 Overview | | | | | Organizations need to maximize use of IT assets and increase return on datacenter investments while living within existing energy, space and cooling constraints. Unlike the competition, Sun takes a comprehensive approach by combining all the economic efficiencies provided by virtualization with innovative technologies which deliver energy saving computing.
Sun's virtualization solution combines Solaris 10, energy efficient Sun servers, storage, software and professional services that have been proven to reduce IT costs by as much as $2M/year, achieve 99.99% availability, and improve system utilization to as high as 80%. Additional benefits resulting from Sun's virtualization solution include increased datacenter flexibility to meet changing business requirements and improved "eco-standing" within customer communities.
Save energy, save space and save money with Virtualization Sun's expanded Virtualization solution helps companies overcome datacenter power and space constraints while improving performance and utilization with a unique end–to–end approach from desktops to servers to storage.
Customer Snapshot: Betfair "Paper doesn't grow on trees" is the sign posted by every copy machine, encouraging Betfair's employees to avoid waste and recycle. That's just one example of its commitment to eco responsibility, a commitment that runs deep in the corporate DNA and touches every part of the organization. The IT department is no exception. In fact, Betfair's IT operations feel the pinch of rising energy costs more than any other department. "When you're planning a major datacenter deployment as we are constantly these days – the biggest challenge is no longer bandwidth or space, it's power," says Rorie Devine, the company's CTO. "Site selection today is heavily influenced by the cost and availability of electricity. Countries with abundant resources–geothermal in Iceland, nuclear in France, hydroelectric in a number of places–are becoming increasingly attractive locations for expansion. Only Sun addresses power costs as the main criteria for datacenter site selection."
Virtualization and Consolidation Saves $Millions Sun knows first hand that the old "one application per server rule" adds to complexity, and cost. Watch this video and learn how Sun saved over $10 million by virtualizing and consolidating with its own proven methodologies. Read More: Don't just take our word for it—Sun has been helping customers around the world virtualize and consolidate their datacenters for more than a decade, helping them reduce IT costs by as much as $2 million per year, achieve 99.99% availability, double application performance, increase asset utilization by as much as 80%, and speed time to market for new services. Simulate your datacenter to see how Sun's new CoolThreads servers can save you power, cooling, and space.
(1) The $2 million claim is based upon average savings over an 18–24 month period of Sun consolidation customers. Based on customers average savings after they deployed their virtualization and consolidation solution. Customers calculated savings based on energy, space, licensing, services contract costs, increased utilization and reduction of management of systems. Each customer reference we do we ask the customer how much money this solution has saved them and how. This two million is an average savings that customers achieved in a 18 to 36 month time frame. Most of our customer references have a cost savings associated with them, that is how we calculated the average of $2 million dollars saved. | Protecting Your Greatest Assets Innovate, Act, Share...Sharing Sun's practices and enabling organizations to transform datacenters to be more ecologically friendly.
Virtualization is Everywhere  Sun understands that tough business challenges call for innovative solutions, and that's why we don't take the "one size fits all" approach to virtualization. We know that virtualization must be everywhere—in servers, in the network, in the desktop, and in storage. Sun delivers end–to–end virtualization solutions tailored to customers' unique business needs.
Virtualization Options with Solaris Watch this video and hear Sun experts present Sun's virtualization story, spanning Desktop, Servers, and Storage.
Virtualization Quick Start We've developed a user friendly Virtualization Quick Start with a range of resources and tools to help you transform your business today. The Quick Start contains white papers, blue prints, how to guides and reference architectures - everything you need to vitualize rapidly. Combine the Virtualization Quick Start with the new Sun Eco Virtualization Kit.
Get Started Today Sun offers you a variety of ways to get started. Take a look below, and if these don't whet your appetite, take a look at our larger inventory - where you're sure to find the right deal for you. Sun Solution Workshop: Complimentary to you (and a $10,000 estimated value), this 2-day session is designed to assess your current business needs, translate them into technology requirements, and determine actionable next step. When we're done, you walk away with a high-level TCO analysis so you can estimate the long-term savings of implementing Sun solutions in your datacenter. Upgrade to Sun SPARC Enterprise Systems and Save Up to 15%
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