This IDC Flash describes a new scalable x86 server product from NEC, aimed at running enterprise workloads running under Microsoft Windows and the Red Hat Linux distribution, as well as virtual environments running under VMware ESX Server and Citrix Xen Server. The server, called the NEC Express5800/A1160, is built on a multiprocessor, multicore platform based on Intel's "Dunnington" Xeon 7400 Series x86 microprocessors.