| With a 20-year history (PDF 1.3MB) of developing hardware platforms and software solutions, Intel and Microsoft are focused on remaining on the forefront of 64-bit computing. SQL Server* 2005 running on Intel® architecture based platforms extends this joint industry leadership to help organizations meet their ever-changing business needs. Users can enjoy an IT solution that offers higher productivity and a better business decision for their company, with the ability to run their mission critical applications. |
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- Leading performance and price/performance results including the highest TPC-C result running on SQL Server 2005 and the first sub $1 TPC-C price/performance result
- Increased memory support, operating system, and application headroom for today's business applications.
- Innovative Intel platform technologies such as Hyper-Threading Technology. ¹
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| Better business decisions |
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- SQL Server 2005 running on Intel® processor-based servers provides a comprehensive business intelligence platform delivering integrated support for end-user reporting and data analysis.
- Itanium®-based platforms provide industry leading analytic solutions and data warehousing performance.
- Nine out of ten servers shipped today are based on the Intel® Xeon® processor offering the features and performance users need in enterprise deployments.
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| Mission critical abilities |
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- Intel architecture's advanced RAS features enable the system up-time and higher levels of availability that mission-critical applications require.
- New Intel® Platform Solutions are helping to drive better server utilization and improved security, with Intel® Virtualization Technology, lower maintenance costs with Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT), and improved server throughput with Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT).
- With a proven track record of SQL server deployments running on Intel architecture (over 90 percent to date), Intel and Microsoft engineers work hand-in-hand to optimize performance and qualify SQL Server on Intel architecture.
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"The launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2005, combined with platforms based on Intel Itanium 2 processors, validates Raymond James Financial's long-term Windows platform strategy. As our business continues to grow in size and complexity, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Intel Itanium 2 processor based technology provide a clear path to easily scale-up our existing SQL Server database infrastructure, while adding more reliability and capabilities."
—Bruce Philipoom, Vice President of Information Technology, Raymond James Financial
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"Driving information delivery across the company is critical to our business success. The new capabilities of SQL Server 2005 and high-performance Intel Itanium 2 processors, as well as ProClarity* 6.1, will help us perform more sophisticated attach rate analysis, root cause analysis, trending analysis over time, and combine real-time reporting with historical analysis. It helps us move toward our long-range goal of giving every employee a customized dashboard to track and improve their key indicators. As a result, we expect to be able to reduce our operating expenses, manage our service program more efficiently and enhance our push to increase sales to small and mid-sized businesses."
—Dennis Naherny, Director of Enterprise Reporting, CompUSA
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| CompUSA case study |
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CompUSA gets a business intelligence boost with Microsoft SQL Server* 2005 and Itanium® 2-based Server.
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| 64-bit guidebook for decision makers |
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