Green is my favorite color

I’m genuinely impressed at how environmentally friendly a company VMware is.  For starters, there’s the free shuttle service that they run, which cuts down on the number of people that drive to work.  Then there’s their little electric carts for traveling between the different complexes in Palo Alto.

There aren’t many trash cans in the buildings, and when there are, they’re often sitting next to a much larger recycling bin.  The Promontory Cafeteria, in particular, generates no trash: everything is recyclable or biodegradable.  There’s also a large selection of vegetarian and vegan food options every day.

Then there’s the virtualization aspect.  VMware’s software allows for the consolidation of servers and workstations by allowing several operating systems to run at a time.  By using VMware’s software, companies can reduce the number of separate servers that they need, meaning less wasted CPU cycles and wasted energy.  The particular project that I’m working on can reduce an entire computer lab down to a single server.