Sun Launches Eco Initiative

Sun Microsystems Inc. has unveiled a comprehensive suite of products to help customers architect more energy-efficient, eco-responsible data centers. The Eco Innovation Initiative is an extension of Sun's Eco Responsibility Initiative, which was launched in November 2005, the company said.

The initiative adds Sun Eco Ready Kits and a suite of Eco services that will play a role in helping IT departments worldwide join businesses adding energy-saving technology to their existing IT portfolio.

"The environmental and economic impact of increasing power and cooling in the data center is a major concern to our customers. Sun's Eco Services Suite is designed for customers who want to make cost-effective changes to their data center operations, which can boost efficiency by up to 20 percent," said Jeya Kumar, senior vice president of the Services Group at Sun.

Among the tools announced to push the effort forward are three Eco Ready Kits ¬– The Sun Eco Assessment Kit, The Sun Eco Optimization Kit and The Sun Eco Virtualization Kit.

The Sun Eco Assessment Kit helps analyze data center energy efficiency, using a combination of assessment services for systems, storage and data center infrastructure. The Sun Eco Optimization Kit helps customers optimize, consolidate, refresh and recycle their hardware infrastructure. The Sun Eco Virtualization Kit offers virtualization products that enable asset utilization and data center energy efficiency.

The company also launched the Sun Eco Services Suite, which has four service offerings – the Sun Eco Assessment Service for Datacenter, Basic and Advanced; the Sun Eco Cooling Efficiency Service for Datacenter helps recover; and the Sun Eco Optimization Service for Datacenter.

The company also has published eco resources giving customers the option to work on their own or partner with Sun to “green” their data center operations.

Sun Microsystems Inc. www.sun.com

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