Dell deploys its latest blade server at Higher Colleges of Technology

The PowerEdge M-Series was designed from the ground up using Dell Energy Smart technologies, resulting in 30 industry patents, to help customers simplify information technology and better address mounting environmental challenges in their data centers.

'Students at Higher Colleges learn using the most up-to-date information and communications technology. The installation of Dell's leading-edge blade server technology once again confirms HCT's reputation as an early adopter of technology in education,'

says Dr. Tayeb Kamali, Vice Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology.

With more than 16,000 students, the Higher Colleges of Technology is one of the largest, most progressive and innovative places of higher learning in the United Arab Emirates. HCT believes in deploying the latest, ground-breaking and creative advanced teaching and learning techniques to help students graduate with the skills they need to meet the challenges of today's global environment.

Dell is committed to simplifying IT by reducing costs and complexity for customers such as HCT. Michael Collins, General Manager, Dell Middle East, says:

'HCT was very impressed by our ability to deliver products and services that would help them achieve their goals. HCT chose Dell because of our unique ability to deliver the computer performance they need while lowering their overall power consumption and reducing data center complexity and server sprawl.'

Built on Dell's Energy Smart technologies, the PowerEdge M-Series reduces power and cooling costs while increasing server capacity. It enables customers to consolidate their data center operations and improve utilization without sacrificing performance. The M-Series also provides lead-free configurations, delivering a 'green IT' solution that will further help HCT minimize their environmental impact.

The PowerEdge M1000e, a 10U-sized enclosure, supports 16 blade servers. It is optimized for Dell's PowerEdge M600 and M605 blade servers and supports up to two quad-core Intel Xeon and quad-core AMD Opteron processors, respectively, thus making the server systems an ideal choice for all data demanding organizations.

Today, Dell is the only blade server vendor offering Flex I/O technology, helping to protect and maximize a customer's server investment by eliminating the need for wasteful 'rip-and-replace' upgrades. With Flex I/O switch technology, M-Series customers can efficiently design a networked blade environment that best meets their infrastructure requirements today, and easily and cost effectively add or modify network stacking and uplink capabilities as technology or business needs change.