HP has announced that the next-generation of its HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem server lineups will include models powered by Intel’s latest dual-core technologies – the Intel® Xeon™ 5100 and 5000 processor series.

The new x86 processor-based HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers address customer needs of power, cooling and virtualisation through a balanced structural design, simplified platform transitions and improved IT efficiency.

HP has improved the key server components to deliver a balanced system structure that maximizes dual-core processor performance and increases total system performance for critical applications and virtual server environments. Other enhancements include new HP Smart Array RAID controllers and small form factor Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technologies, multifunction networking, increased memory capacity and high-speed, remote “lights-out” access.

Dual-core-based HP ProLiant servers can substantially increase the performance of business-critical applications such as database, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, mail and messaging, virtual machines and terminal services, without adding systems costs.