Green IT – energy and emissions management
Green IT is fast rising out of the fringes to become a serious topic for all.
With upcoming UK Climate Bill legislation and recent estimates that one third of the average IT budget will soon be comprised of energy costs alone, Green IT is gaining increasing importance.
However, gathering intelligence on which to base a Green IT strategy can be a difficult undertaking to get right . With an abundance of possible choices around Green IT - from datacentre efficiency to improved ways of applying IT toward business processes and working culture - how do you know which ones will have the most benefit and provide ongoing ROI from both a cost saving, efficiency and environmental perspective?
The answer lies in gaining a holistic view of your organisation's carbon reduction initiatives and establishing precise facts on which to base your decision making.
How Sumerian helps
IT Analytics provides fact-based insight that helps businesses maximise the operational and strategic capability of their IT. By capturing and combining system-generated data from the IT estate, business processes and goals, CSR initiatives and energy costs - IT Analytics establishes a precisely calculated base assessment model of the current business environment and IT architecture, exposing the correlations that indicate where changes can bring about the most benefit.
The advantage of this approach is that businesses can effectively model the probable outcome of change before applying it, enabling Green IT and improved business process initiatives targets to be more successfully met.
Key benefits
Establishes the "big picture" view
This precise calculation captures real data from across your IT infrastructure and business environment to provide a consolidated baseline view of your organisation's current carbon emissions standing. This first step understanding enables you to effectively track progress as new initiatives are put into practice, providing robust evidence to senior management.
Identifies the most effective initiatives
Because we model your total IT and business environment, we can answer any number of "what if" change scenario questions around Green IT. This valuable insight will help you base decision making on facts, not guesswork, so you can clearly understand how changes will bring the best results from both a carbon-reduction, productivity and cost saving perspective.
Measures success for ongoing management
When carbon cutting initiatives are put into practice, IT Analytics tracks their relative progress and business impact by taking regular samples of data and business measurements, enabling an ongoing understanding of their outcome for planning future initiatives and in demonstrating their success to the board, shareholders and customers alike.
More Information
Download our White Paper - Entering the Energy Efficiency Age: Applying IT Analytics to Green IT
This Sumerian white paper explores the momentum behind Green IT and explains how an IT Analytics approach not only guides your strategy, but helps you track progress and success.