Maximize Server Efficiencies and Minimize Carbon Footprint with New Online Tools from Ideas International
IDEAS’ carbon calculator, server consolidation and virtualization analysis tools help make critical "green IT" decisions
October 16, 2008 - Sydney, Australia
Delegates at the
VMware Virtualisation Forum in
Sydney, Australia expressed the need for
direction on consolidating datacenters
and developing "Green
IT" projects –
common goals for organizations,
globally. Ideas International has
launched powerful online tools,
including a carbon calculator, to model
server consolidation projects that could
reduce a company’s IT carbon footprint
by 80 to 90%.
For the first time, subscribers have
online access to the most comprehensive
database of current and historical
server configurations sold by the
leading server manufacturers, dating
back to 1996. Users can model server
performance and server consolidation
options, complete with independent data
and performance evaluations, and
procurement intelligence such as side by
side comparison of product features,
global pricing and cost of ownership.
Ideas International’s (IDEAS, ASX:IDE)
newly enhanced, web-based Server
Consolidation
Analysis Resource
(Server CAR) and
Competitive Profiles application
suite will enable users to rapidly model
multiple server consolidation scenarios
with a key focus on quantifying before
and after views of performance and
carbon footprint.
IDEAS’ new
Carbon Calculator calculates current
and proposed electricity costs and
savings, CO2 equivalent emissions and
reductions, and carbon emissions and
reductions. Carbon Calculator
results are provided in localized
currency and units of measurement,
quantifying carbon emission and carbon
footprint reductions for reporting
against corporate sustainability goals.
To help with virtualization decisions,
IDEAS is launching its newest online
Collaborative Product Evaluation (CPE)
service, which rates the functional
capabilities of three leading server
virtualization platforms on the market:
VMware Infrastructure 3, Citrix
XenServer 5.0 and Microsoft Hyper-V.
Engaging in the web 2.0 space by
inviting input and evaluation from
global users of the studied products,
the hypervisor CPE incorporates
real-life insight into product
evaluation. CPE from IDEAS is
collaborative open-source research; it
is free to register for access, and
users can weight the 60 points of
comparison to match their requirements
so that the resulting reports are
relevant to their needs.
About Ideas International
IDEAS is the leading global supplier of comparative intelligence on enterprise IT infrastructure. Servicing both IT vendors and large-scale IT users, IDEAS’ products focus on: servers; storage; virtualization and consolidation; and software and infrastructure services. IDEAS’ online products are backed by expert industry analysts who can also deliver specialized advisory and consulting services.
Contact
Spectrum
Communications:
Richelle Gillett
+61 2 9954 3299
richelleg@spectrumcomms.com.au
