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Green IT mini-conference-- Your IT Infrastructure Can Become an Optimized and Efficient Green Datacenter!

Start: Nov 4 2008 8:30 am

End: Nov 4 2008 1:00 pm

What exactly is a “Green Data Center” and how do you get one?

Special Event Notice:

Over the last several months and as a result of all the great solutions and knowledge out there we have learned about we have decided to open up this mini-conference to YOU! For the first time in a GTA event we are including in our conference a round table discussion! The topic... A Solutions Round Table: Green Technologies and Processes That Deliver Value.

Any organization with a server, email and the need to store data is a datacenter...

Sessions include an overview of the value of optimizing your datacenter regardless of the size of your organization, greening your IT infrastructure, case studies in optimized datacenters, and real world strategies for going green... from you!

Data is at the heart of the datacenter. There are new technologies and systems that not only cost less but are multiple factors more efficient. Additionally, you can reduce archaic and redundant information or software that’s only needed some of the time if at all for a huge impact. How can outsourcing provide a solution for archival information? From consolidation to power management to redesign of the floor plan there are many opportunities to green your datacenter. Our panel of industry experts will offer best practices that can help you make over your datacenter and go from red to green.

Existing green IT technologies and strategies could reduce typical server energy use by an estimated 25%, with even greater energy savings possible with advanced technologies. So what can you do?

Optimize your systems and storage.

Complimentary Registration Provided By Our Sponsors: IBM and Microsoft

Space is limited click here to register... https://www.123signup.com/event?id=zfkbn

The fact is that datacenters consume an incredible amount of power, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, data centers alone in 2000 used an estimated 12 billion kilowatt hours of electrical power which more than doubled to 23 billion in 2005. That rapid and accelerating power consumption means even a small change could have a huge impact. Many datacenters could with just a 1% decrease in energy consumption save as much as $1,000,000 annually.

The energy consumption of servers and data centers has doubled in the past five years and is expected to almost double again in the next five years, to more than 100 billion kWh, costing about $7.4 billion annually. Learn the answers to some of your most pressing questions???

• Do blade servers and virtualization really save money?

• What other technologies are on the horizon that can potentially help save space, power and cooling?

• What can we do if we can’t start from scratch with a new facility?

• Is outsourcing still a viable model, or are they facing the same issues?

• Does it make sense to consolidate multiple datacenters into one?

Gartner estimates that power and cooling costs are upwards of 40% of an IT departments operating budget, and that 85% of datacenters are currently running out of power and/or space. Sessions include an overview of the value of optimizing your datacenter regardless of the size of your organization, greening your IT infrastructure, case studies in optimized datacenters, and strategies for addressing the KEY to green datacenters... data!