In today’s challenging economy, companies are eager to minimize the cost of running business critical applications. At the same time, these organizations need a robust platform to comply with business SLAs (service level agreements) and support future growth. In many industries such as telecommunications, public sector, travel, web commerce, and financial services there is a growing demand for low cost, scalable platforms for mission-critical applications that require guaranteed high-speed high-throughput processing, low latency, and extreme reliability.