Consolidation, Modernization, and Virtualization: A Triple-Play for Long-Term Enterprise IT Cost Reduction

The global economic downturn has accelerated the need to reduce total IT costs. IT consolidation, modernization, and virtualization play self-supporting roles alone and in combination for enterprises looking to improve how they deliver services to their businesses. Yet these initiatives also play a role in reducing labor and maintenance costs, and have much larger benefits -- including producing far better server utilization rates -- that ultimately cut IT costs in total. Here to help us dig into the relationship between a modern and consolidated approach to IT data centers and total cost, we welcome John Bennett, worldwide solution manager for Data Center Transformation Solutions at Hewlett-Packard (HP). The discussion is moderated by BriefingsDirect's Dana Gardner. Read a full transcript of the discussion at http://briefingsdirect.blogspot.com/2009/07/consolidation-modernization-and.html. Sponsor: HP.