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See what leading ISVs have to say about the superior virtualization performance¹ of Intel® Xeon® processor technology, the industry-leading, hardware-based technology.

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	Optimized Virtualization Watch how Intel helps Citrix increase workloads with more efficiency and reduced power consumption on a platform optimized for virtualization.
	Reliability and Stability Watch the collaboration between Intel and Microsoft Hyper-V, a partnership of virtualization software and performance. Learn how Intel gives a platform for consolidation, while producing a more agile environment.
	Stronger Data Platform Watch how explosive growth in consumer-generated data is leading to demand for access of multiple data types across platforms, and how Intel is helping SQL provide greater security, critical performance and optimization.
	Lower Total Cost of Ownership Watch how Parallels and Intel are a natural fit — using technology to achieve increased performance, higher density and lower cost of ownership.
	Increased Performance, Same Footprint Watch how Red Hat and Intel help customers manage data centers, and move forward with a lower TCO, increased density and server consolidation.
	Faster Open Source Watch how Sun Microsystems combines their OS knowledge with Intel’s hardware knowledge to deliver faster IO and computation with eco-responsibility.
	Server Consolidation Watch how Intel helps Virtual Iron do more with less, giving small, medium and large enterprise customers a single server with more processing power.
	The Next Generation Datacenter Watch how VMware and Intel are collaborating on products designed for virtualization leadership — protecting customers' investments and allowing for improved availability, resilience and price performance.

¹Processor performance per watt comparison of Intel measured vConsolidate 1.1 Profile 2 benchmark on VMware* ESX Server 3.5 results on 4-socket populated Intel® Xeon® X7350 (Quad-Core, 8M cache, 2.93GHz, 1066FSB) and Intel® Xeon® X7460 (6-core, 16M cache, 2.66GHz, 1066FSB, 45nm). Actual performance may vary. Source: TR#970 as of 15 Aug 2008.

Configuration Details:
vConsolidate 1.1 benchmark on VMware* ESX Server 3.5 details:
Intel Xeon processor X7460, platform details: 4U Intel® S7000FC4UR (Fox Cove) Qual Server with four Intel Xeon X7460 (6-core, 16M cache, 2.66GHz, 1066FSB), 32GB memory (16 * 2GB FB-DIMM 667MHz Kingston* KVR667D2D4F5/4G), Fiber Channel Adapter: 2 * HBA Dual-Port QLE2462 PCIe* (one idle), Storage configuration: EMC* Clarion* CX3-40f 4Gb 15-slot array. Single RAID controller with 4 GB cache and a battery, dual PSMs with dual AC inputs. RAID 0, SAN: 10 * Hitachi* 146GB 15K RAID 0 FC HDD, 2 * DELTA DSP-1570BB, Fans: 8, VMware* ESX Server 3.5 GA (build 64607).

Intel Xeon processor X7350, platform details: 4U Intel® S7000FC4UR (Fox Cove) Qual Server with four Intel Xeon X7350 (Quad-Core, 8M cache, 2.66GHz, 1066FSB) , 32GB memory (16 * 2GB FB-DIMM 667MHz Kingston* KVR667D2D4F5/4G), Fiber Channel Adapter: 2 * HBA Dual-Port QLE2462 PCIe* (one idle), Storage configuration: EMC* Clarion* CX3-40f 4Gb 15-slot array. Single RAID controller with 4 GB cache and a battery, dual PSMs with dual AC inputs. RAID 0, SAN: 10 * Hitachi* 146GB 15K RAID 0 FC HDD, 2 * DELTA DSP-1570BB, Fans: 8, VMware* ESX Server 3.5 GA (build 64607).