GAINESVILLE, VA — (Marketwired) — 04/22/15 — The SPEC Graphics and Workstation Performance Group () announced today that , a leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, has joined as a new member. The company is also a member of the SPEC Open Systems Group and the SPEC Research Group.
“This is another indication of the expanding breadth of our professional-level graphics and workstation benchmarks,” says Paul Besl, SPEC/GWPG chair. “The benchmark, released in late February, and the soon-to-be-released 1.2 benchmark both feature virtualization support. We can envision virtualization becoming a part of our application performance characterization () benchmarks as well. We welcome VMware–s expert contributions to SPEC/GWPG.”
“We look forward to joining the efforts of SPEC/GWPG, as we help our customers transform their desktops with a high-performance experience designed to provide the benefits of virtualization and indistinguishable from a physical workstation,” said Pat Lee, senior director, product management, End-User Computing, VMware.
In addition to technical benefits, SPEC/GWPG membership delivers marketing value, according to Besl:
“Unbiased results from SPEC/GWPG benchmarks add credibility to performance claims in marketing and PR programs and deliver widespread visibility when published on the .”
VMware joins SPEC/GWPG members AMD, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Intel, Lenovo, Micron and NVIDIA. More information on the benefits of SPEC/GWPG membership can be found on the organization–s .
The SPEC Graphics and Workstation Performance Group (SPEC/GWPG) is the worldwide leader in standardized performance evaluation for professional graphics and workstation applications. More than 16,000 SPEC/GWPG benchmarks were in 2014. For more information, visit .
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