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May 21
2009
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Could going green be good for business? Saving Gaia through VirtualizationPosted by: Eileen Chieng on May 21, 2009   |
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From recyclable bags to green buildings to hybrid cars, is your company making the effort to save the earth by implementing green practices? Are you concerned that ‘going green’ will push your organisation into the red? What if you could save the environment AND make significant savings for your business? Sound good? Well, look no further than Virtualization.
Virtualization has the potential to drastically reduce your IT resources, vastly improve energy efficiency and help to reduce CO2 emissions1. In fact, market leader in virtualization, VMware, claim that every server virtualized has the same environmental impact as removing 1.5 cars from the road. Further, with one server doing the job of 15, energy use drops dramatically.
According to Jim Ellis, recipient of the Queen’s Medal of the Order for his services to the ICT sector and Fellow and Honorary Life Member of the Australian Computer Society, “Virtualization has been a significant trend in IT for some years and has delivered significant benefits in terms of reducing operations complexity, lowering Total Cost of Ownership, and at the same time help the environment.
“Virtualization can be made possible with VMware which has remained at the forefront of virtualization since helping establish the concept as a practical operational alternative”.
According to John van Nieuwkerk, IT Network Administration with Corangamite Shire who attended VMware training conducted by EXCOM Education, “Part of Corangamite Shire Council’s plan for the future is to become more energy efficient and cost effective in carrying out the activities of the Shire. Our deployment of blade server technology and virtual machines is part of this push. After attending the training by EXCOM on VMware Infrastructure 3, we had the confidence to adopt this technology and achieve our cost saving goals.”
Virtualization is a major step in the right direction for your business and for the environment. There are few simpler ways to improve your energy efficiency, reduced costs and save the earth all while meeting business demand.
To learn more about how VMware could benefit your organisation, contact an EXCOM consultant on 1300 85 7706.
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