Solix Technologies, Julie Lockner, To Be Featured In Enterprise Systems Journal Podcast
Industry veteran discusses how implementing state-of-the-art data management strategies and ‘going-green’ can save companies money and protect the environment.
Sunnyvale, CA March 31, 2008 — Solix Technologies, a leading provider of Enterprise Data Management and Database Archiving Solutions used by large enterprise customers to manage business critical data, announced today that Julie Lockner, vice president of sales operations will be featured in an Enterprise Systems Journal Podcast that addresses how companies can implement data management strategies that will save them money while protecting the environment. The Podcast titled: Data Management and the Greening of IT is currently available on ESJ.com
During the Podcast, Lockner is interviewed by Jim Powell, editorial director, Enterprise Systems Journal and discusses the concept of ‘Going Green’ and the need for company IT decision makers to adopt new ways to reduce the amount of energy the data center consumes. Lockner explains that “green IT” relates to efforts in reducing energy consumption to preserve our planet’s natural resources.
“The most recent studies from leading IT analyst firms estimate that for every dollar spent on computer hardware, another 50 cents is spent on energy,” said Lockner. “According to an IDC report, this amount is expected to increase to more than 71 cents by 2011. As the volume of digitally stored information proliferates and drives the demand for power to retrieve and view it, there is a direct link to how – we in the IT market – need to find ways to reduce the amount of energy, or power, the data center consumes. This has benefits to the planet, but more selfishly, there is a direct correlation on cost of doing business. The less power consumed, the less money is spent on utility bills. One area in IT where there is a large opportunity for savings is in enterprise applications.”
IT data centers are facing issues such aspower scarcity, skyrocketing cooling and lighting costs,and space and rising electrical wiring requirements. This problem is compounded by disproportionate use of energy on inefficient servers and storage infrastructures with waste estimated at 60% in many environments. In addition, governments worldwide are implementing legislations to enforce energy performance standards and regulate energy consumption. These include the Japan Energy Law, the SPEC Power, the ECMA Energy Efficiency (ECMA TC-38 TG2), Energy Star, the European Union Directive for Energy UsingProducts (EuP), and EPEAT and consumer pressure to be a responsible environmental partner.
The amount of energy consumed by Data Centers is estimated at 61 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2006 (1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption) for a total electricity cost of about $4.5 billion. This level of electricity consumption exceeds the amount of electricity consumed by all of the color televisions in the U.S. and is equal to the amount of electricity consumed by approximately 5.8 million U.S. households.
Just the power and cooling infrastructure, which is needed to keep IT equipment in data centers at moderate temperatures accounts for 50 percent of the total electricity consumption within data centers. Among the different sizes of data centers, more than one-third (38 percent) of electricity use is attributable to the nation’s largest (i.e., enterprise-class) and most rapidly growing data centers.
Using current efficiency trends, the energy consumed by servers and data centers will likely double by 2011 to more than 100 billion kWh which represents $7.4 billion in annual electricity costs. The peak load on the power grid from these servers and data centers is currently estimated to be approximately 7 gigawatts (GW), the equivalent to the output of about 15 base load power plants. If current trends continue, this demand would rise to 12 GW by 2011, which would require an additional 10 power plants. In 2007, CO2 emissions for all US data center will exceed 44.4 million metric tons
The estimated annual costs of operating a data center employing 75 workers and occupying 125,000 sq. ft. of new space ranges can also vary depending on geography. In Sioux Falls, SD operational costs can be kept to under $10 million to more than $14 million in New York City.
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About Solix Technologies
Solix Technologies, Inc. is a recognized global provider of enterprise data management solutions for information lifecycle management and compliance. The Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite of software enables organizations to discover, classify, and manage structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, and easily implement tiered storage strategies while securing, archiving, managing, and auditing confidential data for compliance and information governance. Solix partners with the leading application and storage providers to provide integrated solutions for today’s heterogeneous environments. With an extensive global client base, including many Fortune 500 companies, Solix is considered a pioneer in providing a complete infrastructure platform to manage data across all segments (application, e-mail, and documents) in an enterprise. For more information please visit https://www.solix.com or call 888-GO-SOLIX.
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