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Demos on Demand

Posted by Donald Sticksel Jr Aug 26, 2008

IDF SF08-Demos are an excellent tool for getting your message across. At IDF we demonstrated Demos on Demand which allows the message to get out without having to take the equipment to the location. Demos on Demand allow our customers, Fellow Travelers and corporate decision makers the opportunity to view our demos at any time from their location. Please view the IDF presentation below and come visit us at Demos on Demand.

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Intel & Turtle Entertainment Collaborate on Virtualization of Gameservers

Posted by William Lea Aug 21, 2008

IDF SF08-Online gaming and sports leagues are growing every day and here at IDF this week we had the opportunity to see how Intel is making an impact. I was visiting the Virtualization Community in the IDF Showcase where I met Bjoern Metzdorf, Director of Information Technology at Turtle Entertainment who was speaking with Alan Bumgarner of Intel. Check out the video for a major success story including an 18:1 server consolidation ratio, 85-90% power savings and no observable latency for the gamer, this is cool stuff!

If you want to learn more about Turtle Entertainment and the Electronic Sports League (ESL) Click Me

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Intel & HP Partner on World's Best 4-Socket TPC-C Benchmark

Posted by William Lea Aug 20, 2008

IDF SF08-HP and Intel announced collaboration on the world's best 4-socket TPC-C benchmark result of >634K transactions/min. Check out the video with Aaron Spurlock (HP) and Noe Garcia (Intel)discussing the HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server with Intel XEON 7400-series (Dunnington) processors. Let us know what you think.

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IDF SF08: Intel & IBM Announce World Record TPC-C Result

Posted by William Lea Aug 20, 2008

Back at IDF for Day 2 and still wrapping up some exciting news coming out yesterday. I met with Robert Zuber (IBM WW Marketing Manager)and Mike Moreno (Intel) and we talked about how IBM and the DB2 team, along with XEON 7400-series processors achieved this milestone of the Industry's First 1M+ TPC-C result. Here's a video with Robert and Mike in the Technology Showcase.

Check out the official Transaction Processing Council Site for details on the system configuration and full results.

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Dunnington Shines at IDF-New World Records Announced

Posted by William Lea Aug 19, 2008

Big news today at IDF SF08...Intel Exective VP, Pat Gelsinger delivered his keynote address here in San Francisco, Moscone Center. Innovation is always a big topic at IDF and today is no exception. Intel announced today new world record performance for the XEON 7400-series processor, code-named "Dunnington". And just what are these world records you ask? Watch the video for stunning results from Fujitsu Siemens (SPECint), SUN (SPECjbb, Dell (TPC-E), HP (4S TPC-C, SQL Server) and IBM with an Industry First 1.2 Million TPC-C result on Intel Architecture. Enjoy the video!

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