WARWICK – IT services firm PC Troubleshooters Inc. has had a case study published on the Web site of PC World, the national technology magazine.
The case study – “Saving Money, Space, and Energy with Blade Virtualization” – was featured in the magazine’s Tech Audit blog, in which small businesses are invited to share their success stories.
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PC Troubleshooters’ case study looked at the use of an IBM Blade Center S Chassis by the East Providence law firm Nicholas Barrett & Associates to improve the reliability of its computer servers.
According to the study, PC Troubleshooters evaluated the firm’s old server situation – 12 rack-mounted 2U white-box Windows 2003 servers – and found they were taking up too much space and leading to a number of cooling and overheating issues for the network.
The new Blade server, by comparison, cut the total rack footprint from 24U to 7U and has reduced the law firm’s heating and cooling expenses by approximately $300 per month.
In addition to greening Barrett & Associates’ infrastructure, PC Troubleshooters virtualized the 12 existing machines, which should make it easier to back up information and restore the system in an emergency situation.
The focus on greening IT infrastructure and making use of the trends in IT virtualization made it a compelling case study, Lisa A. Shorr, PC Troubleshooters’ vice president of marketing, said in an e-mail.
Shorr pitched the case study idea to a PC World senior editor, who liked it and then worked with her to turn it into a feature. “It is so great that a [national] magazine is providing a window of opportunity for small businesses to garner press and share their success stories,” she said.
PC World, which is owned by IDG, also plans to publish the PC Troubleshooters case study in its May print edition, Shorr said.
I used to intern there ..and talk about price hiking …computers would come in and nothing would be wrong with them..and they would charge people like 300 bucks…kinda scummy…and if a company was in trouble they would just double the cost….and they have a problem with gays and lesbians..