The Sesame Street brand is synonymous with high-quality children?s programming and educational services, but their Web infrastructure was unwieldy and expensive to maintain. So their IT organization shifted gears by moving to a combination of blade servers and open source software to trim data center costs and distribute rich-media content more easily.

This case study provides details of real-world best practices in IT consolidation to turn a data center from a burdensome cost center to a strategic asset with robust security, enhanced business continuity and reduced operating expenses.