Sheffield Hallam Save Tons with VMware Services

Sheffield Hallam University have virtualised their entire IT community with VMware services, and are proud to announce that they are saving both money and the environment. 

As one of the UK’s most progressive and innovative education establishments, sustainability is something that has always been of interest to Sheffield’s popular University. Sheffield-Hallam has virtualised their entire infrastructure with VMware services. They have since cut 269 tons of CO2 and saved £43,000 per annum on power bills. 

VMware services are broad and proven and suitable for most businesses, organisations or agencies that rely on internal servers and an in-house managed IT infrastructure.

The Steel City Teams up with VMware Services

Industrially known as the Steel City, it is also the city which, other than London, most graduates stay to earn a living. With a young and professional population, it is important for any education establishment, organisation or company to look into the best ways to apply their IT. 

The Hallam University has more than 28,000 students and over 5,000 members of staff.  The university’s electricity grid could not supply enough power to reliably support the required number of servers within the main datacenter, and physical space was also a major issue. They acquired VMware services and were able to tackle these issues, quickly and efficiently.

The forward-thinking South Yorkshire educational body chose the market-leading VMware to provide a virtual solution to their problem.  VMware services were able to reduce power and cooling requirements in the datacenter, and improve the delivery of IT services.  The VMware infrastructure is capable of automatic load balancing, business continuity and power management. 

With no service interruption (100% uptime), Sheffield Hallam University has been able to apply their IT resources in the most effective way.  This has solved their cost management and space issues. 

“With the server farm growing towards capacity, we knew a completely new strategy was required,” said Dave Thornley, service support manager, Sheffield Hallam University. “Using VMware services, we have made a huge impact on our power bills as well as leading to major savings in the deployment of new services to users.”

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