Exploiting the full potential of mainstream processors

Topic: Exploiting the full potential of mainstream processors

Time: 11.00am

Date: Live Wednesday 14 November 2007

Duration: 60 minutes

Description: One of the fundamental technological dynamics of the IT industry has been to push the limits of technological performance further and further. Companies have come to expect regular step changes in price and performance of their fundamental IT and will readily invest in them to extract business advantage.

Yet one of the fundamental business dynamics of the IT industry is the 80/20 rule; that is to say mainstream, readily available technology can satisfy the vast majority of day to day applications. In fact regular updates of such standard technology are increasing the applications footprint of such technology.

Nowhere is this truer than in the field of processors where what is perceived as standard technology is being used more widely, delivering ever more attractive levels of price/performance and so adding true value to businesses.

Furthermore, leading edge virtualisation technology creates the opportunity that all servers are alike - the datacentre becomes a universal computing platform and may even become a virtual resource. Buying the best technology and solution becomes even more important than it has ever been. Doing more with every system and increasing utilisation, leveraging server virtualisation, could create real business advantage.

This webinar will examine how to get these advantages and will:

In short it will aim to show how this latest mainstream processor technology can, cost-effectively, adapt to firms’ changing business needs and deliver the price/performance benefits.

Format:
5 minute introduction followed by three 10-minute presentations plus a ten minute moderated Q&A session. Interactive polling carried out throughout the event.

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