On Friday, computer business IBM stated it had a new energy saving plan to help businesses with their IT departments.  The computer business will invest $1 billion per year to help businesses increase energy efficiency and save money.

The strategy is called “Project Big Green” and will help businesses save as much as 42 percent on their power bills.  Val Rahmani, general manager of Infrastructure Management Services for the NY-based IBM Global Technology Services reported that the energy crisis impacts both society and everything that is used to run businesses.  IT departments can have a critical impact when helping run a business, and with computer business IBM’s help will be able to help improve efficiency.

Computer business IBM has plans to double the computing capacity of its data centers without increasing power usage by 2010.

Computer Business IBM:  The Five Step Approach

1.    Diagnose

2.    Build

3.    Virtualize

4.    Manage

5.    Cool

This five-step approach will be achieved through a series of bundled hardware, software and services.  According to spokespeople, IBM’s approach to helping with the energy crisis differs from other environmental ideas because it uses hardware, software and services together to create a more comprehensive solution than other computer businesses that are just focusing on hardware.

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Created By:  Joshua Feinberg