Putting IT into your Green Business Plan [Cisco]

In response to rising energy costs, environmental concerns, and government directives, there is a growing need to create sustainable business IT practices. And for good reason. More than 70 percent of electricity consumed in the United States is used in office buildings. It’s a big part of the challenge.

The culprit? Inefficient use of technology equipment. Department of Energy (DoE) estimates suggest that PCs left on are in use only 9 to 15 percent of the time. There needs to be not only a focus on the procurement of energy-efficient equipment, but also on proactive monitoring and management.

What are key things that you need to focus on?

• Managing disparate sets of systems and devices with a common view.
• Reducing resource usage while maintaining business productivity.
• Responding quickly to green regulatory requirements.
• Enabling sustainable business growth

In order to do this, you should look at implementing a solution that involves a cyclic operation consisting of the following three steps:

Making the process cyclic helps ensure continuous feedback. That allows users to proactively adjust policies to eliminate any business interruptions.

Cisco EnergyWise can promote company wide sustainability by reducing energy consumption across an entire corporate IT infrastructure. It enables organizations to measure the power consumption of network infrastructure and all the network-attached devices. Then after a baseline has been determined, EnergyWise helps you manage your power consumption through specific policies that you define. Saving you energy and money on any powered device on your network.

This solution can address the more than 50 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions created by worldwide building infrastructure. So while an investment in rooftop solar panels generates clean energy, an investment in EnergyWise can reduce your overall energy requirements. And using less power is better than trying to generate more.

To calculate your potential savings visit www.softchoice.com/energywise 

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