BPM Releases Data Center Study

• By The WHIR, April 16, 2008

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April 16, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Business Performance Management Forum (bpmforum.org) along with network storage company BlueArc (bluearc.com) announced on Wednesday that they have released a new study that highlights issues and opportunities regarding green computing, as well as potential ways to combating accelerating energy, performance demands and waste in the data center.

In the study titled "Lean & Green - Reducing IT Energy Drain for Business Gain," BPM found that despite concerns for making data center facilities more environmentally friendly, most IT managers gave their operations failing grades in reducing energy consumption. Nearly half of IT managers also said that their organizations have run out of energy resources within the recent past.

"The results of the study point to a gap between what IT leadership knows it needs to do and what it has accomplished to date in terms of environmental responsibility," says Derek Kober, director of the BPM Forum. "In polling the marketplace and talking with industry leaders, we have heard that there are opportunities for those that deliver on the environmental promise to also save substantial costs and drive revenue opportunities through more efficient and enhanced data performance practices."

The study revealed that almost two-thirds of respondents had no specific green plans in place for the data center even though almost half of those polled said IT energy consumption increased in their organization last year, even as the cost of energy rose. Nearly 20 percent of respondents spent more than $1 million per year on energy consumption while another eight percent spent more than $10 million. BPM also discovered that 46 percent of respondents reported that they had run out of space, power or cooling capacity.

The findings reflect responses from more than 150 IT professionals in an online survey completed in February and a set of interviews with industry and environmental executives complements the study, says BPM.

The Business Performance Management Forum says it is dedicated to advancing performance accountability, process improvement, operational visibility and compliance in global organizations and provides support to thousands of senior executives and practitioners representing enterprises with more than $500 billion in combined annual revenues.

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