How does IT become Greener?

IT is the Elephant in the room

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Higher or Lower?

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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 ITA: 15% of total power usage is consumed when nobody is

working!

What can be done?

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There is no silver bullet

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How do you move forward

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Thank you

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ROI Analysis grading key

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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

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•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

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•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

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•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

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•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?

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