The Energy Efficient IT Report: The Power of Prioritization
CDW-G initiated this annual survey in 2008 to study IT marketplace attitudes toward energy efficient IT, barriers to its adoption and what differentiates successful implementations. The environment has changed significantly since a year ago. IT budgets are under pressure in the recessionary economy, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued the first ENERGY STAR® standards for servers.
- The impact of the recession on energy efficient IT initiatives and priorities
- Improvements in IT energy efficiency
- Challenges that still hinder efficiency goals
- Available savings opportunities
- Proven success tactics
Routine measures used to reduce the energy consumption and cost of desktop/client operations*:
*According to those with desktop computing procurement responsibility
Organizations are also doing more to improve IT energy efficiency in their data centers. Routine measures used to reduce the energy consumption and cost of data center operations*:
*According to those with server procurement responsibility
*Those with defined and enforced programs or strategies to manage power demand and/or energy consumption in their IT operations
Organizations actively working to reduce energy consumption* are realizing tangible results
Energy reduction efforts are yielding significant results.
**Annual IT budget, IT energy costs and potential savings statistics provided only by respondents familiar with these figures
If the average organization surveyed were
to take full advantage of energy-saving measures,
IT professionals estimate they could cut their IT
energy bills by 17% annually
$1.5 million estimated annual IT energy savings, considering an average annual IT budget of $74.6 M and average IT energy costs of $8.9M**
- CDW-G hired O'Keeffe & Company to survey IT professionals across five industries in July 2009. The total sample size equates to a margin of error of ±3.6% at a 95% confidence level; individual industry samples equate to margin of error of ±8.00% at a 95% confidence level
- Data collection methodology: National online survey
- Total sample size: 752
- Business: 150
- Federal government: 150
- State/Local government: 150
- Higher education: 152
- K-12: 150
- Respondent demographics:
- Organization size: 4%: 0-99 employees; 24%: 100-499 employees; 47%: 500-10,000 employees; 25%: More than 10,000 employees
- Title: 11%: IT executive level/C-Level (e.g., CIO, CTO, VP of IT); 23%: IT director/systems director; 12%: IT supervisor; 26%: IT manager (e.g., IT manager, help desk manager, telecommunications manager); 12%: network administrator; 3%: data center manager; 13%: other IT management
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(Webinar on August 29, 2009)
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