March 19th, 2009
SizingLounge Information Portal for Data Centre Efficiency
Freiburg/Birmingham, March 19th, 2009 -- SizingLounge Ltd. has released an online information portal (blog.sizinglounge.com) that provides easy access to useful information about data centre efficiency as well as green computing. Articles are published about industry best practices, common metrics and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) aspects of energy efficient data centres as well as various initiatives from governments and industries. Information about energy efficient servers is crucial for Information Technology (IT) managers and staff responsible for hardware procurement. Consequently an easy to use and up-to-date information portal is vitally important for them to maximise their operational effectiveness.
We at SizingLounge™ believe, that our collection of information around Data Centre Efficiency together with our Sizing and TCO tool will help companies save both energy and therefore money. We work closely with our customers in order to achieve this goal, thus providing a competitive advantage for them; an important additional element in the current economic climate.
We believe this makes working with Information Technology in our World a greener, more environmentally acceptable and sustainable option.
SizingLounge Ltd. launched its Sizing Tool and TCO Calculator in 2006 to enable organisations to independently size, compare and select Green IT servers according to their specific business requirements. Since its inception more than 70,000 users from over 170 countries have used SizingLounge to size and select energy efficient servers for their data centres.
For more information please visit SizingLounge™ at www.sizinglounge.com
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April 14th, 2008
Sizing Tool Promotes the Use of Energy Efficient Servers
Freiburg/Birmingham, April 14th, 2008 -- SizingLounge Ltd. has released a new version of its online sizing tool for servers. The new version now includes energy efficiency criteria variables for TCO calculations and can now also calculate IT energy consumption. Furthermore, the criteria allows users to define the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) factor for data centres. The PUE has been researched and defined by The Green Grid™ in 2007. Sizinglounge.com has expanded to include innovative options for optimising energy efficiency in data centres. These include a unique server virtualisation feature as well as comparative data for Blade servers. IT experts can confidently use SizingLounge.com as a vendor-independent up-to-date procurement tool that promotes efficient servers.
SizingLounge.com is easy to use: Once the user has chosen a software, the number of users and then clicked the size button, the results for Dell, HP, IBM and Sun servers appear ordered by total costs. With these results, SizingLounge.com then allows to compare the cost-efficiency of different system architectures and operating systems such as UNIX, Linux or Microsoft Windows. SizingLounge.com users can compare the total costs of a Central System with a High Availability Configuration or a Grid Environment. The Sizinglounge.com software portfolio includes a wide range of Databases, Application Servers and Enterprise Applications, such as Apache Web Server, Oracle Database, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server and SAP Business Suite.
SizingLounge Ltd. launched its web portal in 2006 to enable organisations to independently size, compare and select Green IT and efficient servers according to their specific business requirements. Since its inception more than 40,000 users from over 160 countries have used SizingLounge to size and select energy efficient servers for their data centres.
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July 2nd, 2007
Calculate and Reduce Server Energy Consumption with Free Sizing Tool
Freiburg/Birmingham, July 2nd, 2007 -- In a bid to promote global energy-efficient Server systems, the German-based company SizingLounge Ltd. has extended its online sizing service with a Total Cost of Ownership calculator. The new TCO tool calculates energy consumption per server as well as costs for storage, support, software and labour.
Once you have chosen a software, the number of users and then clicked the size button, the results for Dell, HP, IBM and Sun servers appear - ordered by total costs. With these results, sizinglounge.com then allows you to compare the cost-efficiency of different system architectures and operating systems. You can compare the total costs of a central system with a grid environment or the total costs depending on the operating system: UNIX, Linux or Microsoft Windows.
The software portfolio contains the full range of databases, application servers and applications, such as Apache Web Server, Oracle Database, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server and SAP Business Suite.
Hardware and software vendors are advised to take advantage of SizingLounge "Premium Domains" to help promote more efficient sizing calculations for their individual products. Premium Domains provide advanced and exclusive sizing results for individual needs, complete with only chosen software or hardware, and programmed to match the sizing requirements of individual customers, partners or employees.
SizingLounge Ltd. launched its web portal (www.sizinglounge.com) one year ago to enable organizations to independently size, compare and select their IT infrastructure and servers according to their specific business requirements. Since its inception more than 5,000 users from over 140 countries have experienced the benefits of SizingLounge - the key benefits being its independence and ease of use. Among these customers are small-to-medium businesses, global enterprises and system integrators. The total retail value of server sizings done using sizinglounge.com during this time exceeded $ 3.8 billion.
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