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Welcome to TechWise TV on the Cisco interaction network. Please remember to submit your technical questions in the field provided at the bottom of the viewing console. You can also email questions, comments and suggestions to techwisetv@cisco.com. Thank you for joining us and enjoy the show.

VALERIE ST JOHN: Whether your data center is a single server or a room full of racks, the inconvenient truth is that it's consuming massive amounts of energy.

AUDIENCE COMMENT: We've done some math that basically says a one-use server running 24/7 365 puts about as many emissions as a Toyota Camry driving 15000 miles per year.

VALERIE ST JOHN: Today our sites run efficient and responsible IT as we focus on energy efficiency in the data center.

AUDIENCE COMMENT: By doing the right thing you can save money. You can make your data center last longer. You can potentially lower your power bill or at least defer buying that next net new facility for some period of time.

VALERIE ST JOHN: Data center power consumption has more than doubled since 2001. We'll define efficiency in the data center and give you steps you can take to create a leaner operation.

AUDIENCE COMMENT: It takes more energy to remove the heat generated by servers than it does to actually power the servers. In fact servers plus the cooling actually represent well over half the energy consumption in a typical data center.

VALERIE STJOHN: We'll look at how to go green to get more green using Cisco's efficiency assurance program to consolidate resources, conserve energy and increase the bottom line.

AUDIENCE COMMENT: What we want to be able to do is provide a resource for our customers, particularly our IT folks to come in and learn more about this stuff because we're all in learning mode here and we all can learn from each other.

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