При отсутствии каталога Books на дистрибутиве, MS SQL 2000 отказывается устанавливаться! 

SQL Server scalability casestudies for IT managers:

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/64bit/productinfo/casestudies.asp

other
http://www.enertia-software.com/item.asp?item=622
http://www.intel.com/business/casestudies/raymond_james.pdf
http://www.intel.com/business/bss/products/server/itanium2/testimonials.htm
http://www.intel.com/business/casestudies/koehler.pdf
http://www.intel.com/business/bss/swapps/server2003/testimonials.htm?showAll=true&selected=0
http://www.intel.com/business/bss/swapps/server2003/testimonials.htm?showAll=true&selected=1
http://www.intel.com/business/bss/swapps/server2003/testimonials.htm?showAll=true&selected=2
http://www.intel.com/business/bss/swapps/server2003/testimonials.htm?showAll=true&selected=3
http://www.intel.com/business/bss/swapps/server2003/testimonials.htm?showAll=true&selected=6
http://www.intel.com/business/bss/swapps/server2003/testimonials.htm?showAll=true&selected=8
http://www.intel.com/business/bss/swapps/server2003/testimonials.htm?showAll=true&selected=9
http://www.intel.com/business/bss/swapps/server2003/testimonials.htm?showAll=true&selected=11

http://www.unisys.com/products/es7000__servers/news_a_events/all__news/01218375.htm

http://www.hp.com/products1/itanium/testimonials/banca.html
http://www.hp.com/products1/itanium/testimonials/comp_usa.html
http://www.hp.com/products1/itanium/testimonials/finnish.html
http://www.hp.com/products1/itanium/testimonials/denizbank.html

some posts:

http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2004/03/10/87635.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/rwlodarc/archive/2003/04/24/6006.aspx
http://stupidevilbastard.com/archives/2004/02/18/intel_admits_64_bit_is_next_big_thing.php
http://weblogs.asp.net/jdennany/posts/31691.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/volkerw/archive/2004/02/25/80175.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/archive/2003/11/19/55757.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/frankarr/archive/2004/03/25/95564.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/mdavey/archive/2004/03/19/92568.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/wallym/archive/2004/01/29/64749.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2003/10/29/34389.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/volkerw/archive/2004/04/12/111860.aspx
http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog/jt_kane/archive/2003/09/29/247.aspx