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The Greening of IT
198 How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment

■ Lesser energy usage
■ Lesser cooling requirement
■ Lesser cost to IBM

The IBM team was confident of its capabilities to address these challenges.
The support and cumulative expertise available within IBM would surely
make it a profitable and global reference resource for IBM. It would also con-
tribute meaningfully to the environment and IBM’s green initiative.

The Organization’s Initiatives and Innovation
The IT vendor-client team proceeded enthusiastically with continuous
innovation in the solutions provided. Following is an outline of the key ini-
tiatives implemented:

■ Buildings, data centers, and production processes
♦ Data center build
♦ Data center consolidation ptg
♦ Server consolidation
■ Products
♦ Use of energy-efficient and EPA-approved products
■ Services and solutions
♦ Automation
♦ Virtualization
♦ Optimized disaster recovery solution
♦ Energy-saving solutions for users
The following sections give the details on the preceding outline.

Buildings, Data Centers, and Production Processes
Data Center Build The client entrusted the data center build to IBM,
given its expertise in building and deploying world-class data centers. The
following initiatives were taken up for the data center build, with a view to a
green environment and energy conservation:

■ Use of R407C EPA certified refrigerants in the XD units on the basis
that their release does not pose a threat to the environment.