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GULF AIR’S GREEN IT SOLUTIONS
Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air is adopting several “green” solutions in its information technology infrastructure and practices. The latest of these is the opening of a state-ofthe-art, energy efficient data centre at the airline’s headquarters by Maher Salman Al Musallam, Gulf Air’s acting chief executive officer. Jassim Haji, Gulf Air director of information technology said, “The fully revamped data centre has been redesigned with energy-efficient blade technology and virtualisation that cuts the power requirement by 50% and uses 30% less airflow, making it one of the most environmentally-friendly IT centres in the country.” “Similarly, through virtualisation we have reduced a substantial number of physical servers resulting in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x?&T?T??T?????UKS??PT?Q????T?UH?U?QS? ? LHS? ? L??H
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