A new CDW-G 2010 Energy
Efficient IT Report found that
three quarters of U.S. organizations,
such as schools, are working
to reduce energy use in
IT operations, from the
desktop to the data center.
In addition, many are taking
innovative approaches
to reducing such energy use.
Two thirds are doing at least
one of the following:
¦ Deploying core switches that are
more power efficient
¦ Replacing edge and work-group
switches with switches that are
more power efficient
¦ Using the network as a platform
for managing and reducing
energy use
¦ Adopting 10 GB Ethernet,
InfiniBand technologies
¦ Reducing the infrastructure
of storage area networks by
implementing Fibre Channel
over Ethernet (FCoE)
¦ Moving to top-of-therack
models for access layer
switching