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AMD Business Solutions eNewsletter, February 2009
In This Issue:
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March is AMD Virtualization Ecosystem Month!
AMD will celebrate our virtualization software partnerships this spring by declaring March “AMD Virtualization Ecosystem Month”! With online and offline activities, AMD and its virtualization software partners will highlight the collaborative approach we’re taking in delivering valuable technology innovation for customers and the industry. The activities for Virtualization Ecosystem Month will be reflected on AMD’s homepage, in AMD’s corporate blogs, at industry partner sites and blogs, and in social and more traditional media.
  AMD's Virtualization blog
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The Benefits of Live Migration.
The AMD Opteron™ processor family continues to provide a consistent, reliable architecture to support live migration, which is the ability to move virtual machines between physical servers without interruption.
AMD, in collaboration with Red Hat, demonstrates for the first time live migration of a virtual machine across vendor platforms.
Learn more about AMD's Leadership in Live Migration Technology:
 Live Migration
Live Migration flyer (PDF)
Red Hat Video
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AISO.net: A 100% Solar-Powered Data Center Running on AMD Opteron™ Processor-Based Systems.
AISO.net, is a solar-powered data center powered by renewable energy that's generated on-site. All of AISO's servers are running AMD Opteron™ processors with VMware's virtualization technology to reduce cooling and electrical requirements to the bare bones, which works out to roughly a 60/70:1 ratio of virtual servers to physical servers.
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Future leaders solve complex math problems using Colfax systems based on AMD computing technology.
Colfax clusters based on AMD Opteron™ processor technology are empowering students with the tools to solve complex mathematical problems in engineering, math, life sciences and economics, helping reduce processing time to seconds versus minutes. This performance has enabled students to have access and experience the latest in computing technology.
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Mark your Calendars: Microsoft and AMD webinar on new features and benefits of running Windows® HPC Server 2008 clusters with AMD Opteron™ processors.
March 18, 2009, 8:00AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Learn about the benefits of running Windows® HPC Server 2008 clusters on AMD processor-based servers. With today’s economic environment, companies need to balance IT costs and performance more than ever. They need to find new efficiencies in the design process and in their computing environments. Now, Microsoft’s HPC Server 2008 and the latest
AMD Opteron™ processor technology can help companies achieve new levels of efficiency and performance in their HPC clusters. In this webinar, learn about the new features and benefits of both technologies in deployments running real-world applications, and performance per watt efficiencies.
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Sun and AMD Power Fast-Growing Social Networking Sites.
The Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers, each using Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, are key elements of the server infrastructures at fast growing social networking sites. This new social ecosystem is as rich and diverse as the individuals defining it, and technology is at its foundation.
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The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 sets record in virtualization performance - again!
The 16-core HP ProLiant DL585 G5, running Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, has posted a leading
score of 20.43 @ 14 tiles on the VMmark benchmark. This server offers customers a well-balanced 4-socket
architecture that provides power efficiency along with ample I/O and memory to support large number of virtual machines.
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New on amd.com! Customer reviews of the AMD Opteron™ processor family of products.
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Dell and AMD: Bringing Energy Efficiency to Versatile General Purpose Servers.
The Dell PowerEdge 2970 server, using enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, has achieved the highest published SPECpower_ssj™2008 performance to power ratio for two-socket, 2U servers using x86 processors with specified power of 80W TDP or 75W ACP. Dell has also introduced the Dell PowerEdge 2970 Energy Smart server.
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HP and AMD: Providing Excellent Virtualization Servers for All Server Categories.
The HP ProLiant DL785 G5, DL585 G5, BL685c G5, DL385 G5p, and BL495c G5 servers, each using enhanced
Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, have achieved the highest VMmark scores for eight-socket servers, four-socket rack servers, four-socket blade servers, two-socket rack servers, and two-socket blade servers.
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IBM's System x3755 offers outstanding performance at a low cost with industry-unique three-processor configuration.
IBM’s System x3755 bridges the price/functionality gap via IBM’s CPU PassThru card, providing near-linear scalability to accommodate changing workloads. x3755’s industry-unique three-processor configuration affords customers greater performance at far lower cost. This 4U, rack-optimized platform features IBM’s Xcelerated Memory Technology™ and Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors for outstanding memory-intensive performance.
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Coming to a city near you! Sun's Open Road to Savings Roadshow.
Learn how Sun and AMD are blending the scalability and reliability of traditional systems with the breakthrough performance, eco-efficiency and cost effectiveness of technology innovations that reduce costs while increasing business agility.
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