VMworld 2009 is just around the corner and you can be sure that AMD will be front and center at what has become one of the premier technical conferences of the year.  I’m honored once again to be speaking at one of the breakout sessions during the week.  I invite you to come join me on Thursday at 10am for a discussion on Virtualization and Cloud Computing with AMD Opteron^TM processor-based platforms.  I’ll be covering the latest in AMD Opteron^TM processors including exciting new features from our most recent introduction of the Six-Core AMD Opteron^TM processor (formerly codenamed “Istanbul”). It is the industry’s only six-core process for 2, 4 and 8 socket servers and offers 34% higher performance-per-watt than Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based servers in the same power and thermal envelopes.

 I promise this will be much more than just a product presentation. I will provide valuable insight into what we’re seeing in the world of virtualization and cloud computing.  I’m very excited to announce that we also plan to have a special guest speaker during this session.   Not to give too much away, but we expect to have a very special customer that will discuss their experiences as they move towards their goal of being 96% virtualized in their datacenter.  This particular customer has been using virtualization for past several years for server consolidation and high availability and they have implemented over 1500 hosted virtualized desktops running on AMD Opteron^TM processor-based servers and VMware software.

And speaking of sessions, we also have a complete line-up in our Masters of Virtualization Theater in the AMD booth in the Exhibition Hall.  Please come by and say hello.  You can check out several of our  demonstrations featuring emerging virtualization technologies and attend a variety of presentations to learn the latest and greatest from many of our closest OEMs and industry partners including Citrix, Dell, HP, Microsoft, Sun and Virtual Computer, just to name a few.  And as a bonus, we have two of our key customers lined up to present and discuss their experiences with virtualization and AMD Opteron^TM processor-based servers. 

The theater presentations will run every hour on the hour and last approx 20 to 30 minutes including Q&A.  Please consult your VMworld schedule for Exhibition hall times and come by our booth – #1408 – for a complete schedule of the AMD booth presentations.

And if you just can’t wait for the conference you can visit the AMD booth at the VMworld Virtual Conference.  I’ve just posted a new “Ask the Experts” piece highlighting the Six-Core AMD Opteron^TM processor – check out some of the other new material on AMD while you are there.

We’re just a few weeks away.  I hope to see you all there. 

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