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Going Green is an initiative that dramatically reduces organization’s power consumption, floor space and cooling requirements. The Green initiative is closely aligned with Virtualization.


Going "Green" and "Environmentally Friendly" are more than a “politically correct” movement. Going Green is an initiative that dramatically reduces organization’s power consumption, floor space and cooling requirements. The Green initiative is closely aligned with Virtualization. Champion can help your company:
q Double IT capacity within the same energy footprint
q Reduce operational costs – realizing a 40% to 50% energy cost savings
q Increase sever utilization rate to 60% to 70%
q Attain up to an 80% space savings over tape
q Complete backups 16 times faster and reduce the complexity of managing all disparate software technologies and systems as if they are a single infrastructure

Event Presentations
"Virtualization: Be Green and Save Green" Presentation from Winter / Spring Events 2008
Virtualization Presentation
Deduplication Presentation
IBM Application Virtualization Presentation
IBM Efficient Data Center Presentation
Symantec Email Archiving Presentation

Resources
Desktop Virtualization
Centralized management, increased security, strong user isolation
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure enables enterprises to host desktop virtual machines in their data center on VMware software and provide users access from a PC or thin client using a remote display protocol.
VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Server Virtualization
Deploy multiple virtual machines on a single physical server to increase hardware utilization.
VMware VI3
IBM System p
IBM BladeCenter

Application Virtualization
Today, many existing IT infrastructures face the following common challenges that can be addressed through application virtualization:
• Scaling IT resources so that they can adjust dynamically to business needs.
• Helping to ensure high availability and reliability during peaks in transaction volume.
• Helping to reduce the effort and cost of monitoring and managing a complex IT environment.
• Providing consistent and predictable performance for critical applications.
• Handling unrelenting data volumes that can have dramatic effects on application performance and business competitiveness.
• Building on current investments in software, skills and servers.
Application Virtualization with WebSphere

Data Deduplication
Data deduplication is an important new technology that is quickly being embraced by users as they struggle with issues of data proliferation. By eliminating redundant data objects, an immediate benefit is obtained through space efficiencies.
Learn more about Data Deduplication
Deduplication Calculator
Deduplication Case Study


Brochures, White Papers and More
The Green Data Center White Paper
Top 10 Reasons Why Champion Managed Maintenance Services
IBM X-Architecture - High Efficiency Brochure
Application Virtualization - IBM WebSphere (XD)
Extended Deployment Data Sheet
Application Virtualization - IBM WebSphere (XD)
Extended Deployment White Paper
WebSphere Article: Virtualized server resources for
continues application availability
Optimizing operations with WebSphere Extended
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Case Studies

City of Hollywood Saves $326,000 Over Four Years Through Server Consolidation. Champion Solutions Group Implements IBM Servers, VMware for City Government.
Case Study - City of Hollywood

Georgia Tech Saves $780,000 in Data Center Costs by Going Green
Case Study - Georgia Tech

Sacramento County Realized 80% Space Savings through Storage Virtualization
Case Study - Sacramento County

Able Body Labor Gets Positioned for Future Growth through Storage Virtualization
Case Study - Able Body Labor

Going Green
BusinessWeek - IBM's New Chip: Big Blue Goes Green

IBM Unveils Plan to Combat Data Center Energy Crisis; Allocates
$1 Billion to Advance "Green" Technology and Services

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