SAP applications are mission critical for most companies. To meet increasing business demands while controlling costs, IT organizations continually strive for ways to improve the performance of their SAP software landscapes, support additional SAP applications and users, and look for ways to support the global deployment of SAP applications within their organizations. AMD and SAP are working together to meet those demands by providing SAP business software solutions on premier x86 processor-based platforms for all operating systems.

Alliance Overview

The AMD alliance with SAP started in 2003 when AMD worked with SAP to develop the first x86 64-bit SAP software products running on Linux. Since 2004, AMD has been an SAP global alliance partner, with a worldwide SAP Customer Competence Center in Walldorf, Germany and dedicated resources in the Europe, Middle East, and Asia (EMEA) region and North America. AMD and SAP America have established a go-to-market agreement to support joint sales initiatives in North America.

Key Customer Benefits

AMD's technology leadership offers a distinct advantage. AMD Opteron processor-based technology enables IT organizations to deliver responsiveness that meets all requirements of dynamically changing business needs:

• AMD64 technology natively supports 32-bit and 64-bit SAP applications at a good price/performance
• AMD Direct Connect Architecture can increase the performance and scalability of SAP applications
• AMD Virtualization can increase server utilization by enabling the running of separate, secure operating environments
• AMD performance per watt leadership assists SAP data centers in controlling power consumption and heat output

Capabilities and Industry Expertise

Of the Forbes Global 2000 companies or their subsidiaries, 90 of the top 100 and 55% of the top 500 use AMD64 processor-based systems to run critical enterprise applications.

Alliance Focus Areas

• SAP and AMD have focused on migrating business-critical SAP applications to x86 64-bit AMD Opteron processors.
• As a member of the SAP Adaptive Computing Council and working with SAP on grid and virtualization initiatives, AMD helps SAP customers reduce operational costs and improves the performance and availability of SAP software landscapes.
• The global AMD SAP Customer Competence Center at SAP headquarters works closely with SAP platform development teams to support enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) and the SAP NetWeaver platform with high-water benchmarks to achieve optimal performance.

AMD/SAP References

• arvato systems
• China Light and Power
• ENSO
• Microsoft

AMD/SAP Knowledge Corner

• SAP benchmarks
• Boost SAP Performance with AMD64-Powered Solutions
• avarto systems success story
• Moving to 64-Bit SAP on Linux - Thanks to AMD, the Time Is Now
• Special Feature: SAP and Linux

About AMD

Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD (NYSE: AMD) designs and produces innovative microprocessors and low-power processor solutions for the computer, communications, and consumer electronics industries. AMD is dedicated to delivering standards-based, customer-focused solutions for technology users, ranging from enterprises and governments to individual consumers. As a company, AMD is more than 16,000 employees and operations around the globe. Deriving more than 70% of our revenues from international markets, AMD is truly a company of the world.

Contact

Erika Mayr, Senior Strategic Alliance Manager