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AMD Business Solutions eNewsletter, April 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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The AMD Opteron™ processor celebrates its 6th anniversary as AMD launches its most energy efficient server processor to date!
April 22nd marked the six year anniversary since AMD began revolutionizing the server market with the introduction of the AMD Opteron™ processor. To commemorate the special day, AMD launched the Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ EE processor, its most energy efficient server processor yet.
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AMD demonstrates Live Migration between three AMD Opteron™ processor generations.
Continuing its momentum and leadership in virtualization, AMD released the first video and images demonstrating live migration across three generations of AMD processors on VMware ESX 3.5, including the Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processor (code-named “Istanbul”).
 
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NEW! HP ProLiant BL685c G6 server blade with AMD Opteron™ Processors.
- Supports up to four Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors and is the first G6 MP server available from HP
- Built for performance-intensive applications and virtual environments with 32 DIMM sockets supporting up to 256GB DDR2-800 memory
- Flexible storage options optimized for different application environments including support for Solid State Drives (SSD) -a new storage technology using solid state memory (NAND) which can provide durability and power efficiency improvements compared to traditional hard disk drive technology
- 4 integrated 10Gb Ethernet ports with Flex-10 support - to fine-tune network bandwidth from server edge to network
- Dense four processor server blade form factor to handle the most demanding enterprise class applications
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Appro Successfully Implements an AMD technology-based Supercomputing Cluster at Three National Labs.
Appro's Linux clusters based on AMD Opteron™ processors power Lawrence Livermore National Lab to help ensure national security utilizing science and technology. Learn more about the three national labs powered by AMD technology-based Appro solutions.
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Now Available! Colfax Digistation CX980 with Vegas Pro, the latest Sony Creative Software for video professionals.
AMD and Sony Creative Software engineering teams have collaborated to ensure Vegas Pro 64-bit takes full advantage of the scalability of the native quad-core architecture of AMD Opteron™ processors and AMD Phenom™ II X4 processors. Vegas™ Pro software powered by AMD processors and ATI graphics offers professional editors powerful solutions for their HD workflow challenges. Order yours today!
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New Cloud Computing Webcast!
Join MeettheBoss.com to access a new webinar featuring Werner Vogel, CTP of Amazon.com speaking on Cloud Computing and software as a service.
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Complimentary Desktop Virtualization Information Kit from HP, AMD, and VMware.
VMware View™ running with AMD technology-based HP servers can help you manage desktop environments while streamlining desktop and application deployment and security.
 Download the Desktop Virtualization Information Kit
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AMD Opteron™ processor-based server (“Shanghai”) has efficiency edge over low-power Xeon Processor-based server (“Harpertown”)
Neal Nelson and Associates released the results of a lab test in which the AMD Opteron™ processor-based server was the decisive victor on a combination of performance and power evaluations.
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Dell R905: Outstanding four-socket database server performance with exceptional value
The Dell PowerEdge R905 server, using enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, has achieved the best TPC-E value (Price/tpsE) score for four-socket servers.*
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HP and AMD: Bringing energy efficiency to eight-socket servers.
The HP ProLiant DL785 G5, using low-power enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ HE processors, has achieved the highest published SPECpower-ssj™ 2008 performance to power ratio for eight-socket servers.
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Help maximize performance and minimize cost with IBM’s LS42 blade.
The IBM BladeCenter LS42, using enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors provides superior virtualization performance and low power consumption at a low price.
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Sun and AMD store many of the world’s largest archives.
The Sun Fire X4200 M2 and Sun Fire X4500 servers, using Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, are key elements of the server infrastructures at some of the world’s largest data archives. From priceless manuscripts to life-saving scientific research, humanity’s greatest achievements are being preserved for the future by Sun servers using
AMD Opteron™ processors.
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Technology+Business: Sun & AMD Solutions for Mid-sized Business.
In today’s economy, midmarket IT managers are being asked to do a lot more with flat or cut budgets. To help you get the most from your resources, Sun and AMD have teamed up to bring you a wealth of valuable information on breakthrough technologies that can help you change your IT economics, such as open storage, open archive, virtual desktop and the powerful new enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor.
- Visit www.sun.com/techbiz to:
- Download a 28-page PDF with new information, case studies, tips and advice, as well as discounts and special offers on Sun and AMD’s powerful yet affordable midmarket solutions,
- Download a white paper from IDC’s Ray Boggs with new data and insights on the business benefits to midsized companies of deploying next-generation IT, and
- View a webcast from IDG on achieving fast payback from virtualization, one of the hottest applications in the midmarket.
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ATI FirePro™ V7750 from AMD delivers blazing application performance, freeing professionals to create - not wait.
On March, 26, 2009, AMD announced the availability of the ATI FirePro™ V7750 graphics accelerator for the high-end market, ideally suited for graphics professionals working in engineering, digital content creation and scientific fields. These professionals need a 3D graphics accelerator that can quickly handle large models and shader-intensive applications, while delivering accurate color reproduction and superior visual quality. The ATI FirePro V7750 delivers features that matter most to these users at $899 MSRP.
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