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Five Steps to Successful Data Center Consolidation by BMC Software, Inc
saving an estimated $10 million dollars in data center costs. The term “data center consolidation” can mean different things to different people, from simply reducing the number of physical servers in an isolated location to reducing the global footprint of a company's entire infrastructure (including applications and software licenses, etc.).

One goal of a...
Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers by APC
of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption. Despite the fact that the electrical power costs over the life of a data center may exceed the costs of the electrical power system and IT equipment, electrical power usage is not a typical design criterion for data centers, nor is it effectively managed as an expense. Some reasons for this situation are as follows:

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    Achieving 23-30% Total Power Savings With a Server Rack Designed for Excellence in Power Efficiency by Intel Corporation
    cabling, and management costs - as well as total power consumption - compared to low-density configurations having far few servers per rack. The Eco-Rack Proof of Concept demonstrates how server-level changes--such as moving to servers equipped with new energy-efficient processors, converting to DC power delivery to servers, activating Enhanced Intel...
    Desktop Virtualization: Best Bet for a Dwindling IT Budget? by Quest Software
    savings in the areas of hardware, power consumption, desktop downtime, as well as a plethora of additional benefits. No doubt you've at least heard the hype about Desktop Virtualization/Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Some of you a may be somewhat skeptical. Vendors and analysts typically over inflate cost savings in order to boost the viability of what they...
    Controlling Corporate Energy Consumption via the Enterprise Network by Cisco Systems, Inc.
    initiatives that reduce their electrical power consumption and CO2 emissions in an effort to not only reduce energy costs, but to also be respectful of global environmental concerns. To assist business leaders, IT suppliers are delivering products that consume less energy while offering new IT delivery approaches such as data center virtualization to reduce cooling and...
    Nehalem EP Automated Energy Efficiency Animation by Intel Corporation
    Processors 5500 series with Intel Intelligent Power Technology delivers automated energy efficiency by placing servers and processors in the lowest energy consumption state for each task througout the day. Server workloads tend to fluctuate greatly throughout the day. Intel® Xeon® Processors 5500 series with Intel® Intelligent Power Technology...
    Cost-cutting strategies for a virtualized data center: Blade servers by Dell, Inc. and Intel
    blade servers will enable you to decrease power consumption and optimize performance in your virtualized data center. Listen to this expert podcast to learn more about how you can consume less power and cut cooling costs. Analysts are reporting that the newest blade servers are helping companies decrease power consumption and improve performance in the data center. In...
    Messaging Security Goes Virtual: Improve Email Security and Lower Costs with Virtual Appliances by Proofpoint, Inc.
    additional hardware translates into huge cost savings. Savings not only in terms of hardware costs, but also in the power consumption, heat dissipation and management costs associated with deploying additional hardware.

    One natural evolution of the virtualization trend is to combine the benefits of special-function appliances and mix them with the...
    Business Service Efficiency: The Key to Green IT and Profitability by BMC Software, Inc
    Data center energy costs continue to take up a significant portion of IT budgets, and it seems that there is no end in sight. This paper addresses, in a unified and systemic way, many of the power consumption issues that IT has been grappling with in piecemeal fashion. Energy costs continue to take up a significant portion of IT...
    Cooling Strategies for Ultra-High Density Racks and Blade Servers by APC
    This white paper addresses common data center cooling challenges and describes five strategies for deploying ultra-high power racks, with practical solutions for both new and existing data centers. Rack power of 10 kW per rack or more can result from the deployment of high density equipment such as blade servers. This creates difficult cooling challenges...
    The Problem of Power Consumption in Servers by Intel Corporation
    also discusses the major components impacting power consumption and where the inefficiencies lie. Capabilities of servers and their power consumption have increased over time. Multiply the power servers consume by the number of servers in use today and power consumption emerges as a significant expense for many companies. This article will explains how servers consume power...
    IDC: Next - Generation Power and Cooling for Blade Environments by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel
    play a central role in reducing overall data center operating expenses and improving flexibility and control of infrastructure resources. They also differentiate HP BladeSystem both from competitive blade offerings and from rack-optimized servers.

    In this technical brief, IDC examines HP Thermal Logic, a holistic approach to improving power and cooling...
    Raging Wire & Critical Power Competency Center by Square D Critical Power Competency Center
    Wire Enterprises, a 200,000 sq/ft Tier IV data center discusses how its strategic partnership with Square D CPCC contributes to its reliability, uptime and an ultimate success. Power systems in today's data centers represent the highest level in optimization for reliability. This is a necessity, since the computer and IT equipment in these facilities and...
    A Quantitative Comparison of High Efficiency AC Vs. DC Power Distribution for Data Centers by APC
    by comparing the most efficient DC and AC power distribution methods. Recent findings suggest that the latest high efficiency AC and DC power distribution architectures are shown to have virtually the same efficiency, suggesting that a move to a DC-based architecture is unwarranted on the basis of efficiency.

    This paper explains why by comparing the most...
    Electrical Efficiency Measurement for Data Centers by APC
    This paper explains how data center efficiency can be measured, evaluated, and modeled, including a comparison of the benefits of periodic assessment vs. continuous monitoring. Data center electrical efficiency is rarely planned or managed. The unfortunate result is that most data centers waste substantial amounts of electricity. Today it is...
    Power Management for Portable Consumer Electronic Devices by Mentor Graphics
    techniques and how these techniques can reduce power consumption. For manufacturers of portable consumer electronic devices, reducing power consumption is a goal with returns that far outweigh the investment. By utilizing Mentor's Nucleus Power Management facility along with other performance tuning techniques, system developers can help device manufacturers improve...
    Green Data Center: A Proactive Approach to IT Efficiency by SearchDataCenter
    Listen to top green data center experts, as they help you properly identify your current energy efficiency issues and show you the next steps toward increasing your data center performance without breaking the bank. This year, we all are facing the need to cut costs without sacrificing performance. As energy costs are rapidly rising, data...
    Using enterprise architecture to develop a blueprint for improving your energy efficiency and reducing your carbon footprint by IBM
    servers and other hardware with the most power consumption and identify targets for replacement or modification. Management can identify "bloat" in the IT infrastructure by highlighting underused or redundant hardware and unwieldy processes. Executives can strategically plan energy reduction initiatives by reviewing reports that highlight trouble areas and their...
    Seven Ways To Lower Storage TCO by Compellent
    to boost efficiency, cut costs and reduce power consumption. Compellent Storage Center - a highly integrated, feature-rich data storage solution- was designed to lower data storage TCO. Read this white paper for more details on how Compellant can save save your company millions of dollars. Organizations of all types and sizes are under pressure to boost efficiency, cut...
    Enterprise Testimonials: Reduce Power Consumption with Intel vPro Technology by Intel Corporation
    discuss the impact of Intel vPro technology on power consumption reduction and energy cost reduction. While at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, we had a chance to talk to IT executives and managers from Disney International, Fox Interactive Media, Las Vegas Sands Corporation and McCormick Spice Company and industry analysts from IDC, Enterprise Management Associates and Ptak...
    HotSchedules Customer Case Study by Dell and Microsoft
    Hot Schedules needed to design and deploy a new data center infrastructure that could accommodate rapid annual business growth while also controlling hardware acquisition and power consumption costs. In this case study read how Hot Schedules needed to design and deploy a new data center infrastructure that could accommodate rapid annual business growth while...
    Best Practices for Power Equipment Startup by Square D Critical Power Competency Center
    program for new power equipment startup and the best practices and pitfalls that exist with regards to power equipment startup. In order for the electrical power distribution systems within data centers and related facilities to operate properly as designed and intended, it is extremely important that care be given to the commissioning and startup...
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