Author Archives: Jason Deal
Love Your IT Today
AMD introduces five efficient new AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series Processors that don’t compromise on performance. This Valentine’s Day, AMD is holding a contest that encourages you to ‘Love Your IT’ today. Continue reading
[12 Days of 12 Core] Day 12: The Gift of New Cores in 2011
If you’ve been following along, over 11 days we’ve taken a look at 11 different aspects of our AMD OpteronTM server platforms in 2010. But, now it’s time to turn our sights to 2011. Not surprisingly, when you tear off … Continue reading
[12 Days of 12 Core] Day 11: The Nuts and Bolts of 12 Core
On Day 11 of the 12 Days of 12 Core, AMD opens the hood to the AMD Opteron 6100 Series processor Continue reading
[12 Days of 12 Core] Day 10: The Age Old Debate
A recent article in SearchDataCenter by Bill Kleyman dives into the differences between the AMD and Intel platforms currently on the market, and more specifically how they address key concerns of the Unix crowd – memory, virtualization and overall performance. … Continue reading
[12 Days of 12 Core]: Day 8: Dell PowerEdge R815 Takes Home the Hardware
In our 12 days of 12 core, we take a look at the some of the accolades the AMD OpteronTM processor has racked up over the year Continue reading
NorthScale and Horizontal Data Scaling
The real beauty and utility of the cloud is the ability to scale resources up and down based on need. Whether organizations contract with outside cloud providers or create an internal server cluster with all of the same advantages, flexibility … Continue reading
Workflow Management in the Cloud
Small and medium businesses continue to take advantage of moving their networks to the cloud. In fact, a recent Spiceworks SMB study, suggests that 25% of polled SMBs plan to use cloud computing in 2010. The ability to scale networks … Continue reading
Summer School with AMD at Microsoft Tech Ed
At AMD, we’re gearing up for a summer packed full of events. Just as we wrapped up Computex in Taipei, we headed to New Orleans for Microsoft’s Tech Ed conference. I’ve always been a big fan of the Big Easy … Continue reading
Microsoft Office 2010 and AMD – Delivering Next Generation Productivity to a PC Near You
Did you know that Microsoft shipped its first version of Microsoft® Office for Windows in 1990? Twenty years later, they are getting ready to ship Office 2010 to a market that has evolved considerably. Blowing the dust off my old … Continue reading



