ServersOften based on multiple processors working together, servers are powerful systems that house data and direct traffic on the Internet. Intel®-based servers account for more than 80% of the world's server unit shipments, according to IDC (Jan. 2001). Intel's 32-bit Pentium® III Xeon™ processor provides the processing brawn to drive many of these powerful systems, especially in the rapidly growing market segment for front-end servers, a common solution for companies conducting e-Business over the Internet. This market segment is rapidly evolving. At the eXCHANGE e-Business Summit hosted by Intel in October, manufacturers showcased more than 50 pilot production systems, many of them based on Intel's next-generation 64-bit Itanium™ processor. Compaq and other major systems vendors are developing large server designs with as many as 32 Intel processors in one server. These advanced systems are designed to provide enterprise resource planning, business intelligence and other mission-critical operations for the demanding networked environment.