Dell Embarks on an Energy-Saving Product Strategy Energy Resource Provides Calculation Tools; Industry Challenged to Join Effort  Dell announced its energy-efficiency product strategy, underscoring the importance of reduced power consumption as well as enhanced performance in its product design.  The company also launched an energy resource guide at www.dell.com/energy to help customers project their power needs using Dell products. "Dell is committed to providing our customers products with the most performance per watt," said Dell CEO Kevin Rollins. "Our energy-efficient products help customers lower cost of ownership and help meet the broader goal of protecting the environment. It's critical that our entire industry address this important issue." The focus on product energy efficiency is designed to help customers decrease electricity usage and system operating cost. Customers visiting Dell's energy resource site can view the energy-efficient features of several Dell product families and access energy calculators to help estimate power needs. A calculator for the energy-efficient Dell OptiPlexTM  745 desktop system launched today, and calculators for other product families will be available later this year. A separate datacenter capacity planner allows customers to "drag and drop" their desired product configuration into a virtual server rack and estimate power required to run their IT operations.  For more info, click here.