Optimizing Your Infrastructure for Sustainability

Optimizing Your Infrastructure for Sustainability Business Priorities Presentation

Agenda Agenda Business Drivers / Challenges Demonstration Business Capabilities Summary and Next Steps

Business Context "From a standing start of roundly $450 million in 2008, enterprise user spending for green IT services will grow by 60% annually to reach $4.8 billion in 2013." Market Overview: Green IT Services http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,46824,00.html "IT executives continue to make the case for green IT, as proven by the 25% of organizations actively implementing green IT practices and the additional 61% in the process of creating or currently considering green IT strategies." Inquiry Spotlight: Green IT, Q1 2009 http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,48132,00.html Companies are realizing that "green means green" — more sustainable computing operations are also more efficient and less costly. It is a very encouraging data point for all of us in the IT industry who have been promoting the energy savings and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) of more efficient hardware and software. It's also a strong signal that cost reduction must stay at the center of any green-IT-related value proposition from supplier to customer. Market Overview: A Slowing Economy Won't Slow Down Corporate Green IT Initiatives http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,47828,00.html The cost of energy is the most pressing reason impacting a company's adoption of green IT. Globally, 71.1% of the respondents marked this as their highest priority. In the United States, this number hit 77% and in Europe 74%. Green IT in 2009: Global Research Shows Consistent Concerns and Key Local Differences https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=215676

Business Drivers • Reduce the carbon footprint by minimizing the environmental impact of technology • Measure and track internal resources and environmental impact goals • Support creation, management, and monitoring of compliance frameworks • Normalize corporate compliance with external environmental regulations • Respond to consumer expectations that industries take a holistic approach to sustaining the environment • Participate in business opportunities that sustain the environment

Challenges Business IT Challenges Challenges • Understanding the business' carbon position, footprint, and liability • Finding alternatives to in-person meetings • Measuring performance of remote worker productivity • Complying with environmental sustainability regulations • Learning about, sharing, andre-evaluating opportunities tosustain the environment • Analyzing and optimizing the carbon footprint of the supply chain • Higher equipment costs, increased electrical consumption, and the need for more physical space for the data center • Deployment and adoption of technology enablers for remote working • Driving cost savings and cutting waste management without effecting employee productivity • Low or improper utilization of existing IT resources • Implementing environmental principles for conserving, reusing, and recycling products • Integrating quantifiable carbon metrics from disparate data sources

Solution Support

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Solution’s Business Drivers PARTICIPATE IN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT SUSTAIN THE ENVIRONMENT REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT BY MINIMIZING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY RESPOND TO CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS THAT INDUSTRIES TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SUSTAINING THE ENVIRONMENT MEASURE AND TRACK INTERNAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GOALS SUPPORT CREATION, MANAGEMENT, AND MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORKS NORMALIZE CORPORATE COMPLIANCE WITH EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS

Sophistication of the Solution PARTICIPATE IN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT SUSTAIN THE ENVIRONMENT REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT BY MINIMIZING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY Phase 1 Provides basic support for the most critical elements of the business driver RESPOND TO CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS THAT INDUSTRIES TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SUSTAINING THE ENVIRONMENT MEASURE AND TRACK INTERNAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GOALS Phase 2 Provides adequate, typical support for critical and priority elements of the business driver SUPPORT CREATION, MANAGEMENT, AND MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORKS NORMALIZE CORPORATE COMPLIANCE WITH EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS Phase 3 Provides thorough, streamlined support for the business driver that enables differentiated levels of performance

Range of Business Capabilities Business Driver: Reduce the carbon footprint by minimizing the environmental impact of technology

Range of Business Capabilities Business Driver: Measure and track internal resources and environmental impact goals

Range of Business Capabilities Business Driver: Support creation, management, and monitoring of compliance frameworks

Range of Business Capabilities Business Driver: Normalize corporate compliance with external environmental regulations

Range of Business Capabilities Business Driver: Respond to consumer expectations that industries take a holistic approach to sustaining the environment

Range of Business Capabilities Business Driver: Participate in business opportunities that sustain the environment

Potential Business Benefits • Reduced energy use, traffic congestion, and pollution • Reduced environmental impact due to managed remote resources • Virtual workers are empowered to stay productive nearly anywhere and at any time • Meeting environment-related compliance requirements • Increased consumer awareness of corporate involvement in Green initiatives • Better insight into the ecological impact of the supply chain

Next Steps • Discuss your priorities with IT • Map to systems requirements • Understand what can be leveraged • Develop a high-level road map for deploying a platform • Translate back into business capabilities enabled/supported • Review proposed business capability road map

Optimizing Your Infrastructure for Sustainability