Applying these projections, the results indicated:
A $15M savings potential over a period of five years by consolidating to POWER versus x86 based and achieve a savings of $18M in Oracle licensing, service and support.
The Power solution would require roughly one-tenth the number of cores required by the x86 alternative
This move would lead to a 58% reduction in annual operating expenses as well as a 90% reduction in electrical power consumption.