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SAN FRANCISCO -- Nov. 12, 2007 The Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) R900, the company's highest performing server ever on SPECjbb testing, and other enhancements to the PowerEdge server lineup were introduced here today at Oracle OpenWorld. The new servers will be available to order worldwide before the end of November. For more information, visit http://www.dell.com/poweredge.

The four-socket, 4U server was designed from the ground up for running critical enterprise databases and applications. The PowerEdge R900 also is ideal for virtualized environments with enhanced expandability, memory and the latest Intel(R) Xeon(R) quad-core processors. The Dell PowerEdge R900 can deliver unmatched database performance running Oracle Database 10g Release 2, topping SPECjAppServer2004 results from Sun and Hewlett-Packard for 2-node servers(1). With the highest SPECjbb2005 scores of any 4-socket server in the industry, the PowerEdge R900 can also deliver industry-leading server performance for general computing(2).

With the PowerEdge R900, Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) continues to reduce information-technology complexity and provide relevant solutions for enterprise environments with the industry's first in-line firmware updates. With new Dell PowerEdge servers, customers are no longer forced to take hard drives off-line and then flash new firmware because updates are delivered in-line in seconds.

The R900 provides an energy-efficient solution with the power to process the most demanding enterprise applications, including:

-- Standards-based power monitoring capabilities for controlling power consumption and energy-related expenses;

-- Strengthened security with the new Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and other features for protecting critical information; and

-- Enhanced systems management through Dell OpenManage 5.3, providing customers with greater, more simplified control of data centers and virtual environments.

In addition to the R900, Dell has furthered its commitment to server performance and energy efficiency with updated versions of the PowerEdge 1950, 2950 and 2900. By enhancing the company's most popular servers, Dell is helping customers decrease complexity by reducing energy costs, running software faster and deploying and managing servers more easily and securely through a variety of simplifying features including:

-- Increased processor capability and improved performance using new Intel Xeon 5400 series processors, which have been shown to run Java business applications up to 20 percent faster than the same server with an Intel Xeon 5300 series processor(3);

-- Optimized energy consumption leveraging standards-based power monitoring capabilities to further help reduce their already low energy consumption;

-- Support for PMBus, iSCSI boot, and 10 gigabit Ethernet technology standards; and

-- A variety of security features permit easier protection of critical information.

Additionally, two new PowerEdge servers - The PowerEdge R200 and PowerEdge T105 - will help customers of all sizes simplify server environments. For example, the Dell PowerEdge R200 is a rack-dense server designed to meet network infrastructure computing needs. The Dell PowerEdge T105 is an entry-level one-socket tower model designed for small businesses, and is ideal for e-mail, Web and file/print services for a small workgroup or as a dedicated application server.

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(1) Based on SPECjAppServer2004 testing results by Dell Labs in September 2007 for the Dell PowerEdge R900 with four X7350 Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, 2.93GHz, 8MB L2 Cache, 64GB DDR2-667 memory, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 EM64T running Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2 compared to all 2-node server results published on http://www.spec.org as of November 4, 2007. For the latest SPECjbb2005 benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/osg/jAppServer2004/.

(2) Based on SPECjbb2005 testing results by Dell Labs in September 2007 for the Dell PowerEdge R900 with four X7350 Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, 2.93GHz, 8MB L2 Cache, 16GB DDR2-667 memory compared to all 4-socket results published on http://www.spec.org as of November 4, 2007. For the latest SPECjbb2005 benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/jbb2005/.

(3) Based on the SPECjbb2005 benchmark test performed by Dell Labs in October 2007 on a PowerEdge 2950 server with two 3.16 Ghz Intel Xeon 5460 processors as compared to a similar PowerEdge 1950 server with two 3.0Ghz Intel Xeon 5365 processors. Actual performance will vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing variability. Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect top 2-node results published on http://www.spec.org as of November 6, 2007. For the latest SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/osg/jAppServer2004.