According to the latest survey from 1E, UK companies continue to view environmental concerns as a distant priority when it comes to IT purchasing decisions.
1E, a UK-based global provider of Windows management software surveyed IT managers from 100 UK enterprise organizations. The study indicates that the more traditional considerations of cost and security continue to dominate the procurement agenda for technology infrastructure. This has occurred despite increasing corporate and governmental focus on issues such as power consumption and carbon footprints.
1E’s findings show that over 60 per cent of companies continue to regard cost as the key factor in IT purchasing decisions. In contrast, over 35 per cent view security as the primary concern. Only three per cent of respondents cited environmental concerns as a distant third priority.
More than two-thirds of the companies surveyed are yet to impose any kind of formal policy for the shutting-down of company PCs during evenings and weekends. The findings of a recent National Energy Foundation study, conducted in collaboration with 1E estimated that 1.7 million corporate PCs are routinely left on by UK companies when not in use, wasting some 1.5kWh of electricity and generating around 700,000 tonnes of unnecessary CO2 each year.
“Given the ever-increasing focus on corporate carbon footprints, the findings of our latest survey clearly indicate the need to raise awareness of IT power consumption issues,” said Sumir Karayi, CEO, 1E in a
statement.
According to Karayi companies face mounting pressure to reduce their carbon emissions - from legislators, customers and indeed their own workforces. He points out that employing a power management solution to manage PC energy consumption is one of the fastest, easiest steps enterprise IT managers can take to address this criticism.
“Indeed, options such as our own NightWatchman solution are so efficient they often pay for themselves within six months, depending on the size of the business in question,” added Karayi.
1E’s survey also reveals that legislative pressures may soon force many IT managers to clean up their act. The findings indicates that around two-thirds (63 per cent) of those firms surveyed plan to review the power consumption of their technology infrastructure based on the UK Government’s recent energy white paper, which proposed a carbon capping/trading scheme for businesses as part of its recommendations.
Anuradha Shukla is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering call centers, CRM and information technology
