Behind the Program: When Seconds Count

Even a slight change in cloud instance performance can impact sales on e-commerce sites. For example, Shopzilla increased its revenue by up to 12 percent by accelerating its page load times from seven to two seconds5. For enterprise and other IT buyers evaluating hybrid or public cloud services, CSPs participating in the Intel Cloud Technology program will provide detailed information about available CPUs, hardware acceleration features, storage, software and network capabilities – all of which can have a have significant impact on applications, costs and experiences for end users.

CSPs will promote the users’ benefits of Intel cloud technologies powering their services through multiple channels. The capabilities available today from participating CSPs aim to  significantly increase performance of applications and security of end users’ data and include Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX), Intel Data Protection Technology with Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (AES-NI), and Intel Virtualization Technology (VT).

Additionally, Intel will drive direct marketing campaigns and participate in co-marketing activities with CSP partners in the program to educate customers about underlying technologies, their impact on applications performance, user experience and ultimately the business. Understanding service capabilities helps the cloud user make better choices, which can lead to significant cost savings.

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