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Press Release

SoftLayerTM First to Offer Next Generation Intel® Processors

Xeon® 5500 Series Servers Feature New Nehalem Microarchitecture

Dallas—April 6, 2009—SoftLayer Technologies today announced it is the first hosting service provider to offer servers featuring new Intel® Xeon® 5500 processors, built with Intel’s Nehalem microarchitecture. The new line of processors provides up to 125% higher compute performance over the prior generation while maintaining similar power consumption. The processors also offer up to two times more virtualization performance, allowing more virtual machines per physical server.

Intel designed the Nehalem microarchitecture from the ground up to capitalize on all the advantages of their industry-leading 45-nanometer Hi-k metal gate silicon technology. Advantages of the microarchitecture include:

  • Dynamically managed cores, threads, cache, interfaces, and power
  • Simultaneous multi-threading (SMT), enabling more energy efficiency while increasing multi-threaded workload performance
  • Innovative extensions to the Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 (SSE4) that enhance XML, string, and text processing performance
  • Superior multi-level cache, including an inclusive shared L3 cache
  • New high-end system architecture that delivers from two to three times more peak bandwidth and up to four times more realized bandwidth (depending on configuration) as compared to today’s Intel Xeon processors
  • Performance-enhanced dynamic power management

“Intel collaborated with SoftLayer to offer leading-edge technology for on-demand data center services and technology innovation to its customers,” said Jason Waxman, General Manager of High Density Computing at Intel. “We are pleased that Intel’s next generation microarchitecture in the Xeon 5500 series servers will provide breakthrough virtualization performance and enterprise class features to meet SoftLayer’s growing industry demand.”

“SoftLayer is excited to lead the industry in offering this new line from Intel,” said Lance Crosby, SoftLayer Chief Executive Officer. “We constantly strive to offer our customers the most advanced server technology and with the introduction of Intel’s Xeon 5500 series, we will be able to provide some of the most efficient solutions in the marketplace.”

 

About SoftLayer Technologies

Headquartered in Dallas, SoftLayer is the innovation leader in Cloud, Dedicated, and Managed Hosting, and the largest private hosting company in the world. SoftLayer provides cloud, dedicated, and seamlessly integrated computing environments, with world-class data centers in Dallas, Houston, San Jose, Seattle, and Washington D.C., and network Points of Presence nationwide. The company integrates and automates all elements of its platform, empowering enterprises of any size with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management via a leading Customer Portal and Open API. For more information, please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

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2009 Press Releases

2009.12.02   SoftLayer™ Continues Data Center Expansion
2009.10.19   SoftLayer™ Introduces Private Cloud Services
2009.10.13   SoftLayer™ Success Continues Growing
2009.10.07   SoftLayer™ Introduces New Intel® Xeon® Processors
2009.10.05   SoftLayer™ Introduces Bare Metal Cloud™
2009.09.30   DH Capital Announces Closing of $20,000,000 Financing for SoftlayerTM, A Leading Provider of Global, On-Demand Virtual Data Center and Hosting Services
2009.09.29   SoftLayer™ Introduces Citrix© NetScaler© VPX
2009.09.24   SoftLayer™ Joins Microsoft© WebsiteSpark™ Program
2009.09.04   SoftLayerTM Wins 2009 One-Year Fast Tech Award
2009.08.24   SoftLayerTM Launches EVaultTM Bare Metal Restores
2009.08.17   VeriSign® and SoftLayerTM Partnership Brings SSL Protection to Data Center and Web Hosting Customers
2009.08.10   SoftLayerTM Extends API to Manage Cloud Services
2009.08.03   SoftLayerTM Launches Parallels® Panel for CloudLayer Computing
2009.07.21   SoftLayerTM Increases Network Connections
2009.07.13   SoftLayerTM Provides Infrastructure to Stream Jackson Memorial Service
2009.07.07   SoftLayerTM Positioned in the Niche Players Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure Services
2009.06.08   SoftLayerTM Extends Cloud Services Features
2009.05.18   SoftLayerTM Joins Microsoft Hosting BizSparkTM Program
2009.05.13   Mezeo Helps Launch SoftLayer’s CloudLayer Storage Solution
2009.05.11   SoftLayer Launches CloudLayerTM Computing
2009.05.04   SoftLayer Launches CloudLayerTM Line of Cloud Services
2009.04.21   SoftLayerTM Completes Additional Network Upgrades
2009.04.06   SoftLayerTM First to Offer Next Generation Intel® Processors
2009.04.01   SoftLayerTM Offers Free Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0 with Dedicated Server Offering
2009.03.27   SoftLayerTM Introduces Value Server Sales Channel
2009.03.17   Adaptec Wins ChannelWeb and Business Solutions Magazine Awards for Storage Industry Channel Excellence
2009.03.16   SoftLayerTM Awarded for Environmental Accomplishment
2009.03.10   Mezeo Software Appoints IT Hosting Industry Veteran Gray Hall Chairman of Board of Directors, Unveils Cloud Storage Solutions for IT Service Providers
2009.03.09   SoftLayerTM Certifies Safe Harbor Compliance
2009.03.02   SoftLayerTM Introduces Solid State Drive Offering
2009.02.23   New Citrix® XenServerTM Release Makes Enterprise-Class, Cloud-Proven Virtualization Free for Everyone
2009.02.17   Mezeo Software Announces the Availability of a BlackBerry® Smartphone Application to its Online File Storage, Sharing and Collaboration Solution for Service Providers
2009.02.17   SoftLayer CDNLayerTM Grows Even Stronger
2009.02.02   SoftLayerTM Offers SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2009.01.21   SoftLayerTM Provides IPv6 Support