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Calor Gas Airs Server Consolidation Success

Overview Calor Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of SHV, the largest distributor of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the world. In order to support its 200 end users, Calor Gas made a significant investment in software and communications technology, which led to a complex, diverse and rapidly changing environment. Existing infrastructure was not sufficiently robust to handle the change. Experienced Triangle consultants worked with Calor Gas to implement the solution based on IBM hardware and VMware virtual infrastructure software.

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Publisher	Vmware	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2006
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Server Consolidation, Infrastructure Management

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