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The Ultimate Platform for Server Virtualization: AMD Opteron Processors and Windows Server 2008
Learn about how AMD Opteron processors and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 make the ultimate server platform for server virtualization. Download Now
Dell/Microsoft Performance Results III: Microsoft Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Reference Configuration
Learn about why Dell PowerEdge servers featuring AMD Opteron processors are an ideal choice to deploy highly available and enterprise mission-critical data. Download Now
Get More from Your Computing Resources with AMD Virtualization Technology
Learn about the main features of AMD Virtualization and how this leading technology enables fast and efficient virtualization while utilizing AMD’s efficient multi-core processors, advanced memory handling capabilities and hardware-based virtualization technologies. Download Now

Customer Case Study: Microsoft SQL Server Customer Lab
In this Dell case study, learn how Dell and AMD have teamed with the Microsoft's SQL Customer Lab. Download Now
Union Pacific: Distributed Network Case Study
Railroads have gone high tech, with locomotives becoming mobile computing and communications vehicles. Union Pacific, which helped make history more than 140 years ago, is using the latest technology from Dell and AMD to make more innovative connections. Download Now
Customer Case Study: Queensland Railroad, Running SAP on SQL Server 2005 Powered by Dell Servers
In this Dell case study Australia's Queensland Railroad is saving $100,000 a month by moving from a mainframe-based SAP solution to Dell PowerEdge 6850 Servers. Download Now

Who's Minding the SharePoint Servers?
Let's not ignore some of those SQL Server instances that have been put into place. First up: what you need to remember about SharePoint. Read More
Calling Child Packages in SSIS
Use variable is calling child packages that need to pass info back to the parent package. Here's how. Read More
T-SQL Tips -- GO # and WHILE Loops
Two quick tricks: populating a table with data quickly, and boosting performance with WHILE loops. Read More
The Logic of IF...THEN
Need the simplicity of the IF...THEN statement in your SSIS packages? It can be done. Read More
SQL Server's Extended Protection
R2 has a nifty feature called Extended Protection for Authentication. What? You've never heard of it? Check this out... Read More

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