Acer Aspire Z5770 Olympic Edition offers high-def family entertainment

MANILA, Philippines - Every athlete’s ultimate dream is to bring honor and glory not only to his name but also to his family and country. Standing atop the podium in the Olympics, gold medal around the neck, national anthem playing in the background — defines that dream.

Every IT enthusiast or consumer also has his own dream PC, which they can find in the Acer Aspire Z5770 Olympic Edition All-In-One PC. It’s a full touch, high-definition, crisp-sounding and connect-to-all PC from Acer, one of the world’s most trusted IT technology innovators.

The Acer Aspire Z5770 All-In-One PC’s podium-worthy features are all about delivering power in its performance. Using second-generation Intel Core i3 processor and Intel H61 Express Chipset, with NVIDIA GeForce GT520 graphics and 4GB DDR3 memory, it provides dynamic processing performance and faster multitasking capabilities and at the same time consumes less power.

The display capability of the Acer Aspire Z5770 Olympic Edition All-In-One PC is also a gold medal-worthy feature. With a full-HD 23-inch 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, high-brightness LED-backlit TFT LCD full-HD capable of up to a 23-degree tilt, it’s an impressive display set that anyone can truly marvel at.

And with the Acer TouchPortal software, it gives users a smarter, multi-touch way of accessing the PC and the Internet, whether for multimedia functions or social networking activities for a more intuitive user experience.

With this new and advanced member of the Acer Aspire All-In-One PC family, there is a 1TB 7200rpm hard drive for more storage capabilities for the users’ personal, fun or work files like video presentations, favorite games or movies they can enjoy with colleagues while taking a break or with the whole family during weekend bonding times.

Plus with an optimized Dolby Home Theater4 audio enhancement and two built-in stereo speakers, HDMI connectivity, two USB 3.0 ports, multimedia entertainment or professional audio-video needs are of Olympic caliber. Every decibel of sound and pixel of image resolution is clear, crisp and lucid for everyone’s enjoyment.

Connecting to the Internet is also as fast as a record-breaking 100-meter dash in the Olympics with 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity and Gigabit Ethernet that the Acer Aspire Z5770 All-In-One PC brings to both office or home users.

And it’s an experience to marvel at the Acer Aspire Z5770 All-In-One PC’s contemporary design that will fit any room or space at home or at the office. Its elegant aluminum color frame, a slim side adumbration (or outlined form), makes it a perfect and neat fit to any space, personal or professional. It even has a VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association)-standard wall mount for an even more space-saving application.

source: philstar.com

Acer A100 F2 Server Series, High-Level Computing, Entry-Level Price

There are a few words that could best describe the Acer A100 F2 server series, highlighting the benefits it offers to businesses and other potential clients who may need to install rack and tower servers in their office.

By being “focused” means Acer A100 F2 series servers has small and medium-sized firms in mind, with its wide range of server products that come in various sizes and specs ready to make sure that customers have the server power and capability that will meet their business’ computing needs.

“Simplicity” is also part of the Acer A100 F2 servers’ attributes. With the exception of perhaps the entry level AT110 server, the Acer servers in this line contain an onboard management port and Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) chip that allows for easy remote management. Add to that the various software management tools available at no extra cost, plus an option kit business model that allows more flexibility for future upgrades.

Acer servers are also an ideal choice for businesses who seek “cost-effectivity” as it delivers only the best value for its customers, and the fact that Acer continues to be a “reliable” partner for the business, with its full line of enterprise-level, high mean time between failures or high-MTBF parts, coupled with meticulous reliability standards help ensure that Acer’s enterprise products are readily available.

You could expect nothing less from a company like Acer, one of the world’s most trusted IT companies, as it provides an “end-to-end” range of commercial products from tablets to notebooks and PCs, including high-end servers and even storage devices.

So how do you know which server to choose?

For an entry- to mid-level business with a branch network that requires entry-level server needs like email, Web hosting, basic virtualization, file and print and data management, the AT110 F2 Tower server is a perfect match to deliver just the right performance.

The AT110 F2 Tower server has an Intel Xeon E3-1200 series processor up to quad-core with 3.5GHz E3-1280 processor. It has 4 dual in-line memory module (DIMM) slots for up to a maximum 16GB DDR3 memory, four 3.5” bays for storage bays that deliver up to 4TB storage capacity and supports both SATA and SAS drives, 3 PCIe slots and 1 PCI slot, video port and 6 USB ports that allow for further expansion, and a 450W 80 PLUS Bronze power supply, which makes it more efficient that most power supplies.

On the other hand, the AT150 F2 Tower server is perfect for businesses with service hubs, entry-level virtualization environments and multitasking needs. It has an Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processor that can be maxxed up to 8 core with 2.3GHz, 12 DIMM slots for up to a maximum 192GB DDR3 memory.

source: mb.com.ph

Acer, Samsung loosen grip as Philippine PC market plateaus in Q2 — IDC

MANILA, Philippines — PC shipments to the Philippines stagnated to a meager 1.5-percent growth in the 2nd quarter of the year, with leaders Acer and Samsung losing market share due to overstocking problems, research firm IDC reported recently.

Smaller PC vendors, IDC noted, outperformed both Acer and Samsung during the quarter as the former launched “aggressive pricing and hardware bundling strategies.”

The total number of PC units shipped within the quarter amounted to 551,000, more than half of which were consumer-grade notebooks.

While waning in numbers, the desktop form factor still turned out to be dominant during the 2nd quarter of the year, with over five desktops sold for every four notebooks, IDC found.

During the period, netbooks — or mininotebooks, as IDC calls it — gained renewed prominence among Filipino consumers as the smaller vendors were able to resolve the shortage of netbook processors reported in previous quarters.

“MNC PC brands are starting to encroach upon the market share of one another as the consumer market is not expanding at a rapid enough pace,” explained Juan-Jin Ng, market analyst for client devices research at IDC Asia/Pacific.

“As PC prices grow even more homogenous across most major brands, we will eventually see the stranglehold of the top 2 vendors on the retail market declining over the coming quarters,” he added.

Public-sector PC deployments, IDC noted, grew to a standstill during the second quarter, but incremental rollouts by the Department of Education helped boost commercial PC shipments to a 1.7 percent growth.

IDC believes the resilient Philippine economy, which grew by a rate of 5.9 percent from April to June, had likely contributed to a still positive growth rate during the period.

“The resilience of the economy in the Philippines to the global economic crises as well as the commitment of the current government towards IT spending has kept the overall commercial segment outlook positive,” Juan-Jin added.

Prospects aren’t too bright in the third quarter of the year for PC shipments, though, as vendors hold off on stocking current models in anticipation of Windows 8, due to be released on October 26.

“As such, the PC market should see a boost only in Q4. However, the PC market should find temporary respite in the commercial segment as government and enterprise spending, especially from BPOs, are expected to get underway in Q3,” the IDC analyst said.

source: interaksyon.com

Acer bids for Jeremy Lin as brand ambassador

Computer vendor Acer Inc. is bidding to have rising NBA superstar Jeremy Lin as its global brand ambassador, the company's chairman said Tuesday.

Acer Chairman and CEO J.T. Wang told an Acer corporate social responsibility forum they expect Lin to choose one PC maker and endorse that brand globally.

"We have submitted a proposal. Based on our understanding, there might be about four to five PC makers around the globe that have made proposals to Lin," he said, according to a report from Taiwan's Central News Agency.

Acer's proposal came after it announced a marketing partnership with the Knicks on March 14.

The partnership will allow Acer's logo to be featured courtside at the Knicks' home games for the rest of the 2011-12 NBA season.

But Wang declined to disclose how much Acer is offering Lin, first NBA star of Taiwanese descent.

He said Lin will discuss the matter with his family and agent before making a choice.

The Acer-Knicks partnership will give Acer mileage among the nearly 20,000 spectators at Madison Square Garden, and to TV and Internet viewers following "Linsanity."

Last January, Acer, the world's fourth largest PC maker, announced world's No. 1 female golfer Yani Tseng of Taiwan would act as its global spokeswoman.

It also disclosed it had renewed its contract with Major League Baseball Washington Nationals pitcher Chien-Ming Wang of Taiwan, who will be the brand's spokesman in Taiwan.

Meanwhile, Wang said Acer will build a pavilion at the at the London Olympics Games to host visitors and feature its products.

He said they will launch Olympics-related products in the second quarter of 2012, although the volume of the new models will be limited due to Acer's losses in 2011. — TJD, GMA News

article source: gmanetwork.com