One example boasts $1 million savings



    CLEAR LAKE, Iowa, July 14 /EMWNews/ -- TeamQuest Corporation, the

global leader in IT Service Optimization software, explains how IT and

business leaders can understand and implement green IT solutions for quick

wins in the data center.



    To help IT leaders be viewed as part of the solution, TeamQuest has

published two white papers that show leaders how to use IT Service

Optimization (ITSO) and TeamQuest software to reduce their organization's

energy footprint. The generated savings can be used to fund other

"business-wide" initiatives such as supplementing the grid with wind power.



    ITSO is a best practice-based process supported by tools aimed at

optimizing the planning and delivery of IT services. The goal is to

consistently meet IT service levels while minimizing infrastructure costs

and mitigating risks.



    Best practices manager Ron Potter said, "TeamQuest software won't

prevent your CEO from using a corporate jet or provide your facility with a

renewable source of electricity, but it will be of great assistance in

optimizing the equipment used by your IT operation."



    Find Green IT Tips from White Papers



    Created for business leaders, the TeamQuest white papers cited below

show readers how to:




    -- Understand the different facets of green initiatives

    -- Tailor green programs to meet organizational needs

    -- Learn short- and long-term actions to initiate and sustain a green

       initiative/program

    -- Discover how capacity planning tools can quickly jump-start any

       long-term green initiative





    ITSO: As Part of a Green Initiative --

http://www.teamquest.com/pdfs/whitepaper/itso-green-initiative.pdf



    Shades of Green: Which will your organization choose? --

http://www.teamquest.com/pdfs/whitepaper/shades-of-green.pdf



    Green Data center: Uncovering $1 Million Solution



    Many companies purchase extra servers to solve capacity issues. Over

provisioning is a common IT infrastructure practice that increases data

center complexity, decreases utilization rates and wastes energy and money.



    The white paper "ITSO: As Part of a Green Initiative" shows a six year

forecast of response time for a particular workload after implementation of

a server consolidation project.



    One chart shows the forecasted performance using server configurations

that will result in the data center consuming 13.1 gigawatt hours of

electrical capacity to power its servers over the course of six years.

Another chart shows a better-performing configuration, but the power

consumption reads 15.7 gigawatt hours over the six year period.



    Assuming an average utility rate of $0.20 USD per kilowatt hour, the

savings from going with the lower-performing configuration would be

$520,000 over the six year period. Add similar costs for cooling and the

higher-performing configuration will cost more than $1 million, and greatly

increase the carbon footprint of the data center housing those more

powerful servers.



    Reasons for Green IT



    "The incentives for going green are moral, social and economic," Potter

said. "These are strong incentives, but you can't jump into the green IT

fray without understanding the goals and needs of your organization."



    For IT, going green may mean server consolidation, server

virtualization and equipment purchase decisions. The business may look at

going green as a way to save money and do what's right for the environment.



    Both sides are saying the same thing, just in different languages,

according to Potter. He believes the right capacity planning tools help

both sides communicate clearly and enhance the overall green strategy.



    As an example, "businesses can use TeamQuest user agents to gather just

about any kind of data regarding your green effort, including power and

temperature data," he said.



    "By optimizing power, cooling and/or space rather than just initial

purchase costs, you can modify your IT Service Optimization process to work

as an important part of your overall green initiative," said Potter.