Energy consumption is a critical issue for organisations today, whether the goal is to lower costs, reduce environmental impact or keep your data centre running. In the US alone, data centres consumed $4.5 billion worth of electricity in 2006. Industry analysts such as IDC estimate that the annual cost of powering a server will soon exceed the purchase cost of the hardware itself.Unfortunately, supply is not keeping up with demand. Gartner Research forecasts that by 2008, 50% of current data centres will have insufficient power and cooling capacity to meet the demands of high-density equipment. The environmental impact of data centres is also a growing concern as organisations endeavour to reduce the carbon footprint of their business.

Nebulas Virtualises Energy Efficiency and Power Management solution monitors utilisation across the data centre and intelligently powers off unneeded physical servers without impacting applications or users. By utilising this solution organisations can reduce energy consumption by up to 80-90% without sacrificing reliability or service levels.

Virtualisation is positively impacting the environment and this solution is fundamental for any organisation looking to support a Green IT initiative and to dramatically reduce it’s carbon footprint.