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Note: HireRight, a provider of cloud-based, on-demand employment screening programs, in collaboration with Cisco and EMC, has implemented green technology while launching a refresh to its data center infrastructure. The company says the new deployment increases performance by 50%; decreases power consumption by 45%, and reduces data center square footage by 60%.
HireRight, a provider of cloud-based, on-demand employment screening programs, in collaboration with Cisco and EMC, has implemented green technology while launching a refresh to its data center infrastructure. The company says the new deployment increases performance by 50%; decreases power consumption by 45%, and reduces data center square footage by 60%.
The impetus to create the new infrastructure was based on HireRight's plans for continued global growth and green initiatives, the company says. Previously, it utilized more than twice as many data centers around the globe to support its worldwide customer base, and maintains its SaaS software on one external cloud and one internal cloud.
"We are on a steep growth curve, so rather than throw servers on racks, we started looking at a five-year plan," explains Mark Adams, vice president of IT, HireRight, of the decision to consolidate. "On the green side of things, our strategy aligned really well to virtualize to a smaller footprint."
The company started with 10 data centers worldwide and will pare that down to four by the end...