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
Challenge
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.
Solution
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.
Benefit
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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