For most organisations the efficient use of energy
delivers two key operational requirements: - cost reductions
and improved environmental responsibility. The two elements
combined can be considered as "Green IT" -
everyone is talking about reducing CO2 emissions and
in the current economic climate, reducing energy bills
is an equally appealing target. Industry analysts show
that IT energy costs are often one of the highest on
the company’s IT budget and one that is most overlooked
for efficiency management.
NetSupport DNA now features as standard a new "energy
monitor" component that provides a simple and concise
high level summary of potential energy wastage across
an organisation by computer systems that are left powered
on out of business hours.
PCs and monitors account for 39% of the information
and telecommunications industry's emissions, which is
equal to a full year of CO2 emissions from 43,900,000
cars.
-Gartner June 2008
Firstly, NetSupport DNA already monitors all systems
across an enterprise to detect changes in hardware inventory
and new software installations, as well as recording
application and internet usage. It also checks to verify
the powered-on state of all computers and its local
monitoring component keeps an accurate record of each
time a computer is powered on, off or hibernates. Once
it knows the times of day each computer was operational,
an average (and customisable) “power consumption per
device” calculation is used, facilitating a baseline
energy usage calculation for all computers. The indicative
energy usage calculation is then combined with each
customer’s specific energy rates (per Kw) allowing NetSupport
DNA to reflect the overall cost for all identified systems.
Once implemented, department heads or management can
see a high level view of energy usage by computers across
the organisation, see where "out of hours"
usage is highest and identify whether this is a result
of diligent staff working late or simply systems that
have been left switched on overnight.
All companies have an obligation to themselves to prevent
unnecessary costs and an obligation to the environment
to conserve energy. NetSupport DNA provides a simple
and easy to use step in the direction of efficient and
cost effective energy usage.
