Power Consumption Monitoring Reports

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how adopting desktop virtualization can simplify the Windows 7 migration, and additionally reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security around the desktop infrastructure. It’s like “killing two birds with one stone.”

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 | Published: 12 Apr 2011

EZINE: New mandatory initiatives have recently come into play in the U.K., pushing the idea of “greening up” the data centre higher on every companies’ priority list. Volume 1 of the Virtual Data Centre e-zine gives an overview of how these environmental regulations affect U.K. businesses and what can happen if they don’t comply.

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 | Published: 08 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: To help you assess both the full costs and overall benefits of datacenter management solutions, this white paper examines the primary inefficiencies found in typical datacenters, and then presents the strategies commonly used to resolve them.

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: While already on the lookout for ways to reduce costs, large enterprises are under increasing pressure to use less energy. Inefficient or end-of-life servers can cost more to run than they are worth because they continue to draw power for cooling. Read this white paper to learn the solution to this problem.

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 | Published: 23 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper offers a guide for presenting the relatively high costs of expanding physical environments and the savings components of virtualization.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 27 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 OS incorporates enhanced power management tools that can complement 11th-generation Dell™ PowerEdge™ server capabilities such as the Dell Active Power Controller feature to help control power consumption and increase energy efficiency in enterprise data centers.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Maximizing performance while making efficient use of available power and space can be critical in data center environments. The new Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 rack server with the AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform delivers four-processor performance in a compact, cost-effective 2U design. Access this white paper now to learn more.

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 | Published: 02 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: In today’s fast-paced IT environment, overcrowded data centers are becoming more and more common—which means IT managers are simply running out of room to expand. An iDataPlex solution can help with these problems because its unique rack design is optimized to save floor space. Read this paper to find out more.

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Through this white paper, PTS Data Center Solutions (PTS) personnel validate these energy efficiency savings estimates using the upgrade of the IT system within its own data center facility and operations as a test bed.

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Network closets in the healthcare setting are housing more powerful and critical equipment as hospitals and ambulatory offices rely on these spaces to support an increasing number of business-critical applications such as electronic medical records (EMRs), wireless communications and digital imaging.

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 07 Oct 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Join Michael Rowan, Co-Founder and CTO, Viridity Software, and Michelle Bailey, Senior Research Analyst, IDC as they discuss why it’s important to accurately measure how power is being consumed by IT equipment, impending legislation affecting energy usage, and other issues related to the future of energy efficiency in the data center.

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 | Published: 07 Sep 2010

EBOOK: CIOs are under pressure to cut energy costs, but often lack a baseline from which to start their energy management effort. This e-book explores the techniques CIOs can use to measure energy consumption, to help improve data centre operations and the bottom line.

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 | Published: 20 Aug 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this presentation transcript with Michael Rowan, CTO & Co-Founder of Viridity Software, and Marty Stephens, Director of Information Technology of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, as they discuss how Viridity EnergyCenter software helped LexisNexis Risk Solutions improve energy efficiency and lowered their power bill.

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 | Published: 09 Aug 2010

EBOOK: This e-book explores the five key elements of PC Lifecycle management, a practise that can help you to greatly reduce the ongoing costs of operating your PC fleet.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 04 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: The escalation in data center costs has been driven by the demand for computing. IT has responded to this demand by adding more servers and replacing older servers with newer devices that deliver more power in less space. Read this whitepaper to learn more.

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 | Published: 30 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: To appropriately apply the principles of DCSM, a comprehensive enterprise solution must be able to provide significant levels of control over the infrastructure. Aperture VISTA® is the only enterprise-wide solution to be able to deliver all aspects of DCSM with a multidimensional perspective.

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 | Published: 30 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: While CIOs are focusing on managing services offerings, managing data center risks and keeping total costs down, forces are at play that will require the CIO to pay significantly more attention to data center energy efficiency and resource consumption. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 | Published: 28 Jul 2010

EGUIDE: Windows Server 2008 R2 is here! Whether you've already begun to make steps towards this upgrade or you're still evaluating all your options, it's important to understand what you're getting into. In this expert e-guide from SearchVirtualDataCentre.co.uk, learn about new features coming with this release.

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 | Published: 26 Jul 2010

CASE STUDY: Boston Medical Center (BMC) needed to find ways to lower its operational costs to work within smaller budgets despite exploding data volumes, a sprawling server farm and 6,000 desktop users who needed access to clinical applications for patient care. The hospital pursued a data center virtualization strategy after partnering with Dell.

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 OS incorporates enhanced power management tools that can complement 11th-generation Dell™ PowerEdge™ server capabilities such as the Dell Active Power Controller feature to help control power consumption and increase energy efficiency in enterprise data centers.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 15 Jun 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Managing power consumption in the data center is a huge concern for IT organizations today. In this presentation transcript, learn about the cost benefits of using Windows Server 2008 R2 for power and energy savings in the data center. The speaker will discuss the trends in this area and offer steps to improve power consumption and costs.

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 | Published: 14 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: To succeed in tough economic times, a business must be able to make strategic plans for growth while running a lean operation. The following paper presents seven primary areas where businesses can maximize IT opportunities and describes how Cisco can help build a sustainable network infrastructure to help you realize your strategic vision.

Posted: 26 May 2010 | Published: 01 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This document describes the Green Operations and Characteristics of the Cisco® Catalyst® Series Switches. These Cisco Catalyst switch families offer the latest technologies to enable organizations to meet the green requirements of today while providing flexible architectures to address the necessities of tomorrow.

Posted: 26 May 2010 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Read this solution brief to learn how to drive down cost of ownership and speed up return on investment with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 from Novell and the new generation on Intel Xeon processors.

Posted: 10 May 2010 | Published: 04 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: Data Center carbon emissions are a growing global concern. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cites data centers as a major source of energy consumption in the United States. This paper introduces a simple approach, supported by free web-based tools, for estimating the carbon footprint of a data center anywhere in the world.

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Apr 2010