bwin recorded ca 400% performance gain in a testing scenario involving SQL Server 2008 R2 on a 256 processor Windows Server 2008 R2 machine

bwin Interactive Entertainment AG,  a world number one company in online gaming, did some extensive tests at MS headquaters in Redmond. Tests involved a 256 processor Windows Server 2008 R2 machine using the newest version of SQL Server 2008 R2. Through the new technologies bwin could achieve ca 400% performance gain - read the whole story here (on German)...