Given the current global economic and ecological climate, eBucks made the decision to adopt virtualisation to meet its ever growing business and carbon-neutral requirements.

eBucks has boosted its operational capability through the virtualisation of its server environment, which has enabled the company to save 88.57¹ tons of CO₂ annually.

In addition, eBucks has virtualised its SAS data warehouse, and in so doing is the first company in South Africa to have successfully deployed SAS in a virtual environment.

Always leading the way in innovative technology, the application of virtualisation offers eBucks, and by association its extensive member base; a multitude of benefits, including:

• Rapid response to market
• Physical and infrastructural cost reductions
• The ability to do more with less through server consolidation
• A radical increase in energy saving, which in turn helps to drastically minimise CO₂ emissions

References:

1. Source: VMware Green calculator- http://www.vmware.com/solutions/green/calculator.html

About eBucks:

eBucks, the rewards programme offered by First National Bank (FNB) and RMB Private Bank, is acknowledged as one of South Africa's leading rewards programmes with highly active members spending in excess of 80% of the eBucks earned in any given month.