Dell™ Case Study on Reducing Spending on Power, Hardware & Software

Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting, led by Terry Storey, Senior Global Architect for the Dell Microsoft Practice, has been collaborating with the Windows Server and Client product groups since April 2008 on validating the release of Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Windows® 7. As part of the validation, Terry has worked with some of Dell’s customers that are part of the Windows TAP program to design implementations that use Windows Server 2008 R2. As you know the upcoming release of the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system offers features that organizations can use to improve power management, reduce costs, and increase efficiency.

During the past year, Dell has visited the EEC several times with its customers to do in-depth testing of the new features of Hyper-V™, Live Migration, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. As a result of this testing and that which occurred onsite at customer locations, Dell and Microsoft have created an excellent case study on the benefits that Windows Server 2008 R2 bring to an organization through reduced power consumption, extended hardware life and reduced software spending.

To read the case study, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000004143

For more information on Windows Server 2008 R2, go to:
www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2008R2

To learn more about Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting, go to:

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/services/adi/adi_service?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz

Kevin Engman

Product Manager, EEC