Irving, TX, April 6, 2011

• Express5800/A1080a servers from NEC with support for the Intel® Xeon® processor E7 architecture provide optimal investment protection, reliability and scalability.
• Express5800/A1080a from NEC with the Intel Xeon processor E7-8800 family offers high reliability, especially in high-load SQL and virtual machine environments, where memory downtime can be most costly.
• Enterprise NEC servers with the Intel Xeon processor E7-8800 family are available for field upgrades.
• Base enhancements to NEC servers include increased speed, workload performance, reliability, memory and security all with lower power consumption via support of LV-DIMM and Intel’s 7512 Scalable Memory Buffer.

NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced communications, networking and IT solutions, today announced support for the Intel® Xeon® processor E7 architecture. NEC Express5800/A1080a server provides exceptional reliability, speed, performance and security exploiting the inherent functionality of the Intel Xeon processor E7 family. NEC is accepting orders for field upgrades of the Express5800/A1080a to the E7-8800 family immediately.

"Intel welcomes NEC’s announcement of the Express5800/A1080a series with support for Intel® Xeon® processor E7 architecture," said Boyd Davis, VP and GM of Intel’s Data Center Group Marketing. "We’re excited to see NEC’s continued support of the enhanced speed and reliability now available with the Intel Xeon processor E7 family. The NEC Express5800/A1080a is a compelling complement to NEC’s portfolio of mission critical systems. As a long-standing partner, NEC continues to help us deliver the performance, scalability and reliability required for the most demanding enterprise applications, large-scale server consolidation and database environments."

With the latest support for Intel Xeon processor E7 architecture, Express5800/A1080a server can accommodate up to two terabytes (TB) of memory and 160 threads with modular in-box partitioning in an innovative single 7U chassis. Whether for memory hungry SQL environments, virtualization solutions, compute-intensive databases, analytic requirements or high-availability for sensitive business and industrial applications, IT managers have the flexibility to scale and configure the new Express5800/A1080a server specifically for their unique datacenter requirements.

"NEC always strives to incorporate supercomputer and mainframe-inspired features into the Express5800 server series, the industry’s highest quality and most reliable solutions for mission-critical computing on Intel-based platforms," said Mike Mitsch, director, IT Platform, NEC Corporation of America. "The Express5800/A1080a server with support for the Intel Xeon processor E7 architecture is designed to increase speed, workload performance, reliability and security with higher memory and less energy consumption than ever before."

The Express5800/A1080a server also represents exceptional value. Designed to be less costly than two discreet servers, this latest generation of NEC Intel-based enterprise servers can save businesses valuable rack space and power due to the advanced partitioning and power cooling technology.

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A propos de NEC IT Platform Solutions

NEC IT Platform Solutions provides businesses with servers, storage, software and virtualized desktops that enable its customers to maximize business efficiency and performance and improve profitability. It works with its customers to deliver tailored, innovative solutions from a broad portfolio of products and solutions with short ROI and lower TCO.

For example, NEC’s green, virtualized servers and desktops provide the resilience and flexibility necessary for successful and agile enterprises. In addition, NEC IT Platform Solutions provides enhanced high availability solutions such as the NEC Fault Tolerant Servers and NEC Express Cluster Software.
NEC IT Platform Solutions has its global headquarters in Paris, France for the EMEA region and works in conjunction with NEC’s businesses worldwide.
For more information, visit www.nec-itplatform.com

About NEC Corporation of America

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, NEC Corporation of America is a leading provider of innovative IT, network and communications products and solutions for service carriers, Fortune 1000 and SMB businesses across multiple vertical industries, including Healthcare, Government, Education and Hospitality. NEC Corporation of America delivers one of the industry’s broadest portfolios of technology solutions and professional services, including unified communications, wireless, voice and data, managed services, server and storage infrastructure, optical network systems, microwave radio communications and biometric security. NEC Corporation of America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a global technology leader with operations in 30 countries and more than $38.5 billion in revenues.

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