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I don&#8217;t know how accurate it is (the point of using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alinean.com\/\">Alinean<\/a> is that there should be sizable amount of independent market research behind this) but, ultimately, the goal here is to sell products (in this case Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V).<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the serious environmental and economical qualities of the Hyper-Green site that Microsoft and Alinean have put together, it&#8217;s not a patch (humour wise) on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aint-that-the-truth.com\/\">Virtualisation Cow<\/a> site that the Australian-based virtualisation consultancy Oriel have created, based on using HP server hardware and VMware Virtual Infrastructure software.  The Oriel site may not produce a nice report based on market research from IDC and others but I&#8217;d rather express my greenhouse gas savings in terms of cows any day!<\/p>\n<p>(This post is dedicated to Patrick Lownds &#8211; joint leader of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mvug.co.uk\/\">Microsoft Virtualization UK User Group<\/a> &#8211; who commented at today&#8217;s Microsoft Virtualization Readiness training for partners that he was sure this would appear on my blog&#8230; it would be a shame to disappoint him&#8230;).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much is made of the environmental benefits of server consolidation using virtualisation technologies so Microsoft and Alinean have put together a website to create a report of the likely environmental benefits of implementing Microsoft Virtualization technologies. 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