Acer to support Oman partners at COMEX 2007

The show, which is the country's leading IT exhibition, will take place 22-26 March.

"Acer has always considered Oman to be a growth market in the region, and we are proud to lend our support to this fine event after several years of constructive participation," said Krishna Murthy, General Manager of Acer Middle East.

In related news, Acer has launched its Altos R520 server, a high-density, high-performance, easily-scalable 1U rack-mount solution.

To minimize TCO and improve manageability the Acer Altos R520 comes equipped with two software suites - Acer Easybuild and Advanced Server Manager 7.1 - that simplify installation and set-up also providing performance and critical event management and remote console services to network administrators. These components make a dramatic difference to enterprise IT expenses by making the Altos R520 simple and efficient to manage.

High-density servers are becoming increasingly attractive to businesses and enterprises of all sizes looking to rationalize their existing Data Centre space in a project that boosts its capacity and performance without increasing floor space. However, before going ahead with such projects companies need to confirm that the existing infrastructure is able to meet the increased demands of a high-density solution, namely power and cooling. The Altos R520 features a comparatively low-demand power supply and intelligently designed cooling system making it ideal for easy deployment in a wide a range of environments.

Acer Altos R520

The Acer Altos R520 is designed with all the performance a fast paced, fast growing front-end and single-function application needs in a 1U server. The 1U size and the 2-way processor capability provide the customers with a highly available, rack-optimized solution for single function and front-end applications.

Exceptional price performance

Designed to match budget and application requirements, the new series is equipped with dual high-speed Intel Xeon processors supporting the Intel Extended Memory 64 (Intel EM64T) and Intel Dual Core technologies, meaning that high performance rack optimized application servers are already compatible with upcoming native 64-bit operating systems and applications.

The Altos R520 delivers the same levels of performance as a flexible stand-alone server: it supports up to 8 DIMM DDRII system memory, expandable up to 32GB to protect and power your investment, a choice of PCI-Express or PCI-X expansion slots and serial-attached SCSI technology that drives storage performance to 3GB/s per channel.

Rack optimized

The Acer Altos R520 is a rack optimised solution, which will integrate smoothly into any standards based computing environment. When you're adding an Acer Altos R520 server to your existing network, you can do so with confidence, knowing that your server is built using proven Acer and Intel technologies. Acer also offers a full range of Acer Altos rack equipment, which is designed for highest serviceability and optimum manageability.

Easy to install and manage

The complete Acer Altos range comes equipped with Acer Easybuild, a software suite that simplifies installation and set-up thanks to an intuitive user interface that provides an easy-to-follow process to configure the system. The Altos R520 also includes ASM 7.1 software (Advanced Server Manager) that makes comprehensive systems management easy by providing performance and critical event management and remote console services to network administrators.