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AMD Business Solutions eNewsletter, March 2009
In This Issue:
Welcome to AMD Business Solutions, an e-Newsletter you can rely on for the latest about AMD products, solutions, technology partnerships, promotions, and more.
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New Webinar! Power Efficiency and TCO Play Key Role in Server Purchasing.
Watch this webinar to find out why power efficiency and TCO should also play key roles in server purchase decisions.
Speakers:
Brad Day, VP & Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Vlad Rozanovich, Director of Commercial Business, AMD
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Sun posts the best VMmark score published to date running on AMD Opteron™ processors.
The Sun Fire X4200 M2 server, running VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 hypervisor, posted the best VMark score published to date. The Sun Fire X4600 M2, equipped with eight Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Model 8384 processors, delivered a world record VMmark score of 29.11 @19 tiles, demonstrating its capability as a highly scalable virtualization platform. The Sun Fire X4600 M2 achieves top ranking in the VMware virtualization space.
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Introducing Appro's GreenBlade System. Open, Green and Affordable Solutions based on
AMD Opteron™ Processors.
Appro GreenBlade™ System based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors consolidates server, storage, network, power. GreenBlade system offers outstanding performance, reliability and serviceability and a variety of blades configuration options in one single modular solution building block.
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Cray Launches New Line of Midrange Supercomputers Featuring AMD Opteron™ Processors.
Cray’s new line of midrange supercomputers expands the market for the company’s successful petaflops technology. Featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, the new Cray XT5m supercomputer delivers superior performance, efficiency and manageability in its price range with capabilities that previously were only available to the world’s largest research facilities.
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SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse Featuring AMD Processor-Based HP ProLiant Servers.
Microsoft has released preconfigured data warehouse reference architectures that incorporate Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008. The new offerings are part of the SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse program and feature AMD Opteron™ processor-based servers from HP. The solutions promise scalability for data warehousing applications.
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Low TCO with New ZT Reliant Desktops featuring AMD Business Class Technology.
ZT Reliant Commercial Desktops featuring AMD Business Class Technology feature powerful AMD processors with exceptional multitasking capability plus business optimized AMD 780V chipsets and support for emerging open industry standards.
• Exceptional performance and energy-efficiency
• Superior initial and lifetime cost effectiveness
• 5-Year Limited Warranty and Toll-free Technical Support
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Dell T605: Superior two-socket server performance with exceptional value.
The Dell PowerEdge T605 tower server, using enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, achieved an average of 41% better performance than a competing Intel Xeon processor-based server, across three workloads on Windows Server® 2008.
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Architecting a Scalable and Efficient Hyper-V Platform with the HP ProLiant BL495c G5.
Join a seminar with experts from Emulex, HP, and Microsoft to learn how to implement and manage a server virtualization platform including details about: Microsoft® Hyper-V™ and HP ProLiant BL495c G5 server blade. Sessions held at Microsoft Technology Centers throughout USA and are free of charge.
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IBM's LS42 Blade: Now Available with Low-Power 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ HE Processors.
The IBM BladeCenter LS42 is now available using low-power 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ HE processors. When combined with IBM’s Active Energy Manager, this solution enables customers to better understand the energy usage across the data center and manage data center power consumption using power savings modes and power capping.
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Sun and AMD Power the Top Internet Sites.
The Sun Fire X4100 M2, Sun Fire X4240, and Sun Fire X2200 M2 servers, each using Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, are key elements of the server infrastructures at some of the world’s top Internet sites. Whether you’re using the Internet for communicating, collaborating, or conducting commerce, the odds are good that Sun and AMD are the power behind your experience.
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New ATI FirePro™ Graphics Accelerator Brings Outstanding Energy Efficiency to Multiple Display Environments.
AMD introduced the ATI FirePro™ 2450, a low profile quad display graphics accelerator that consumes minimal power, delivering exceptional power efficiency. Designed to operate at less than 18 watts, the new graphics accelerator is another example of AMD's leadership in energy efficiency.
ATI FirePro™ 2450 Specifications
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