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Report Calls on Organizations to Take a More Energy-Aware Approach to Decision-Making
Independent Advisory Report Commissioned by CA Technologies Outlines Management Imperatives for IT-Related Energy Use
ISLANDIA, N.Y., October 4, 2012 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced the availability of a new independent advisory report which identifies five imperatives for efficient data center energy management and the significant role that Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions can play in helping organizations address these imperatives.
The report calls on organizations to take a more energy-aware approach to IT decision-making by proactively managing energy consumption, which will become increasingly important given price fluctuations, potential caps on availability and government incentives to encourage responsible energy use.
Commissioned by CA Technologies and produced independently by industry analyst firm Freeform Dynamics, the report says energy management is often lacking in the context of IT. Factors contributing to this inadequate energy management include poor visibility into energy use, unclear management ownership of energy-related issues, inefficient or poorly utilized IT equipment and over-stretched capacity. Among other things, it recommends that organizations deploy solutions such as DCIM to better understand energy consumption and use, reduce costs, improve service levels and respond more quickly to change.
According to the report, entitled “Energy Aware Planning and Decision Making,” the five imperatives for efficient data center energy management are:
• Acquire visibility: Asset management is a pre-requisite for proactive energy management. Asset discovery solutions and CMDBs can be combined with application and service portfolio management and with DCIM tools which overlay energy consumption information, together forming a body of intelligence and insight that facilitates energy aware decision-making.
• Assign responsibility: Effective management of IT-related energy consumption and risk relies on accountability: both for costs (who pays) and cost management. This is increasingly important as IT needs are met through a combination of external ‘shared’ services and internal infrastructure.
• Rationalize applications: When multiple facilities, software systems or physical assets exist that provide the same or very similar capabilities, there is a clear opportunity to consolidate. Such activities can often lead to a significant reduction in energy consumption, as well as other costs.
• Optimize the infrastructure: Maturing technologies such as virtualization and private cloud computing allow resources to be allocated in a highly flexible way as demands change over time, with a further boost to utilization, which in turn optimizes energy use.
• Manage dynamically: In any IT environment, demands are frequently changing, and it is a failure to keep up with this change that often leads to redundancy and waste. The answer is to put in place processes and tools that allow everything to be managed holistically from top to bottom on a continuous basis.
“Data centers are increasingly challenged by limitations in power, space and cooling—which can hinder the ability to deliver on new business requirements and lead to higher operating costs,” said Terrence Clark, general manager, Energy and Sustainability solutions, CA Technologies. “By capturing detailed real-time information about energy use across the data center, solutions such as CA DCIM can help organizations address their energy challenges by making better use of available capacity, reducing waste, and empowering data center managers to make more informed decisions about how to best deploy additional infrastructure.”
For a copy of the report, please visit https://www.ca.com/EnergyPlanning.
About Freeform Dynamics
Freeform Dynamics is a research and analysis firm, which tracks and reports on the business impact of developments in the IT and communications sectors. The company uses an innovative research methodology to gather feedback directly from those involved in IT strategy, planning, procurement and implementation. The output is therefore grounded in real-world practicality for use by mainstream IT professionals. For further information or to subscribe to the Freeform Dynamics free research service, please visit www.freeformdynamics.com.
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