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Communications Solutions:
Deploying Green Capabilities
Christopher Kimm
VP, Solutions Engineering
[email protected]
November 7, 2008
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The Green Power of Information and
Communications Technologies
Information and Communications Technologies
Produces a Fraction (2%) of all carbon emissions
Total CO2 Emssions
But ICT can
dramatically
reduce part
of this
98%
ICT Contribution (2%)
“SMART2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age” The
Climate Group for the Global eSustainability Institute (June 20, 2008);
All Other Industries & Individual
Contribtion (98%)
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Build Awareness
• We see many green initiatives
inside organizations led not from above,
but by concerned employees
– We can all reduce our carbon footprint in our use of IT:
1. Turn off lights, monitors, and systems not in use such as overnight
or at lunch – be particularly aware on hot days
2. Place transformer “bricks” on power strips with on/off switches
and turn them off when not powering a connected device
3. Inventory equipment and circuits
– consolidate and remove what’s not needed
4. Upgrade older equipment with more energy efficient options
– total cost of ownership may be less
5. Use collaboration tools – look for ways
to avoid trips that release CO2
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Data Center Opportunities
• Key focus area for IT departments in both the
Public and Private Sectors
– Increase in power and cooling requirements
combined with rising energy costs
• Environmentally-friendly initiatives
– Consolidate and inventory
– Leverage power and cooling infrastructure
improvements
– Deploy Energy-efficient equipment
– Virtualization
– Are there others who can be more efficient?
Outsource operations and infrastructure
Areas of opportunity
• Following best practices for energy
efficient equipment deployment
•From hot aisle/cold aisle to air flow
considerations to evaluating power
consumption of all deployed gear
• Virtualization improves utilization,
uptime and flexibility
•Soon we will ‘virtualize everything’
radically improving utilization of
existing resources and making new
deployments far simpler
• Just as centralized storage has
become the most efficient option
for managing data, computing will
move to “arrays” of CPU and RAM
•Computing as a Service
(sometimes called “Cloud” or “Grid”
Computing) will provide new
computing options
Did You Know?
Energy consumption in data centers
is expected to almost double over
the next five years*
*EPA Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency, August 2007
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Broadband at Home/
Flexible Networks at Work
• High speed Internet access at home provides recreation,
supports education, enables teleworking and business
continuity plans and promotes energy efficient behaviors
– FiOS, DSL, Wireless Broadband Access provide flexibility and
cost effective options
• Competitive offerings, too from cable companies, others
– eCommerce very energy efficient
• Flexible networks at work allow enterprises
to manage their real estate efficiently and securely,
and are a part of running a green facility:
– Next generation ‘fiber to the desktop’ LANs use less
power than Ethernet over copper
– Flexible IP Telephony solutions allow any phone
to take on any number
– Makes ‘your’ workspace, any workspace
– Accommodate employees, guests, telecommuters, road
warriors and contractors in less space
• Save on heating, cooling, and electricity
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The Green Power of Broadband and
Information & Communications Technology
Information
communications
technology (ICT) alone
can reduce carbon
emissions by 15% by
2020 and help achieve
national
energy-efficiency and
environmental goals – if
we maximize its use!*
Greenhouse Gas Emissions . . .
. . . reduced by 2020
•“SMART2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age” The Climate Group
for the Global eSustainability Institute (June 20, 2008);
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Conferencing and Collaboration Tools
Skip The Trip… Not the Meeting
• Virtual meetings and distance learning
can significantly reduce travel
– T&E savings
– Lower energy use and greenhouse gas
emissions
– Enhanced productivity
– Opportunities for improved work/life balance
Collaboration Tools
• Audio, net, and video options
• Audio and NetConferencing (tools
like WebEx and LiveMeeting) allow
for recording events and enabling
on-demand replays
• A huge benefit for training and
awareness efforts
• IP network enables next
generation telepresence
capabilities
• Web 2.0 tools are increasingly
making their way to work –
unlocking the wisdom of the
crowd, and uncovering resources
Did You Know?
Video conferencing expends 500
times less energy than a 1,000 km
(620 mile) business flight*
*Broadband Services: Economic and Environmental Benefits,
American Consumer Institute, October 31, 2007
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Enable Collaboration
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Assemble a team
Present an idea
Train on a topic
Make government
more accessible
• Collaborate on a plan
• Make a decision
• And do it all without
traveling to the same place
• Research shows that organizations that
collaborate well outperform those that don’t 1:
– Combination of company culture and access
to collaboration technology
– Drives a high ‘collaboration index’
• Those that do outperform peer organizations in many
key areas: from innovation, to product quality to
productivity and several key measures of financial
performance
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Frost and Sullivan, Meetings Around the World, 2006
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For Example:
Verizon Business Opens New Vistas for Park Visitors
Private IP Network Enables Online Education Program
California State Parks Challenges
• Manages more than 270
park units
• Employs more than
2,500 people
• Responsible for 1.4
million acres
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–
–
–
Implement an online education program for students and teachers
Employee productivity
Business travel costs
Reduce carbon emissions associated with business travel
• Serves 85 million
visitors annually
Solution
– Video multicasting and video conferencing over the IP network
• Converted existing Frame Relay network to Managed Private
IP services
• Set the foundation to implement other services like VoIP
Benefits
– Online education program allows students to study state parks
with live video
– Conferencing tools offer an effective alternative to face-to-face
meetings and presentations
– IP network allows remote monitoring of sewage treatment
facilities – providing multiple benefits with one infrastructure
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Communications Solutions:
Deploying Green Capabilities
Christopher Kimm
VP, Solutions Engineering
[email protected]
November 7, 2008
Confidential and proprietary material for authorized Verizon personnel only. Use, disclosure or distribution of this material is not permitted to any unauthorized persons or third parties except by written agreement.
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