Greener and Leaner

“It was the first time that we made use of Dell’s Global Infrastructure Consulting Services (GICS) and they surprised us in a very positive way. Their technical competence was impressive.”

- Rasmus Winther, IT infrastructure manager, Danisco

Food ingredients company Danisco found that running and cooling 250 servers at its main data centre was a drain on power and costs. The IT team wanted a simplified infrastructure that would be less expensive and greener to run, as well as scalable for future needs.

On the advice of Dell’s consultants, the IT team chose to replace the 250 servers with 10 Dell^TM  PowerEdge^TM  servers, virtualized with VMware^®  and supported by a Dell/EMC storage area network (SAN). The company is now well on the way to saving two thirds on power and shrinking its CO₂ footprint significantly.

• Get IT Faster: Project implemented in four months, to plan and within budget; new servers can be added in minutes¹
• Run IT Better: 250 servers replaced by 10; power costs projected to be cut by two thirds over three years; CO₂ footprint vastly reduced; anticipated lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
• Grow IT Smarter: Highly scalable server/storage infrastructure