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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February 13th, 2007

Server Sizing for Oracle and SAP - easy and independent

Freiburg/Birmingham, February 13th, 2007 -- SizingLounge Ltd. successfully launched a web portal (sizinglounge.com) six months ago to enable companies and individuals to independently size, compare and select their IT infrastructure and servers according to their specific business requirements. Since its inception, more than 2,000 users from over 100 countries have experienced the benefits of SizingLounge - those 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 $1.8 billion.

The clean and logical design of www.sizinglounge.com makes it clear how to proceed. Once you have chosen your software, the number of users and then clicked the size button, the sizing results for Dell, HP, IBM and Sun servers appear - ordered by relevance. 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 server costs of a central system with a grid environment or the server 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.

NOTE: All trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.