In an attempt to go against Intel's Nehalem processors, AMD announced availability of the world’s first six-core server processor with Direct Connect Architecture for two-, four- and eight-socket servers. Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors (code-named “Istanbul”) extend AMD’s commitment to offering server customers superior value at every price point with unmatched platform flexibility.

HP launched the HP Extreme Scale-Out (ExSO) portfolio designed to deliver a new magnitude of cost and resource savings for businesses involved in Web 2.0, cloud and high-performance computing.

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Hitachi Server Group unveiled BladeSymphony® 2000, its new high-end, enterprise-class blade server, together with major enhancements and new blades for its mid-range BladeSymphony® 320 system. For organizations that are interested in consolidating infrastructure, optimizing workloads, and reducing the cost, risk, and complexity of IT, today’s announcement represents a significant advance.

FastScale Technology announced the introduction of FastScale Stack Manager™ Workgroup Edition, a new product that enables enterprise IT and engineering teams to easily create, optimize and manage logical servers for deployment in physical, virtual or cloud environments. Logical servers enable a ‘build once, deploy anywhere’ methodology to support complex, dynamic and hybrid server infrastructure and allow a consistent approach to creating and managing physical and virtual machines throughout server lifecycles.