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AMD Business Solutions eNewsletter, September 2009
In This Issue:
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AMD announces the 2009 AMD Business Class Desktop Platform.
On September 15th, AMD announced new AMD Business Class technology for desktop PCs. The new 2009 AMD Business Class desktop platform, offered as part of AMD Business Class technology, delivers the benefits of the latest AMD CPUs, chipsets and graphics hardware to business users. AMD Business Class technology, including platforms configured with AMD Phenom™ II and AMD Athlon™ II 45nm processors, AMD 7-series chipsets and ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 series graphics processors, offers superior value, advanced visual productivity, and support for essential manageability, security and virtualization features.

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HP launches a new business PC designed to deliver uncompromised results with energy efficiency features and high-end capabilities.
The HP Compaq 6005 Pro Business PC is designed to deliver high performance features, flexibility, expandability, and energy efficiency. Designed with the latest AMD Business Class technology to drive performance and productivity while helping to improve the bottom line. Easy to deploy and manage with security that’s right for you. This system offers high-end graphic capabilities, an array of options, including two available form factors, two operating systems, expansion slots and bays, and 4 front USB ports to help you expand your capabilities. Featuring AMD Phenom™ II and AMD Athlon™ II processors, and AMD 7-series chipset.

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Dell PowerEdge T105 featuring the latest Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor.
On September 1, Dell announced the availability of the PowerEdge T105 1-socket tower server featuring the latest single socket Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor. The new PowerEdge T105 server from Dell offers simplified server computing -- making it an ideal choice for first time server buyer or small business, a stand-alone local application server or file/print server, and email or shared internet access applications.

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HP ProLiant DL785 G6 achieves #1 virtualization performance results.
The HP ProLiant DL785 G6 achieved the highest virtualization performance and largest number of virtual machines on an x86 server. HP ProLiant G6 servers now holds #1 VMmark result for servers with 8 processors / 48 cores, 4 processors / 24 cores and 2 processors / 8 cores. The world record result proves the ideal suitability of the HP ProLiant DL785 G6 for virtualization and consolidation environments.
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AMD processors put Union Pacific on the fast track.
Dell PowerEdge™ servers, powered by AMD Opteron™ processors, have helped Union Pacific’s virtualization and mission-critical operations stay on the fast track. Union Pacific’s implementation of AMD Opteron™ processor-based Dell systems and utilization of Microsoft® Windows Server® Hyper-V and RedHat Xen for virtualization have helped them achieve a dramatic decrease in performance problems and significant cost savings.

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Webinar: Optimal virtualization with AMD, Dell and Microsoft.
A successful virtualization project gives careful consideration to the software platform, hardware platform, and underlying processor technology. Tune in to the on-demand webinar to learn just what you should be asking as you plan your next virtualization foray.

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Cray “Red Storm” supercomputer helps U.S. navy shoot down errant satellite.
The National Nuclear Security Administration utilized the Cray “Red Storm” computer at Sandia National labs so the U.S. Navy could shoot down an errant satellite with a single missile strike.

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