Dell Blade Servers Keep Overstock.com Up and Selling; 300 Blades Power Leading Closeout Retail and Auction Sites.ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Overstock.com, Inc., a leading online discount retailer, has standardized on Dell (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DELL) PowerEdge(TM) 1855 blade servers to drive its technology infrastructure. Overstock.com(R) sells brand-name merchandise ranging from jewelry to travel over the Internet and through its online auction. Overstock.com uses 300 Dell PowerEdge This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. 1855 blade servers running Suse Linux A Linux distribution from the SuSE Linux division of Novell. Both consumer and enterprise versions are available, and the distribution includes several user interfaces. SuSE Linux comes with the Yet Another Setup Tool (YaST), which is used to install, configure and maintain the OS, as to manage the company's Web sites and manage its growth. The blade servers help Overstock.com save money, power and space in its data center. The high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. of Dell blade servers helps maximize uptime, important since Overstock.com operates around the clock, seven days a week. Managing high capacity is particularly critical during the peak winter holiday season, when site traffic triples and buying peaks for the year. "With the entire Overstock o·ver·stock tr.v. o·ver·stocked, o·ver·stock·ing, o·ver·stocks To stock more of (something) than necessary or desirable. n. An excessive supply. Verb 1. business online, downtime can mean $2.5 million in losses per hour during our busiest times," said Shawn Schwegman, senior vice president of technology at Overstock.com, Inc. "Dell blades deliver the performance and enterprise-class features on which our productivity relies." David Marmonti, vice president of Dell's Preferred and Corporate Accounts Division, said the performance and scalability of Dell blade technology can be a key enabler for growing businesses like Overstock.com. "Utilizing standards-based blade servers from Dell can help customers like Overstock.com maximize their IT investment while saving money, power and space, enabling them to better serve their customers." Platinum Enterprise Services from Dell help ensure increased uptime for the company's 15 million unique site visitors per month. In addition, the company also uses 400 Dell OptiPlex Dell, Inc. targets its OptiPlex™ line of desktop computers for sale into the corporate, government and education markets. These systems typically contain Intel CPUs, beginning with the Pentium and currently with the Core 2 although Dell sells some models with AMD CPUs as well. (TM) desktop computers throughout its operations. About Overstock.com Overstock.com Inc. is an online "closeout closeout, closure the finalization of a feeding program in a feedlot. The cattle are sold and a balance sheet is struck which includes the costs of feeding and housing or confining them. " retailer, offering discount, brand-name merchandise for sale over the Internet, as well as an online auction site. The company offers its customers an opportunity to shop for bargains conveniently, while offering its suppliers an alternative inventory liquidation The collection of assets belonging to a debtor to be applied to the discharge of his or her outstanding debts. A type of proceeding pursuant to federal Bankruptcy distribution channel. Overstock.com, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. listed on the NASDAQ National Market System and can be found online at http://www.overstock.com. About Dell Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is a trusted and diversified information-technology supplier and partner, and sells a comprehensive portfolio of products and services directly to customers worldwide. Dell, recognized by Fortune magazine as America's most admired company and No. 3 globally, designs, builds and delivers innovative, tailored systems that provide customers with exceptional value. Company revenue for the past four quarters was $52.8 billion. For more information about Dell and its products and services, visit www.dell.com. Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. This press release contains certain potentially forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the benefits and features of the hardware, the amount of potential losses due to downtime, the number of site visitors/transactions, and such other risks as are identified in Overstock.com's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2004, and all Overstock's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which contain and identify important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in Overstock's projections or forward-looking statements. |
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