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Press Release

SoftLayer™ Introduces New Intel® Xeon® Processors

First Data Center Service Provider to Market with 3450 and 3460 Processors

Dallas—October 7, 2009—SoftLayer Technologies™ today announced the availability of servers with new Intel® Xeon® 3450 and Intel Xeon 3460 processors. SoftLayer is the first data center service provider to offer customers these powerful new processors, built with the chip manufacturer’s leading Nehalem microarchitecture.

The 3400 series processors and chipsets deliver dependability, productivity, and outstanding performance, and are designed to improve the productivity of most server applications. Additional benefits include:

  • Flexible memory configurations
  • Power-saving architecture
  • Improved virtualization experience
  • Intel turbo boost technology

“We’re once again proud to be the first to market with the server grade version of Intel’s newest chips,” said Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer, SoftLayer. “It’s vital to us that we offer customers the latest technology, so that we can help them stay on the leading edge of performance and better achieve their business objectives. These processors are standout options with exceptional advantages.”

 

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.

Contact:
Nathan Huey
972.755.3206
nathan@belmonticehouse.com

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