology, providing businesses with performance, scalability, and easy management. By utilizing aCelera, Future Com customers will be able to maximize application acceleration for all traffic with performance enhancements for mission-critical applications and business continuity environments, improving network bandwidth optimization and performance by more than 95 percent. When compared to proprietary hardware appliances, aCelera software saves IT departments up to 60 percent in capital and operations costs.
“At Future Com, we pride ourselves on listening to our customers and doing all that we can to provide a solution that directly meets their needs,” states Douglas Hollenshead, CEO & President, Future Com. “Following several requests, we looked to Certeon to help Future Com deliver top quality application acceleration, and with aCelera, our customers can experience a solution that makes better use of their current resources and ensures the highest returns for their IT networking investments.”
“Our commitment to embracing the move to virtualization and developing cost-effective and innovative products complements Future Com’s vision of delivering value-added business solutions to their customers,” states Peter Dougherty, Co-founder and President, Certeon Inc. “Our aCelera virtual appliance enables Future Com’s customers to take advantage of their current resources without any heavy proprietary hardware upgrades.”
Certeon was the first vendor to introduce a truly virtualized WAN optimization and application acceleration solution. Certeon’s aCelera virtual appliance software enables the reduction in remote application response time, increased scalability, and lower IT costs. Certeon’s newly introduced aCelera Sync software is the industry’s first virtual appliance that also dramatically accelerates disaster recovery for the business continuity market, without requiring costly proprietary hardware appliances.
Future Com is committed to providing clients with high performance, cost-effective and flexible networking solutions. Adding aCelera to its wide array of networking solutions was a direct response to customer requests. As a software-based solution for WAN optimization, aCelera provides Future Com customers with the level of flexibility and scalability demanded in today’s virtual environment.
aCelera virtual appliance software products are the perfect union of virtualization and application acceleration technology, providing businesses with performance, scalability, and easy management. By utilizing aCelera, Future Com customers will be able to maximize application acceleration for all traffic with performance enhancements for mission-critical applications and business continuity environments, improving network bandwidth optimization and performance by more than 95 percent. When compared to proprietary hardware appliances, aCelera software saves IT departments up to 60 percent in capital and operations costs.
“At Future Com, we pride ourselves on listening to our customers and doing all that we can to provide a solution that directly meets their needs,” states Douglas Hollenshead, CEO & President, Future Com. “Following several requests, we looked to Certeon to help Future Com deliver top quality application acceleration, and with aCelera, our customers can experience a solution that makes better use of their current resources and ensures the highest returns for their IT networking investments.”
“Our commitment to embracing the move to virtualization and developing cost-effective and innovative products complements Future Com’s vision of delivering value-added business solutions to their customers,” states Peter Dougherty, Co-founder and President, Certeon Inc. “Our aCelera virtual appliance enables Future Com’s customers to take advantage of their current resources without any heavy proprietary hardware upgrades.”
Certeon was the first vendor to introduce a truly virtualized WAN optimization and application acceleration solution. Certeon’s aCelera virtual appliance software enables the reduction in remote application response time, increased scalability, and lower IT costs. Certeon’s newly introduced aCelera Sync software is the industry’s first virtual appliance that also dramatically accelerates disaster recovery for the business continuity market, without requiring costly proprietary hardware appliances.
Mellanox Advances IBM Networking Solutions with 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Cards
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end connectivity solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced its ConnectX® EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter cards are now available directly from IBM for the company’s IBM System Cluster 1350™ and iDataPlex systems. With industry-leading performance, power efficiency, integration and feature-set, ConnectX-enabled servers and storage systems provide an optimized solution for high-transaction databases, financial services, cloud computing and virtualized server and storage data center environments.
“Mellanox is pleased to provide its leading ConnectX EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet solutions through IBM, to enable IT managers with the most efficient, flexible and high-performance Ethernet solution,” said John Monson, vice president of marketing at Mellanox Technologies. “The combination of Mellanox’s ConnectX EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters and IBM System Cluster 1350 and iDataPlex systems enables end-users to improve their business results while reducing data center infrastructure power and to maximize their return on investment.”
“Customers in a broad range of enterprise computing environments, with applications such as database clusters, grid systems, cloud computing and server virtualization are working with ever more complex data sets requiring 10 Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth,” said Alex Yost, vice president, IBM Systems & Technology Group. “Mellanox 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters provide our customers with a solution that effectively scales and provides the high efficiency required for green and cloud computing.”
Mellanox’s ConnectX EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters provide the required flexibility and efficiency to enable true I/O consolidation for virtualized and enterprise data centers. ConnectX EN provides line rate and very low-latency and supports all the stateless offload features, virtualization accelerations, Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Mellanox ConnectX EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters support a broad array of major operating systems including Windows, Linux, VMware ESX 4.0, Citrix XenServer and FreeBSD.
Availability
Mellanox ConnectX EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are available today through the IBM website at www.ibm.com.
“Mellanox is pleased to provide its leading ConnectX EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet solutions through IBM, to enable IT managers with the most efficient, flexible and high-performance Ethernet solution,” said John Monson, vice president of marketing at Mellanox Technologies. “The combination of Mellanox’s ConnectX EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters and IBM System Cluster 1350 and iDataPlex systems enables end-users to improve their business results while reducing data center infrastructure power and to maximize their return on investment.”
“Customers in a broad range of enterprise computing environments, with applications such as database clusters, grid systems, cloud computing and server virtualization are working with ever more complex data sets requiring 10 Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth,” said Alex Yost, vice president, IBM Systems & Technology Group. “Mellanox 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters provide our customers with a solution that effectively scales and provides the high efficiency required for green and cloud computing.”
Mellanox’s ConnectX EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters provide the required flexibility and efficiency to enable true I/O consolidation for virtualized and enterprise data centers. ConnectX EN provides line rate and very low-latency and supports all the stateless offload features, virtualization accelerations, Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Mellanox ConnectX EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters support a broad array of major operating systems including Windows, Linux, VMware ESX 4.0, Citrix XenServer and FreeBSD.
Availability
Mellanox ConnectX EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are available today through the IBM website at www.ibm.com.
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