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Using the Xeon ROI tool case study - check it out

Posted by Ed Groden Sep 28, 2009

Really good case study for a leading Turkish bank that used the Xeon ROI tool to justify their server refresh with Xeon 5500 and 7400 platforms: http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-4114#cf

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Competition: The Spice of Life .... even for IT

Posted by Chris P_Intel Jul 22, 2009

Competition, Comparison, Self Improvement, Benchmarking.

We do them in business. We do them in our careers. We do them in our leisure. ... and if you are like me you like to watch them on TV or live as well. Who is watching Lance Armstrong? or Tiger Woods? or their favorite sports team compete regularly.

IT professionals are no different. Today, one of the business emhpasis points for IT is energy efficiency. Now there is a way for you to quickly compare your own IT organization against itself and others. This IT self-assessment tool takes about 2-3 minutes to complete and will answer these three questions

How efficient is your server infrastructure today?
How do you compare to your peers?
How much more efficient could you be?

The Community Window: Server Efficiency is a tool hosted on the Intel Premier IT Professionals website (http://ipip.intel.com) where registration is free and so is the information and best practices shared by other IT professionals throughout the industry. Join and conduct your Server Efficiency self assessment today. Chris

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Estimating Your Savings From Server Refresh

Posted by Chris P_Intel Apr 9, 2009

With the introduction of the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series last month, I wrote a blog that discussed that server refresh was an intelligent investment in that it could deliver a rapid payback on investment. For the past few years, I have been working to understand the costs and benefits of server replacement and there are a few conclusions I can draw.

1) Server Refresh is not new concept. This approach has existed for decades. People replace technology as it ages because new software and new technologies enable better business capabilities and as technology ages, the warranty expires and incidence of failure increases. How many of you still have your first mp3 player?

2) ROI and Refresh Vary. The rate of refresh is a balance of the investment required (purchase, install, removal, validation, etc) and the savings achieved (operational costs, cost avoidance, employee productivity) balanced with the business opportunities available to you (business growth or new business markets, cost of capital, revenue generating investments)

3) One Size Does not fit all. Every business looks at financials and opportunities for their business a little differently and calculates their costs and savings differently.

So a few months ago, I embarked with some of my peers, with Intel IT, and industry leading ROI and TCO consultant Alinean, to apply what I have been learning and build an interactive tool to help you model your savings opportunity for server refresh and replacement.

We identified and were able to model eleven cost and savings categories (both pluses and minuses) in the Server Refresh ROI calculation and make these cost category assumptions able to be included, excluded or modified by you. You can model and view scenario output real time and print/email reports to share with others.

I invite you to learn more about the tool with this informal how-to-use guide , or better yet, use the tool and estimate how much you could save replacing old servers with new. Try the new Intel® Xeon® processor-based Server Refresh Savings Estimator today.

You can provide feedback through the tool’s registration process or by responding directly on this blog. I look forward to hearing from you either way.

Thanks, Chris

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