Sun Microsystems are currently promoting 3 kits for eco-IT responsibility...
Step 1 - Eco Assessment Kit
Find out where you currently stand and determine what you need to do to prove the business case for a greener IT. There are a number of key resources including:
- Sun Power Calculators
- Space, Watts and Performance (SWaP) metrics
- Whitepapers on energy use, data centres and virtualisation
- Customer case studies for eco IT
- Sample savings on migrating to new Sun hardware
Step 2 - Eco Optimisation Kit
Next Sun provides two key initiatives to optimise your IT environment:
- Promotions - Sun often has a range of promotions to help you save money on the purchase of Sun hardware.
- Services - including a consolidation review/justification service and Eco cooling efficiency service for data centres.
Step 3 - Eco Virtualisation Kit
As with Step 2, there are virtualisation promotions and services available such as the Application Readiness Service which can help you determine if your applications can be migrated to a virtual platform.
