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It has virtualised key business applications with Citrix XenServer running on HP blade servers, and increased the capacity of its Real Time Sales system by 75 per cent.

Tesco has turned to virtualisation as an alternative to adding more physical servers to handle its growing computing demands as well as to reduce carbon emission levels. While adding physical servers would require an increase in power and cooling, virtualisation will help Tesco to hit its target of reducing carbon emissions from its UK datacentres by 20 per cent.

It’s great to read how different business sectors are benefiting from new technologies such as virtualization, and to remember that there are many other opportunities and sectors outside the finance world. Tesco has certainly achieved significant results with it’s virtualization projects, which is great for it as a business operationally (and hopefully financially), and helps illustrate business benefits of virtualization as a platform which has to be good for the industry and the end user community.

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