green - the reader perspective
DESCRIPTION
Dale Vile's overview of The Register's Green Computing debateTRANSCRIPT
TOPICS
Overview of researchCommitment to green
IT and the environmentPower consumption
Enabling the business
Pulling it all togetherComments & questions
Survey respondents by organisation size
Less than 250 employees
53%250 - 5000 employees
23%
Over 5000 employees
24%
Scope of environmental objectives/policy
Organisation wide objectives and/or
policy in place31%
Specific objectives and/or policy in
some areas35%
Not aware of any objectives or policy
34%
Broad GreenCommitment
Selective GreenCommitment
No GreenCommitment
Significant variation in all industries
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Retail & distribution
Public sector
Industrial (sig plant/machinary)
Business & financial services
ICT products & services
Broad green commitmentSelective green commitmentNo green commitment
USA less enlightened, or less gullible?
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
USA
Europe
Rest or World
Broad green commitmentSelective green commitmentNo green commitment
Larger organisations further along
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Over 5000employees
250 - 5000employees
Under 250employees
Broad green commitmentSelective green commitmentNo green commitment
Carrots, sticks and opportunism
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Regulatory pressure (i.e. legislation)
Cost savings (e.g. on power)
Public relations / organisation image
Sales / expectations of customers
Genuine concern for the environment
Pressure from shareholders, investors
5 (High) 4 3 2 1 (Low)
How much are the following motivating or likely to motivate action on environmental issues?
HOMING IN ON ITPower management
Enabling the business
Tuning into IT practicalities
Expert level11%
Pretty well informed
56%
Getting up to speed
25%
Little or no knowledge
8%
How would you describe your own familiarity with environmental issues as they relate to IT?
The obvious question of power
Yes38%
No, but it is a area we are looking at
28%
No, this is not on our
agenda34%
Do you have initiatives in place to reduce power consumption in relation to IT?
Green drives interest in power
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Those with a broad greencommitment
Those with a selective greencommitment
Those with no greencommitment
YesNo, but it is a area we are looking atNo, this is not on our agenda
Do you have initiatives in place to reduce power consumption in relation to IT?
Accountability politics and practicality
Yes, IT is accountable
28%
No, but IT is cross charged
based on a theoretical cost
allocation11%
No, IT is not accountable for
electricity consumption
61%
Is the amount you spend on electricity to run IT a known quantity, i.e. is it tracked or measured at the moment?
The power measurement challenge
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Individual components
At the rack, system level
For the data centre as a whole
At consumption category level
Not at all
Unsure / NA
Thinking of the data centre or computer room, to what level of granularity are you able to measure power consumption?
Solutions that make a difference
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Total systems optimised for power efficiency
Virtualisation / server consolidation
More power efficient chipsets
Simply being able to measure consumption
Advances in data centre cooling systems
Data centre consolidation
Blade server technology
Which of the following would you regard as having a potentially significant impact when looking to minimise power consumption?
The desktop power challenge
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
IT policies to ensure powermanagement options are configured
optimally
User policy and proceduredocumentation to provide power
management guidance
Yes Partially No
Do you have any of the following in place to help users with desktop power management?
Pulling it all together
It's a key strategic
component5%
Important, but second to other
elements22%
It is just a tactical level
consideration18%
Not that prominent at the
moment, but likely to become
so17%
Little emphasis and unlikely to
change38%
How prominent is the environmental element in your overall IT strategy?