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Leading provider of title insurance and settlement services increases business agility with HP Converged Infrastructure

PALO ALTO, Calif. — HP today announced that First American Title Insurance Company has

upgraded its data center to an HP Converged Infrastructure to improve delivery of title and escrow

services while supporting business growth.

First American Title executes up to 7,500 title orders each day while managing more than $10 billion

in escrow accounts. To ensure the efficient transfer of real estate, the company deployed its First

American Software Technology (FAST), a proprietary title and escrow transaction system, enabling it

to manage more than 8 million transactions daily, while serving more than 850 offices globally.

After evaluating server solutions from several vendors, First American selected an HP ProLiant

DL980 G7 server running Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and Microsoft

SQL Server 2008.

HP is the No. 1 worldwide vendor of x86 systems.

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The HP ProLiant DL980 G7 server, the

cornerstone of an HP Converged Infrastructure, has consistently achieved leading performance results

on industry benchmarks across a variety of workloads, including database, and virtualization

technologies on applications such as Java. It recently achieved a leadership performance result on the

Linux platform on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark.

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“The performance and availability of our title and escrow processing services are critical to ensuring a

smooth real estate transfer,” said Cameron Cosgrove, vice president, Infrastructure, First American

Title Insurance Company. “With the HP ProLiant DL980 servers, we have consistent uptime as well

as the capacity and processing speeds necessary to improve response time and service levels – and

ultimately deliver a better customer experience.”

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On Tuesday, Dell updated its blog with news of a new Alienware desktop gaming PC that fits within a console-like chassis. Called the Alienware X51, the compact rig is a direct response to community demands for a more efficient gaming system with a smaller, more versatile form factor.That said, the Alienware team came up with an impressive-looking rig measuring 13.5-inches tall in the front, 12.54-inches tall in the back, 12.52-inches deep and 3.74-inches wide. Standing up it looks like a super-slim PC, dwarfed by its bigger Alienware desktop brothers — laying flat, it could be mistaken for a next-generation gaming console sporting a sleek matte black finish, dark chrome accents and three customizable lighting zones, but better hardware.”The X51 is Alienware’s smallest gaming desktop ever produced, and yet is powerful enough to give gamers the freedom to do it all – play modern games, immerse themselves in PC hobbies and tasks for work or school, or even create an entertainment hub by integrating it into a home theater setup for watching Blu-ray movies with 7.1 surround sound,” the blog reads.Under the hood, the Alienware X51 features Intel’s 2nd-generation Core i-Series CPUs, Nvidia GeForce GT or GTX GPUs with GDDR5 memory, 802.11n connectivity, HDMI 1.4 output, and USB 3.0. But don’t let the small form factor fool you: this rig isn’t a closed system, but rather is fully upgradeable, allowing owners to quickly perform their own hard-drive, graphics, and memory upgrades quickly and easily.Here’s the list of specifications:- Intel Core i3 Dual Core (standard) and Intel Core i5 and i7 Quad Core Processor Options - Intel H61 Express Chipset Architecture - Mini-ITX Motherboard - Nvidia 1 GB GDDR5 GeForce GT 545 (Standard) and 1 GB GDDR5 GeForce GTX 555 - Up to 8 GB of DDR3 Memory (4 GB Standard); 2x 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM Slots - Fast 7,200RPM 1 TB Hard Drive - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner (Standard) or optional Blu-ray Disc Reader - Internal High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio with Waves MAXX Audio Software - Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet NIC and Integrated 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Wireless LAN (standard) - USB 2.0 (6x) and USB 3.0 (2x) - Microphone In; Headphone/Speaker Out - HDMI 1.4 Output - Front, Rear and Center Speaker Ports - SPDIF Digital Output (TOSLINK); SPDIF Digital Output (Coax) - Alienware 240 Watt Power Supply (Standard) or optional 330 Watt Power Supply - Dual-orientation tower system dimensions: h: 13.5-inches (343-mm) x w: 3.74-inches (95-mm) x d: 12.52-inches (318-mm) - Starting Weight: 12.1 lbs. (5.49 Kg.)Alienware X51 is available now on Dell.com and Alienware.com with a starting price of $699 USD

“The winners of the Chicago Innovation Awards have not only strengthened our local economy, improved the standard of living in the Midwest, saved people millions of dollars, and introduced sustainable and unique solutions to the world, they have also attracted a great pool of talent to the region,” said Tom Kuczmarski, co-founder of the awards. “These innovators are the engines that are moving Chicago forward.”

The 10 Innovation Award winners for 2011 proved that they had made a measurable social or other impact on their respective marketplaces, and had prompted others to compete with them. The program also honored a “People’s Choice Award” winner chosen by popular vote online.

The ceremony also served as the launch of a book, “Innovating … Chicago-Style: How Local Innovators are Building the National Economy,” by Kuczmarski and Innovation Awards co-founder Dan Miller and director Luke Tanen. The book features innovators telling their stories of Chicago’s most impressive business successes of the past decade.

More than 1,500 people attended the event, which drew more than 400 award nominations. That compares with the kickoff event a decade ago, which drew 75 people and 30 nominations.

The winners are:

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SRCOOL12K: The 89-year-old Southwest Side manufacturer shows that innovation isn’t just a startup’s purview. The company, with 350 of its 450 worldwide employees based in the Chicago area, has designed a portable air conditioner that uses an environmentally friendly refrigerant and expels condensed water through an exhaust duct.

The $650 median-priced SRCOOL12K offers an easy way for warehouses, data centers, telecom closets and other hard-to-cool places to control temperatures during off-hours or in emergencies. The unit can be plugged in, set up with a timer and doesn’t need drain tubes or water-collection tanks.

Tripp Lite has enjoyed a 15 percent compound annual growth rate for the past five years.

The Other Winners were:

Appolicious

Calibra

Elkay

Illinois Tool Works

Narrative Science

Navman Wireless

Red Frog Events

Trustwave

World Bicycle Relief

Fresh Moves (People’s choice award)