Harness Enterprise Data with SQL Server® 2008 R2 and New Intel® Xeon® Processors

This paper describes game-changing innovations in SQL Server® 2008 R2, including self-service business intelligence (BI), server manageability, complex event processing (CEP), and Master Data Services. It also describes dramatic developments in the new Intel® Xeon® processors 5600 and 7500 series, including massive scalability, performance and virtualization enhancements, and intelligent power management capabilities.
In addition, this paper shows how the innovations of SQL Server® 2009 R2 and Intel Xeon processors work better together to give:
- Massive scalability
- Impressive performance
- Reassuring RAS
- Improved support for a virtualized data infrastructure
- Lower total cost of ownership (TCO)