Sun Microsystems, Inc, has announced a comprehensive suite of programs and solutions that leverage Sun's technology innovations and help customers architect more energy-efficient, eco-responsible datacenters and save money. The Eco Innovation Initiative is an extension of Sun's Eco Responsibility Initiative, which was launched in November 2005.
The announcement complements Sun's earlier public unveiling of three next-generation, energy-efficient data centers in the US, UK, and India.
Joining Sun's award-winning SunFire servers, Solaris Operating System(OS), inventive throughput computing technology and storage technology, Sun's new Eco Innovation Initiative adds Sun Eco Ready Kits and a suite of Eco services that will play a key role in empowering IT departments worldwide to join the growing list of businesses adding smart energy-saving technology to their existing IT portfolio.
"The environmental and economic impact of increasing power and cooling in the data center is a major concern to our customers. Sun's Eco Services Suite is designed for customers who want to make cost effective changes to their data center operations, which can boost efficiency by up to 20 percent," said Jeya Kumar, senior vice president of the Services Group at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "The time to reduce our impact on the environment is now; what's good for business is good for the environment."
New Eco Tools Joining Sun's Family of Inventive Energy Saving Computing Alternatives Among the tools announced are three Eco Ready Kits; The Sun Eco Assessment Kit, The Sun Eco Optimization Kit and The Sun Eco Virtualization Kit. These Kits are designed to assist customers in creating an energy efficient data center while saving money in the process.
The Sun Eco Assessment Kit provides a methodical approach to analyzing data center energy efficiency, using a combination of assessment services for systems, storage and data center infrastructure.
The Sun Eco Optimization Kit helps customers optimize, consolidate, refresh and recycle their hardware infrastructure while taking advantage of special offers on Sun systems, storage and services. As part of this solution, customers can upgrade to the Sun Fire UltraSPARC IV+ and Sun SPARC Enterprise servers, combining extreme optimization, utilization, and reliability in platforms to protect current customer investments.
The Sun Eco Virtualization Kit offers virtualization solutions that enable better asset utilization and data center energy efficiency. At the core of Sun's virtualization offering is the Solaris 10 OS, including Solaris Containers, which enables companies to securely run multiple software-isolated applications on a single system, in order to consolidate applications onto fewer servers.
Complete details on these new Sun Eco Ready Kits and information on how to get started can be found at www.sun.com/solutions/eco_innovation/offerings.jsp.
In addition, Sun announced the new Sun Eco Services Suite to help customers improve their data center energy utilization, tune their cooling air distribution and other infrastructure systems that can impact both operational costs and service levels. The Sun Eco Services Suite encompasses four service offerings launched today. Complete details on the Eco Services can be found at www.sun.com/service/eco.