Helping protect the planet

Biodiversity organisation in South African delivers greene IT with around 76 percent fewer server

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

We've consolidated servers by around 76 per cent by choosing a virtualized Dell PowerEdge blade solution.” - Simo Mpungose, IT Director, South African National Biodiversity Institute

SANBI wanted to deliver greener IT as part of a programme to reduce the organisation's carbon footprint. It also planned to simplify IT management, increase performance and improve services to clients.

It collaborated with Dell Consulting Services to deliver a virtualized solution featuring Dell™ PowerEdge™ blade servers running Windows Server(R) 2008 R2, with Hyper V™ and Dell storage. It also chose Dell Support Services to maximise the solution's performance.

SANBI cuts carbon footprint with around 76 per cent fewer servers o Customer reduces IT outages by around 80 per cent o Employees raise productivity with more reliable systems o IT cuts management time by around 40 per cent

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