April 12, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Linux distributor Novell (novell.com) recently announced it has joined The Green Grid (thegreengrid.org), a global non-profit organization focused on reducing growing power and cooling demands in data centers worldwide.
Through this collaboration, Novell says it will help customers reduce the power consumption in their data center through the operating system virtualization built into the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform and the management tools that comprise the Novell ZENworks product suite. As a result, customers can lower the cost of managing their data centers while also helping the environment. Novell joins a consortium of other data center-related companies focused on reducing energy consumption, including data center operator 365 Main that also announced its membership earlier this week.
A key area of focus around data center efficiency for Novell is virtualization. Virtualization technology, like Xen on SUSE Linux Enterprise server, can increase energy efficiency by reducing the number of physical servers an organization has running, thus reducing the demand for power, says the company.
"It is critical that customers find solutions for making their data centers energy efficient without slowing down the speed of business," says Eric Anderson, VP of engineering at Novell. "Working with The Green Grid, Novell will further help to shape efficient data centers by contributing to the development of technology standards and best practices that decrease power consumption while increasing productivity."
