Viridity Software Named To '10 Hot Tools For The Next-Generation Data Center' List

BURLINGTON, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Viridity Software, the leader in data center energy resource management (ERM) solutions, today announced that it has been named to Network World's "10 Hot Tools for the Next-Generation Data Center" listing.  The article, which notes "enterprise data centers are notoriously complex, costly and energy inefficient," details 10 companies that could make life easier for data center managers and are worth a look.

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As to why Viridity EnergyCenter™ software was a hot tool for next-generation data centers, the article's author, Beth Schultz, wrote, "Most power monitoring tools focus on the physical infrastructure. This is limiting, Viridity says, in that it provides data center managers no insight as to why power is being consumed. Viridity's software examines how applications consume energy -- and then recommends how to eliminate inefficiencies. If the Viridity software delivers as promised, it should prove a boon for data center managers looking to increase energy efficiencies."

"Indeed, data centers are growing increasingly expensive and complex to manage.  Many technologies that are intended to help data center managers to overcome these challenges, such as server virtualization, have a seriously adverse effect on energy resource management.  In fact, many of today's mid-range to world-class data centers are dangerously close to overheating and/or power black-out, as was experienced by Wikimedia recently, when its servers overheated in the organization's European data center and shut themselves off automatically causing Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation Web sites to go down for hours," said Steve Keilen, Vice President of Marketing for Viridity Software.  "Viridity's EnergyCenter enables customers to manage power and cooling resources and reduce the risk of outages, discover additional hidden power, cooling and space capacity, as well as meet sustainability and "green" data center goals."

Keilen continued, "We are very honored to have been included on Network World's "10 Hot Tools for the Next-Generation Data Center" listing and view it as further validation that the industry as a whole now recognizes the critical need for an energy management solution that reduces risk while improving business processes."

Viridity Software EnergyCenter's Features and Benefits:

• Energy Measurement:  Patent-pending technology enables a quantum leap in the accuracy of energy measurement, especially over current methodologies such as faceplate or fixed de-rating technologies -- providing customers with the ability to eliminate wasteful margin when provisioning energy, as well as discover unknown hidden capacity.  It is completely non-intrusive, easy-to-deploy and manage so customers enjoy a noticeable reduction in operational expenses (OpEx).  
• Utilization Modeling:  Actual utilization and business criticality is captured for each specific IT device.  The corresponding energy consumption is then profiled at a dramatically more granular level than any other solution on the market today.  This uniquely captured correlation and the resulting report allows customers to quickly and easily identify opportunities for consolidation, as well as optimally plan for placement of new equipment.
• Power Utilization Trending:  Utilization and power consumption are calculated dynamically, rather than a static point-in-time measurement.  This trending information helps customers to quickly identify under-utilized IT equipment (i.e., orphans), make advantageous technology refresh decisions, and clearly map consumption to business needs and priorities.  
• Actionable Reports:  Actionable reports are delivered to the customer within just a few hours of deployment (i.e., launching first discovery) providing insight across a wide range of capabilities.  For customers, this means fast time-to-results and return-on-investment (ROI).  

About Viridity Software

Based in Burlington, MA, Viridity Software is the leader in energy resource management (ERM) solutions that enable data center smart grids.  Its EnergyCenter™ data center energy monitoring, measurement and management software provides customers with a cross functional solution for understanding the connection between physical infrastructure, IT equipment and applications.  Once these connections are fully understood, actionable strategies are provided so that customers can run more efficient, less expensive, highly optimized, eco-friendly, sustainable data centers.  For further information, please visit: www.viridity.com, call: 781-425-2060, or email: [email protected].

© 2010 Viridity Software, Inc.  Viridity Software and EnergyCenter are trademarks of Viridity Software, Inc.  All other brands and products names in this announcement may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder.

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