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Affordable Internet Services Online
Affordable Internet Services Online, Inc. (AISO) provides Internet solutions that are 100 percent solar-powered. Its previous x86-based web hosting systems were requiring extra solar panels to power the processors and elaborate cooling systems to keep them running. Within six months of implementing the AMD Opteron™ processor, AISO has seen an increase in performance while reducing the overall energy needed.
Arvato Systems
Since deploying AMD Opteron™ processors, arvato systems estimates it has reduce its total cost of ownership by 40 percent while more than doubling the speed of its SAP applications.
Data Return
Learn how Data Return created a highly available and flexible environment with outstanding price/performance and performance-per-watt gains, by implementing a virtualization solution based on AMD64 technology.
Starz Entertainment Group
With AMD Opteron™ processor-based HP ProLiant servers, the Starz Entertainment Group saves substantially on content-packaging costs for its existing business, and has built a platform that will sustain future initiatives in emerging communications channels.
SingTel
SingTel, a telecom provider with unmatched reach throughout the Asia Pacific region, found that AMD Opteron™ processor-based servers drastically reduced the time it takes to analyze data, while ensuring a smooth transition to 64-bit applications in SingTel's EXPAN data centers.
Layered Technologies
The AMD Opteron™ processor helped Layered Technologies offer unique services like 64-bit backwards compatibility to its customers. As a result, the company has attributed its triple growth and strong brand in part to AMD.
TeleStream, Digital Rapids, Agnostic Media
Learn how the Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor helps digital media industry leaders dramatically increase the efficiency of transcoding massive files of content.
WhiteBlox, HP and AMD
WhiteBlox is broadcasting the future with the help of AMD Opteron™ processor-based HP ProLiant servers.

White Papers

AMD64 Multi-Core Computing Platforms and solidDB Enable Consolidated Approach to Subscriber Databases and Related Applications
With solidDB and AMD64 Multi-Core Processors, system architects can consider a new, consolidated approach to subscriber databases and related applications. In this new approach, the applications are run in the same multi-core/multi-processor system, together with the database server.
AMD Opteron™ Processors Deliver Outstanding Performance for Telecommunications Business Support Systems (BSS)
Second-Generation AMD Opteron processors deliver a great deal of computing power which is required by today’s resource intensive back office applications.
The IBM BladeCenter Provides the Ideal Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) Platform
Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) services open the door to a number of new and exciting services for mobile service providers. However, network engineers need to ensure that any new end-to-end solution is carrier grade. These include the need for high availability, scalability and easy administration. BridgePort Networks’ MobileSTICK™ solution offers a market-ready FMC software solution that uses open standards hardware and software to achieve carrier-grade performance. The keystone to the MobileSTICK solution is the NomadicONE™ Network Convergence Gateway (NCG) software from BridgePort Networks. With AMD’s high-throughput Opteron processors, the NomadicONE NCG can handle over a million subscribers on eight LS21 servers within a single IBM BladeCenter chassis.
Bridging the Management and Availability Standards Gap to Increase COTS Value for NEPs
This technical brief provides an overview of the market conditions driving change in the telecommunications industry, including the move toward COTS-based infrastructures.
Building Next-Generation Telecom Equipment Based on the AMD64 Processor Family
Explore the changing landscape facing Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) and learn how the AMD Opteron processor's features and benefits can help solve the challenges of building next-generation telecom equipment.
IMS: The Migration Path Towards Converged IP-based Networks
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is not a service but a new network architecture designed with building blocks that give telecom operators more flexibility to deliver new services.
Latency Comparison Between HyperTransport™ and PCI-Express™ In Communications Systems
Communication systems with real-time performance and ultra low latency have the potential to transform user experiences and create new business opportunities for network operators and service providers. From faster and more responsive games to converged voice, video and data services, communication systems will be the vehicle for new revenue streams and increased user satisfaction.

Simplifying Design. Streamlining Time-to-Market. AMD64 Technology for High-End Embedded Systems
AMD is dedicated to driving innovation in the embedded market, offering an unparalleled choice in x86 processors and the extended processor life cycle required for embedded products.