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Lake District becomes even greener

Management at England’s largest National Park have turned to a North East IT firm to help reduce their environmental impact by the equivalent of planting 600 trees.

Gateshead’s ITPS has spent several months helping the Lake District National Park’s (LDNP) ICT Service adopt virtualisation technology, consolidating the power of what was formerly 30 computer servers into just six machines.

With their help, LDNP has become the first within the 14-strong National Parks network to have fully virtualised its server estate. Virtualisation technology allows the work of several servers to be carried out by one.

The result is a better return on IT investment, stronger business continuity, a lower carbon footprint and cheaper running costs – typically by up to at least a third.

Martin Lord, LDNP’s head of ICT, said: “We protect and preserve some of the most spectacular landscapes in the UK, so lowering our carbon footprint across all areas of the organisation is very important to us.

“This work is incredibly beneficial and is the equivalent of taking 45 cars off the road. Virtualisation has also boosted the overall efficiency of our ICT infrastructure, improving performance and reliability, and reducing operational risk and energy consumption.”

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