N20-X00002 Cisco 2.53GHz 5.86GT/s QPI 8MB L3 Cache Intel Xeon E5540 Quad Core Processor

A Giant Leap for IT and Business Capabilities In many organizations, IT infrastructure has begun to constrain business efficiency and growth. For the past decade, IT has rapidly added low-cost hardware to accom- modate business growth. But with data centers now stretched to capacity in terms of power, cooling, and floor space, IT infrastructure is actually limiting IT from investing in innovation. IDC estimates that for every dollar IT spends on hardware to support new users and applications, they spend another 50 cents on power and cooling for existing hardware.