Green Theme - The Impact of Storage Virtualisation on Reducing Greenhouse Emissions from Data Centres

 

Mark Gluckman - Regal Information Technology

 

Bio

Mark Gluckman is the Managing Director of Regal Information Technology Pty Ltd. Mark has a Bachelor of Computer Science and a Higher Diploma in Electrical Engineering (LC). Mark started Regal IT 7 years ago with a team of engineers with a view to offering expert IT consulting services to the government, education and corporate sectors. Regal IT has focused on centralisation, mobility and disaster recovery in the data centre. Specialising in unique technologies like Citrix, Microsoft, Novell, VMware, Compellent and Data domain in which Regal hold the highest level of accreditation. Since its inception Regal IT has run quarterly industry specific technology updates and has been responsible for keeping their customers abreast of new technology, trends and best practice in their area of expertise. Mark, in his capacity as Managing Director of Regal IT has been consulting in the tertiary education sector on data centre server and storage consolidation, disaster recovery and business continuity.

Regal IT has represented Compellent in Australia for nearly 18 months. In that time we have installed 15 Compellent SAN’s. Compellent’s SAN can help companies enhance the efficiency of data storage and overcome the challenges created by rapid data centre growth. With innovative technologies like Automated Tiered Storage, Thin Provisioning and Advanced Virtualization, Compellent can help organizations create a “greener” data centre with a positive impact on both the environment and the bottom line. With a Compellent SAN, organizations can better utilize resources, decrease the need for equipment purchases and consequently minimize the costs of powering, cooling and housing equipment. As a result, Compellent believes companies can significantly reduce total data centre costs while also reducing the environmental impact of running their data centres.