IT organizations around the world are driving higher value into their businesses by virtualizing their data centers to reduce costs & adding automation to improve service levels, effciency & agility. Intel Xeon processor-based servers provide the foundation for this innovation. They account for the majority of all servers in today's virtualized data centers & clouds, & they also power many of today's highest-performing workstations. The latest Intel Xeon processor product families take these advantages to new heights with up to 80 percent higher performance than the prior generation & even better energy effciency. Importantly, these processors also include advanced technologies to help the storage, networking, & security challenges arising in today's increasingly dynamic computing environments.