Dell Provides Infrastructure for Microsoft's New Cloud Computing Platform

-- Dell Provides Hardware and Services for Windows(R) Azure(TM)

-- Dell Custom-Designed Infrastructure Enables Microsoft to Speed Deployment, Maximize Energy Efficiency and Minimize TCO

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) today announced that Microsoft Corp. is working with Dell's Data Center Solutions (DCS) division to build-out and power Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers.

    The News:

    --  Microsoft is working with Dell's Data Center Solutions (DCS)
        division to build-out and power Windows Azure, Microsoft's
        cloud services operating system hosted in Microsoft data
        centers. Dell developed highly-customized server platforms for
        Microsoft tailored to their physical facility, operating
        processes and application workload:

        --  Dell's supply-chain expertise and manufacturing
            infrastructure enables the fast delivery of custom-built,
            fully-configured rack solutions to support the rapid
            growth of Windows Azure.

        --  Global scale, data center planning and deployment
            expertise and customized services enable Microsoft to
            speed deployment, maximize energy efficiency and minimize
            total cost of ownership.

    Quotes:

    --  "Hyper-scale computing environments - where infrastructure
        deployments are measured by up to millions of servers, storage
        and networking equipment - are changing the way organizations
        are thinking about their data center requirements," said Brad
        Anderson, senior vice president, Dell's Business Product
        Group.

    --  "Today's announcement is another example of Dell's innovative
        approach of working with customers to design and build an
        infrastructure fully optimized for their hyper-scale computing
        environments," said Forrest Norrod, vice president and general
        manager of Dell's Data Center Solutions Division.

    Additional Information:

    Dell Cloud Computing Solutions

    Dell Cloud Optimized Solutions

    Dell's Designed-to-order Hardware

    Dell DCS Project Management

    Dell DCS Custom Services

    Dell's In The Clouds Blog

    Windows Azure

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Source: Dell Inc.

Released October 27, 2008