Some personal news...

biwirth — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:24:00 GMT

Hello Dear Blog Readers,

(hmmm....that kinda sounds like the beginning of one of those SPAM emails)

I wanted to let you all know I am moving on from Microsoft and shall no longer be blogging here. I'll be moving an archive of these posts to my website http://www.greenitstrategy.com and shall continue blogging there on Green IT.

So what will I be doing now?

Well, I have decided to take some time off, write a book and maybe look into starting my own business. Regardless, you can always catch me through my website and please do feel free to visit me there.

Thank you to everyone who contacted me with their Green IT questions over the past two years and gave me feedback. I really appreciate your support and good luck with your own Green IT initiatives.

Kind Regards,

Bianca AKA Little Miss Enviro Geek

Hyper-Green: Calculate your energy & consolidation savings...now this is cool!

biwirth — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:43:30 GMT

I got a message this afternoon from our Windows Server and Infrastructure Product Manager with a hyperlink and a message: "Not sure if you have seen this but it is cool!" And I have to agree! We have released a new web site to help you calculate the energy / consolidation / carbon savings for your virtualisation business case...its called "Hyper-Green" - http://www.hyper-green.com/

Simply enter the number of servers; then move the dial to your estimated consolidation figure - in this case I chose 50% - which takes me down to 25 servers in total:

The click on Create a Virtualization Report to modify further details like:

Company Name
Country
Your average electricity cost per kWh

Click Update Report; then when you are ready, click Save Report.

Tick box the appropriate boxes on the next page indicating what products you already have in your environment and what the key business/IT drivers are:

Click Get Report and More. You'll then get the opportunity to email the report:

Be sure to check out the links to the Microsoft Virtualization ROI tool on the last page: this provides a really excellent model for calculating the details around ROI and business benefits. We use this inside Microsoft when we are helping customers prepare to put forward a business case for virtualisation:

And the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit will help you get a good understanding of how and what to virtualise in your existing environment.

Have fun! :)

LMEG

The groove that makes my fingers move: Laredo by Tomahawk & Pigs on the Wing Part 2 by Pink Floyd

Little Miss Enviro Geek : SCVMM

Some personal news...

Hyper-Green: Calculate your energy & consolidation savings...now this is cool!