With the Dell Precision R5400 rack workstation, Dell is taking on blade workstations. The Dell FX100 remote access solution with hardware based encryption and compression that doesn’t compromise system performance has also been announced by Dell. The Dell Precision R5400 starts at $1,869 and the FX100 solution is $800.

By placing applications and data in a secure central location or data center, the Dell Precision R5400 rack workstation helps customers protect their data. Customers can also remove system-generated heat and noise from spaces like financial trading floors. In system configuration versus blade workstations, the offering can allow customers greater flexibility. Features include:

    * Dual- and quad-core Intel™ Xeon® processors.
    * Support for up to two PCI-e x16 OpenGL graphics cards with dual 150 Watt slots on the motherboard.
    * Additional support for PCI and PCIx.
    * While supporting standard systems management tools, it allows simple installation and management that allows customers to “power and go” without the complexities of blade infrastructures enclosures and redundant power supplies.

The Dell FX100 is designed to enable hardware-based encryption, compression, decompression and decryption, also known as PC-over-IP. The combination host card and remote portal device connect the Dell Precision R5400 workstation to a remote user and their peripherals – mouse, keyboard, displays, audio and USB devices such as printers. Across the network, the solution can allow users to access applications and data in a secure manner, with outstanding performance.

Director, Dell Product Group, Antonio Julio, declared: “The combination of the Dell Precision R5400 rack workstation and the FX100 is a leading edge solution from the world’s leading workstation vendor.” He added: “By not putting the solution on a blade, we were able to add more functionality and high performance OpenGL l graphics cards, to achieve the caliber of performance workstation customers want.”