Acer Small Business Solution

BANGALORE, INDIA:

Acer’s far-reaching strategy of focusing on R&D and marketing development has laid the foundations and created a company ready to embrace the challenges of the future. To enter the growing Small Business Market, Microsoft and Acer unveiled "the next wave of small business solutions" in the form of Acer's AC100, a 4 bay microserver set to ship with the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials OS. AC100 is expected to be launched soon.

AC100

The Acer AC100 delivers essential server-class features and expandability along with unique Acer utilities1 and Microsoft® Small Business Server 2011 Essentials1 to ensure the success of startup and small-size businesses.

Major benefits of AC100 are:

Smart investment for growing businesses

A brand-new Intel® architecture drives the AC100 ultra-micro tower server with an industry-leading 32 nm processor, greater memory capacity, and higher performance to handle large workloads more efficiently. A PCI Express® x8 expansion slot and multiple USB/eSATA ports are available for external expansion. Four hot-swappable hard disk drives for up to 6 TB of data storage satisfy the demands of growing businesses.

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Server-class reliability and security

The AC100 is packed with dependable server-class hardware: an integrated Gigabit Ethernet controller transmits data quickly and safely; ECC memory protection enhances data integrity and reliability; pre-configured RAID 0, 1, 5 models1 ensure data security; and automatic backup protects valuable data and enables secure remote access from the web.

Friendly UI and add-ins optimize office productivity

Acer Dashboard1 and Acer ITSmart1 include powerful utilities to ease office IT operations and increase employee productivity: Sever Health Monitoring, Client PC Power Saving, Printer Sharing and Fax Notification, Intel® vPro™ Management2

Cost-effective expandability, green computing

The AC100 is designed with a tool-less micro tower chassis that allows easy component access, reducing maintenance and service costs. What's more, this tower server is ENERGY STAR® certified and equipped with an 80 PLUS® power supply for maximum energy efficiency.

Source: www.acer.com