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Symantec Energy Efficient Data Center Solutions: An Executive Overview

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Overview Data Center power and cooling challenges are a chronic, inescapable fact for many enterprises. While server virtualization will provide some measure of relief, the relief will usually prove temporary. In the final analysis, it is important to recognize that, while hardware produces power and cooling challenges, software is a critical ingredient in its mitigation. Symantec provides a range of software products that enable enterprises to significantly reduce their energy requirements throughout the entire IT infrastructure. These products work with existing, inplace current hardware and can assist enterprises plan for and optimize new hardware as it arrives.

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Publisher	Symantec	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Data Center

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IT Director
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Publisher:
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