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| Choice means freedom—freedom to increase productivity and grow your business without being constrained by your server infrastructure. Freedom to choose the best technology to suit your business needs. And freedom from worries about server reliability or unnecessary costs. Intel and Microsoft offer you a choice of industry-standard server platforms with the 64-bit technology you need to handle business growth today and for the future. |
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| New value from the vendors you trust |
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Intel and Microsoft have been developing hardware platforms and software solutions for business for more than 20 years. Now they bring you the benefits of 64-bit technology across the enterprise. Itanium® 2-based servers running Windows Server* 2003 provide the power to support your most demanding business applications, while 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers¹ with the new Windows Server* 2003 x64 Editions support the broadest range of applications for general-purpose computing. And platform innovations in system architecture and manageability help you grow your business while containing costs and protecting your server investment.
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- Seed platforms for dual-core processors: Starting in mid-2005 Intel plans to offer early and broad access to dual-core processor-based platforms for development, testing and validation. Contact your Intel representative to learn how you can take advantage of this essential resource.
- Lower costs: Take advantage of standardized, end-to-end 64-bit solutions to consolidate multiple SQL* departmental databases or LOB applications onto a single Intel®-based system, so you can simplify your infrastructure, reduce support costs and increase uptime.
- Grow your business: Get the increased memory support and operating system and application headroom you need for today's intensive business applications. 64-bit computing helps deliver the highest levels of up-time in Windows environments utilizing the enhanced RAS features of the Itanium® 2-based platform.
- Mitigate risk: Proven 64-bit platforms from Intel and Microsoft deliver reliable and powerful end-to-end infrastructure solutions that provide investment protection, flexibility, choice and outstanding price/performance.
- Prepare for the future: Server and OS innovation will continue to deliver increasing value. Improve server utilization and security protection with Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT), lower your costs with Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT), improve server throughput with Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT), and boost performance potential with Intel multi-core processors.
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Running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 on
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From the client to the data center, the complementary 64-bit technologies of Intel®-based servers and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 help improve productivity, lower operating costs, and optimize server performance.
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Itanium® 2 processor-based platforms deliver compelling price/performance and the most scalable platforms for Windows-based Database, BI and ERP workloads. With mission-critical systems from leading OEMs, you can achieve the highest levels of up-time, while realizing the cost savings of a standardized and consolidated enterprise environment.
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| 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers running Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions enable a smooth transition to 64-bit computing. Take advantage of enhanced performance and security protection on your 32-bit applications by using new Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions, optimized to take advantage of Hyper-Threading Technology, PCI Express* and DDR2-400 memory available on 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor-based platforms. |
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There's never been a better time to assess your server infrastructure. Migration paths to 64-bit technology from Intel and Microsoft are forged, tested and supported by tools, software, and consulting services from Intel® Solution Services and Microsoft Consulting Services*.
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With Microsoft Windows Server 2003 you can establish a common operating environment from entry-level Intel Xeon processor-based servers to your largest, back-end applications running on 64-bit Intel Xeon processor or Intel Itanium 2 processor-based platforms. With a unified, consistent, enterprise-class operating environment you can take advantage of tools and overlapping skill sets to consolidate operations, reduce consulting and overhead costs, and improve availability. The choice is yours, so start evaluating your server opportunities today.
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| Learn more about 64-bit computing with Microsoft and Intel |
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Microsoft and Intel team up to educate you on the future and potential of 64-bit server technology.
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| ¹64-bit computing on Intel® architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel® 64 architecture. Processors will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel® 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations. Consult with your system vendor for more information.
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