November 2011 - Posts

• Intel Server Strategy Shift with Sandy Bridge EN & EP

  The arrival of the Sandy Bridge EN and EP processors, expected in early 2012, will mark the completion of a significant shift in Intel server strategy. For the longest time 1995-2009, the strategy had been to focus on producing a premium processor designed Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:04 PM by jchang | 2 Comments Filed under: Hardware

• New SQL Server 2012 per core licensing – Thank you Microsoft

  Many of us have probably seen the new SQL Server 2012 per core licensing, with Enterprise Edition at $6,874 per core super ceding the $27,495 per socket of SQL Server 2008 R2 (discounted to $19,188 for 4-way and $23,370 for 2-way in TPC benchmark reports) Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2011 4:19 PM by jchang | 16 Comments