How does IT become Greener?

Where are we? 2

IT is the Elephant in the room 3

Higher or Lower? 4 Q: Who uses more power, the Airline industry or IT? A: IT now uses the same amount of fossil fuel as the airline industry and IT’s power requirement are growing at a compounded rate of 20% per annum Q:How much of your office power requirement is used by IT? A: Estimates vary up to 40% Q:What % of you air conditioning output is cooling your IT? A: Dependant on the size of server farm and number of users approx 25% of air conditioning is cooling your computers Q:What % of your power is used at night, mostly by IT A: 15% of total power usage is consumed when nobody is working!

What can be done? 5

There is no silver bullet 6

How do you move forward Policy Architecture Business Need 7

Thank you 8

ROI Analysis grading key 9 Scientia Traffic light ROI Rating Minimum impact Low impact but has benefits Saving to made with caution ie hidden cost Tangiable benefits High Impact, high ROI

Desktop and Laptop PC’s 10 PC’s use about 20% of office power They are generally ‘always on’ Through good policy management via software can reduce power consumption by 40% Scientia ROI Rating for PC Power Management Power Saving Air Condition saving Secondary/Tertiary Benefits ROI

Server Virtualisation 11 References in lots of blue chips Hidden cost Scientia ROI Rating for Server Virtualisation Power Saving Air Condition saving Secondary/Tertiary Benefits ROI

Printer Management 12 Secondary benefits huge: Paper and Ink Tertiary Benefits: Paper and Ink production have high carbon impact VERY VERY strong ROI Scientia ROI Rating for Printer Managment Power Saving Air Condition saving Secondary/Tertiary Benefits ROI

Backup 13 Secondary benefits huge: Tape Media Has good operational and cost saving by reducing media management VERY strong ROI But, needs to be part of overall strategy Scientia ROI Rating for Backup consolidation Power Saving Air Condition saving Secondary/Tertiary Benefits ROI

Any Question’s? 14