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team with a specific focus on compute platforms and technologies. Today, I want to share with you an analyst perspective on HPE's latest scale-up server, which is the compute scale-up server 3250. At IDC, we classify the 3250 as an availability level 4 server. This is the highest level of server availability within the industry. These are servers designed to ensure continuous, uninterrupted data processing with no loss or performance degradation, even in the event of a component failure. That classification matters because the server is built for workloads for which even a few minutes of disruption would severely impact business operations and potentially reputation. The mission-critical workloads the server is designed to support include real-time and high-velocity transaction processing, in-memory database applications, and industry-specific systems such as core banking, smart manufacturing, healthcare and patient monitoring, power and utility grid management, and traffic and transportation network management. These are not workloads which can afford even a few minutes of disruption or loss of availability. IDC research shows that 60% of organizations refresh their server infrastructure every five years. But given the pace of change within this industry, which include the evolving security threat landscape, the growing demand posed by mission-critical workloads, and also the shift towards DDR5 memory, the question organizations need to be asking is whether that sort of refresh cycle is still adequate. The 3250 represents a considerable step up from its predecessor, the 3200, with improvements across processor architecture, memory capacity and throughput, input and output, scalability, security, and reliability. It's built on 6th generation Intel processors and leverages DDR5 memory to deliver the performance that today's most demanding workloads require. Beyond performance, the 3250 also brings meaningful advances in security, with new advanced capabilities that are built directly into the platform. And for organizations with sustainability goals, the energy efficiency gains of this new architecture make a compelling case as well, both in terms of reduced power usage, consumption, and data center consolidation. When organizations are evaluating an upgrade of this nature, there are many different considerations to take into account, including the timing, cost, workload migration challenges, and the sort of support that's available. HPE offers flexible consumption options and flexible payment options to customers, along with strong deployment support, in order to help organizations to make the right decisions at the right time and at a pace that works for them. The HPE compute scale-up server 3250 is available now, and I encourage you to use the link below to find out more information about it. www.hpe.com
