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Extended Results Enriches Business Intelligence with Intel® and Microsoft Technology Learn how Extended Results takes advantage of Intel® and Microsoft technology to create business intelligence solutions that help their customers gain new insights and improve business operations.

Self-Service Business Intelligence with Intel® Processors and Microsoft PowerPivot Learn how you can extend your business intelligence solutions with Intel® Xeon® processors and Microsoft PowerPivot.

High Performance Data Management: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform for Data Management for Intel Xeon Processor 7500 Series and Microsoft SQL Server Learn how Thomson Reuters uses Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 R2 and the all new Intel® Xeon® 7500 processor series to improve the quality and timeliness of their risk analyses to their customers at a lower total cost of ownership.

Harness Enterprise Data with Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 R2 and New Intel® Xeon® Processors Discover the game-changing innovations in SQL Server® 2008 R2 and dramatic developments in the new Intel® Xeon® processors 5600 and 7500 series.

Database Consolidation with Dell PowerEdge R810 Servers Learn how the new Dell PowerEdge R810 featuring the latest Intel Xeon Processor 7500 series can help your business successfully consolidate your Microsoft® SQL Server(R) 2000 instances from multiple older servers onto a single Windows Server® 2008 R2 system running SQL Server 2008 R2.

Intel® Processors and Microsoft PowerPivot: The Smart Choice for Self-Service Business Intelligence Learn how Microsoft PowerPivot on Intel®-based servers and PCs can provide more affordable and accessible insight into your business.

Intel® Xeon® Processor for Expandable Servers: Database Server Performance Comparison Learn more about how the new Intel® Xeon® 7500 series processor delivers better database server performance and increased memory capabilities compared to their predecessors.

Microsoft SQL Solution with Intel Xeon 7500 Series – Enterprise SQL Mission Critical Case Study – Kingdom Central Securities Trading Kingdom Central Securities Trading System, Reliable and User-Friendly Solution for Chinese Securities—Building a Highly Efficient Data Platform with 8-Core Intel® Xeon® 7500 Processors and Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Microsoft BI Solution with Intel Xeon 7500 Series – Enterprise BI Case Study – Guosen Securities Guosen Securities Building a New BI Architecture with"Innovative Services & Customer First Commitment –The Application of Microsoft Business Intelligence Solutions Based on Intel® Xeon® Processor 7500 Series

Powering Microsoft PowerPivot With Intel® Processors From the floor of TechEd, Sarah Wick and Jason Powell describe how Intel's latest processors enable Microsoft PowerPivot to perform at its best.

Benefits of PowerPivot with Intel Processors This Video delivers Intel's end-to-end story supporting PowerPivot with 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ vPro™ processors.

Intel Xeon and SQL Server 2008 R2 - Silverlight Demo Learn how Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 and Intel® Xeon® 7500 series processor can help businesses meet their most challenging enterprise data needs.

SQL Server 2008 R2 Virtual Launch Event Video (Mitch Shults/Intel) Watch Mitch Shults detail the game-changing innovations for businesses in Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 and Intel® Xeon® processors.

Intelligent Performance for Better Business Intelligence Learn how your business can benefit from intelligent performance, made possible by Intel and Microsoft technologies.

Database Consolidation with Intel Xeon Processors and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Learn more about the business benefits of database consolidation with Intel® Xeon® Processors and Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008

Advantages of Running SQL Server 2008 R2 on Intel® Xeon® 7500 Series Listen to Claude Lorenson discuss how SQL Server 2008 R2 on Intel® Xeon® 7500 Series empower your business.

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Optimizing the Private Cloud with Intel® and Microsoft By standardizing on industry-leading hardware and software from Intel® and Microsoft, businesses can gain an end-to-end private cloud environment that is scalable and secure.

Embrace the Private Cloud with Intel® and Microsoft* Learn about how Intel® and Microsoft* cloud solutions can help organizations save costs and increase agility and scalability.

Why Greater Performance Per-Core Matters for Server Virtualization Learn why choosing servers with greater performance per core can be more important than choosing the server with the highest core count for server virtualization.

Building Clouds with Microsoft SCVMM on Intel Shirley Chen discusses Intel Cloud Builders, along with building clouds with Microsoft SCVMM, at the Microsoft TechEd 2011 conference.

Optimizing the Private Cloud Video This video provides an overview of how Intel® and Microsoft deliver secure, scalable private cloud solutions.

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Intel® Xeon® 7500 series helps Kingsoft boost performance for its MMOG gaming software Intel helps Kingsoft boost performance for its MMOG gaming software, accelerating online gaming adoption with the help of Intel Xeon Processor 7500 series running Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. Kingsoft JX online III and Intel Xeon Processor-based servers are bringing the full power, performance, and scale of online gaming to the mainstream, by making the gaming experience more fun, available and affordable than ever.

Manufacturing Organizations Increase Performance and Reduce Costs with Intel and Microsoft Learn more about how Microsoft and Intel-based server platforms combine intelligent and expandable performance with advanced reliability and massive scalability to offer a more flexible and cost-effective alternative to RISC-based or mainframe systems.

Scale Up to a New Generation of Servers Powered by Intel and Microsoft Learn how the new generation of servers powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 and 5600 series with Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 and SQL Server® 2008 R2 achieve the performance, scalability, and reliability you need for mission-critical applications while reducing total cost of ownership.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Performance and Scalability in a Virtual Environment with Hyper-V R2 and Intel Xeon Processor 7500 series Explore how Microsoft, working with Intel® Corporation and Dell™ Inc., used a virtualized Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 on Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers equipped with Intel® Xeon® Processors 7500 Series-based and solid state drives (SSDs) to sustain 100,000 users showing its ability to scale on a hardware platform ideal for large-scale application consolidation projects.

A Quantum Leap in Business Agility, Data Center Efficiency and IT Value Learn how an investment in servers based on the latest Intel® Xeon® processors and running Windows Server 2008 R2 can pay for itself with exceptional data center efficiency and business agility.

4 Way 7500 Series shows 3x performance online transaction processing versus past model 4-way Server Fitted with Intel® Xeon® Processor 7500 Series Demonstrates More than Three Times the Online Transaction Processing Performance of Previous Model.

Financial Services Organizations Increase Performance and Reduce Costs with Intel and Microsoft Explore the benefits of choosing a platform based on Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 R2 and the all new 2010 Intel® Xeon® processors to support the technology needs of financial organizations to meet their mission-critical requirements over more expensive RISC-based or mainframe systems.

32-bit to 64-bit Server Transition with Virtualization See how making the move to a 64-bit Dell PowerEdge R710 server today without changing your applications allows you to decommission outdated hardware, reap cost, performance, and space benefits, and use up to 80 percent less power.

IP Security Features: Intel Ethernet Server Adapters and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Discover how Intel® Ethernet Server Adapters and Ethernet controllers and Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 enhance security while maintaining line-rate network throughput.

Database Servers: Consolidation via Virtualization Explore how a four-socket server with the new Intel® Xeon® processor X7560 would let you consolidate more than a rack full of four-socket database servers with previous-generation processors to deliver significant cost-savings.

Virtualization Performance of SAP* ERP Solutions on the Intel® Xeon Processor 7500 Series with Microsoft Windows Server* 2008 R2 and Hyper-V* Explore how Intel and SAP AG have worked together to help ensure leading virtualized performance for SAP software solutions on Intel® Xeon® based servers.

Government Organizations Increase Performance and Reduce Costs with Intel and Microsoft Explore the benefits of choosing a platform based on Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 R2 and the all new 2010 Intel® Xeon® processors to support the technology needs of financial organizations to meet their mission-critical requirements over more expensive RISC-based or mainframe systems.

Windows Server Hyper-V Solution Brief Breakthrough Value for the Virtualized Data Center, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and servers based on the Intel Xeon processor 7500 Series.

Powerful Technology Drives Acorn's Business Profitability Learn how Acorn Systems uses Intel® Xeon® processors and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 to deliver high performance profitability analysis solutions.

SQL Server 2008 Consolidation Solution Brief Learn more about how the combination of Microsoft SQL® 2008 database software running on next-generation Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers can cost-effectively meet the demands of today's most sophisticated databases.

Combined Intel®, Microsoft Solutions Support Greenway Medical Technologies' Powerful HER Solution Discover how Greenway takes advantage of the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 to offer a powerful electronic health record (HER) solution.

Microsoft Hyper-V and Intel Video How does Extended Tables work with Microsoft Hyper-V on Intel Servers

Virtualization Best Practices Using 10Gb Intel Ethernet Brian Johnson talks about Virtualization Best Practices Using 10Gb Intel® Ethernet at Microsoft TechEd 2011.

Intel and Microsoft collaboration on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Nehalem micro-architecture based Intel Xeon Processors Learn about the innovations in Windows Server® 2008 R2 and the Nehalem micro-architecture made possible through Intel and Microsoft collaboration

Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V powered by next-generation Intel® Xeon® processors Discover how the latest server virtualization technology from Intel and Microsoft opens new doors for driving down datacenter costs, increasing IT efficiency, and enabling business agility.

Creating Out-of-the-Box Performance for SQL Server Explore how the collaboration between Intel and Microsoft has enriched the performance of platforms built on SQL Server and Intel® Xeon® processors

Intel® Xeon® Processors and Windows Server® 2008 R2 for Manageable Virtual Clients Learn more about how Intel and Microsoft provide a highly manageable client virtualization solution environment.

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Mission Critical Solution Brief Microsoft/SAP/Intel on SQL scalability and cost effective solution. Combined Intel® and Microsoft® Technologies Provide Cost-Effective, Mission-Critical Environment for SAP Applications

Benchmark Results for Temenos T24 with SQL Server 2008 R2 on Intel-based NEC Servers This report describes the TEMENOS T24 (T24) R10 Highwater Benchmark performance test conducted at the Microsoft® Partner Solution Center (MPSC) in Redmond, Washington on the NEC® Express5800/A1080a 8-CPU Server System with the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series, from July 14th to August 27th, 2010.

High Performance Computing (HPC) for Organizations of All Sizes Learn how Intel and Microsoft deliver a HPC solution that provides enhanced performance and scalability at a significantly lower cost.

Windows Server Hyper-V Solution Brief Breakthrough Value for the Virtualized Data Center, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and servers based on the Intel Xeon processor 7500 Series.

Lower your costs by migrating off your UNIX/RISC platform. With a Microsoft-Intel platform, you can make a quantum leap in business agility, data center efficiency and IT value.

Streaming and Virtual Hosted Desktop Study Discover the impact of streamed client and Virtual Hosted Desktop (VHD) computing models on server and network utilization.

Benefits of Intel® Xeon® 7500 series and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Mission-Critical Applications Explore the benefits of the newest Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 seriesÐbased servers running Windows Server® 2008 R2 and SQL Server® 2008 enabling enterprises to migrate and operate their mission-critical applications from RISC/UNIX/Oracle-based platforms with confidence.

Benefits of Intel® Xeon® Processors and Windows Server® 2008 R2 for Business-Critical Applications Discover how the latest Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers running Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 enable your organization to migrate its business-critical applications from other platforms with confidence and enjoy significant cost savings without sacrificing performance or scalability.

SQL Server 2008 Consolidation White Paper Learn how the joint platform of Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008, powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® processors, meets today's database reliability, availability, and serviceability needs in a cost-effective, high performance package.

4-way Server Demonstrates More than Three Times the Online Transaction Processing Performance of Previous Model Learn how upgrading to Intel® Xeon® processors can help to significantly boost online transaction processing performance.

Deploy a new generation of scalable server platforms powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series with Windows Server® 2008 R2 and SQL Server® 2008 R2 Meet the changing demands of your business by taking advantage of greater choice and flexibility with industry-standard servers powered by Intel and Microsoft.

4 Way 7500 Series shows 3x performance online transaction processing versus past model 4-way Server Fitted with Intel® Xeon® Processor 7500 Series Demonstrates More than Three Times the Online Transaction Processing Performance of Previous Model.

Top 10 Reasons to Scale-Up Your Mission-Critical Platform The 10 best reasons your business should scale-up to a new generation of server platforms powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series and Windows Server® 2008 R2 with SQL Server® 2008 R2.

Enhanced Data Warehouse Solutions Offer Greater Performance and Scalability at Lower Costs Discover how Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse and Fast Track Data Warehouse running on Intel® Xeon® processors offer effective, scalable data warehouse solutions.

Planning Guide for Migrating to Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 and Intel® Xeon® Processor-based Servers Many organizations are moving away from proprietary RISC-based database systems in favor of Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 running on servers equipped with Intel® Xeon® processors.

Microsoft SQL Solution with Intel Xeon 7500 Series – Enterprise SQL Mission Critical Case Study – Kingdom Central Securities Trading Kingdom Central Securities Trading System, Reliable and User-Friendly Solution for Chinese Securities—Building a Highly Efficient Data Platform with 8-Core Intel® Xeon® 7500 Processors and Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Revolutionary Mission-Critical Technology Takes Banking Solution to the Next Level Learn how a benchmark test with Temenos banking software on a Microsoft, Intel, and NEC platform resulted in record-breaking performance levels.

Microsoft BI Solution with Intel Xeon 7500 Series – Enterprise BI Case Study – Guosen Securities Guosen Securities Building a New BI Architecture with"Innovative Services & Customer First Commitment –The Application of Microsoft Business Intelligence Solutions Based on Intel® Xeon® Processor 7500 Series

Combined Intel®–Microsoft Technologies Support Growing Web Services Company Learn how AdHost boosted data center performance and reduced costs using Intel® Xeon® E5530 processors with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

ITG Research Report Executive Summary Discover the cost-reduction opportunities through deployment of Microsoft® SQL Server 2008® R2, Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Hyper-V, and latest-generation servers based on Intel® Xeon® 5600 and 7500 series processors.

Value Proposition for Migration: ITG Cost/Benefit Case for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with Intel Xeon Processor 5600 and 7500 Series-based Servers Explore in detail the cost-reduction opportunities through deployment of Microsoft® SQL Server 2008® R2, Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Hyper-V, and latest-generation servers based on Intel® Xeon® 5600 and 7500 series processors.

Intel Xeon Processor 7500 Series and Windows Server 2008 R2 Learn how Windows Server® 2008 R2 and the Intel® Xeon® 7500 series are optimized for your enterprise's mission-critical applications.

Benefits of PowerPivot with Intel Processors This Video delivers Intel's end-to-end story supporting PowerPivot with 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ vPro™ processors.

Benefits of Microsoft Hyper-V and Remote FX with Intel Xeon Processors This Video gives a high level overview of Intel's End to End Story supporting Remote FX from Client to Server.

Intel Xeon Processor 7500 Series: Microsoft at Boston Launch Event Learn more about the Intel® Xeon® 7500 series processor's unprecedented scalability with Windows Server® 2008 R2.

High Availability and Fault Tolerant Servers for Microsoft SQL Server and Hyper-V Watch NEC Corporation's Mike Mitsch give a fault tolerant server demo with Intel at the Microsoft TechEd 2011 conference.

Solving Pressing Business Challenges with Intel® and Microsoft Hear Intel® and Microsoft talk about their mission-critical solutions and how the Intel® Xeon® processor E7 family running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and the Windows Server 2008 R2 stack can help you solve pressing business challenges.

Intel Xeon Processor 7500 Series: A Perspective from Microsoft Discover how Intel and Microsoft are bringing mission-critical computing capabilities to the mainstream.

High Performance Computing (HPC) for Organizations of All Sizes Video Get an overview of how Intel and Microsoft deliver industry-standard solutions to help businesses of all sizes take advantage of HPC.

Expandable Intel® Xeon® Processors: Enhanced Throughput for Mission-Critical Computing With the memory improvements found in expandable Intel® Xeon® processors applications based on SQL Server 2008 R2 can process larger transactions rapidly, enabling larger-scale application support at performance levels previously reserved for RISC or mainframe-class systems.

Expandable Intel® Xeon® Processors: Enhanced Reliability for Mission-Critical Computing The latest Intel® Xeon® processors feature leading reliability features, which help provide the levels of uptime and availability required by today's mission-critical applications.

Microsoft/Intel and Temenos solution delivers great results together This video is made up of the team who got great performance numbers on SQL with Temenos banking solution, Microsoft SQL and Intel Xeon 7500 Series

Expandable Intel® Xeon® Processors: Enhanced Scalability for Mission-Critical Computing Learn how servers built using scalable Intel® Xeon® processors, running Windows Server 2008 R2, have the scalability features needed to run large-scale and mission-critical applications—applications that previously required costly RISC-based, mainframe-class platforms.