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Sandra Pro Business 2010.1.16.10

At SiSoftware from version to version we focus four key areas of software development to make sure we give our users the best software experience. Quite simply our four drivers are: 


1.Inclusion of new technologies that ensure our tools remain current. 
2.Increased hardware and software support for existing modules. 
3.Improving the user interface to make it a richer easier user experience. 
4.Filling gaps in the product line in response to our customers' needs. 
Looking at these in more detail: 

1. It would have hardly been possible in the last few months to have not noticed the release of Windows 7. SiSoftware has been developing against both the betas and release candidate of Windows 7 to ensure compatibility even before the launch of Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. 

Over the last year, we have seen a huge growth in server consolidation and virtualisation: SiSoftware has responded to this by including support for not just one but five (5) different virtualisation technologies. These are: 


Windows Virtual PC 7 (Windows XP Mode) 
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005/R2 
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008/R2 
VMware Server 
VMware WorkStation/Player '

2. Since last year much new hardware has been released and the SiSoftware team continue to work on including support for new hardware as well as software in the latest version. There are always too many items, but to name a few: 


ATI GPUs: Radeon HD 5800, 5700 series 
AMD CPUs: Athlon Neo, Six (6)/Eight (8)/Twelve (12)-Core Opteron 4100, 6100 server 
Intel CPUs: Core i5/i7 desktop/mobile, Xeon Nehalem-EX server 
nVidia GPUs: GT215, GT216, GT218 series 
VIA CPUs: Nano 3000 series 
Hardware monitoring: Analog Devices (ADT), SMSC, Winbond/Nuovoton