Enabling Sustainability through Software

David ThompsonGroup President and CIOSymantec Corporation

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The Drive for Sustainability

• We must minimize our environmental footprint by conserving the natural resources on which we all depend.

• Companies are enabling sustainability through “green IT” efforts and the implementation of technology solutions that allow them to:

– Reduce their carbon footprint

– Increase energy efficiencies

– Reduce cost

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Best Practices to Enable Sustainability

Control Endpoint Power Usage

Optimize HA/DR

Manage Physical & Virtual Environments

Implement Green IT Best Practices

Stop Buying Storage

3HA: High Availability DR: Disaster Recovery

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Best Practices to Enable Sustainability

Embed Environmental Functionality

Engage Employees

Environment Friendly Equipment Disposal

Enable Sustainability through Software

Reduce the IT Footprint

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Symantec and Sustainability

• Symantec has committed to a 15% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2012, and a Green IT is a primary component of our strategy.

• We strive to set the right example to its customers and the larger community by being more environmentally responsible in our own IT operations.

• Through green initiatives, we become more efficient in its use of energy, materials, and personnel to run its computer systems.

• Software solutions are an important way we enable energy efficiency.

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Sustainability through Technology

Efficient Hardware Use• Storage Hierarchies

• Discover unused storage• Virtualization• Server optimization

Data Optimization• De-duplication• Pure disk• Resource optimization

Power Management • Power down idle

desktops

• Automate power settings

• Central policy driven

Consulting Services• Reclaim capacity• Demand/Capacity Mgmt• Application footprint• Future State Architecture

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Benefits: Cost savings (the initial motivation)

Energy savings

Reduce the IT footprint

~1100 devices addressed

300,000 Kwh saved per monthApprox. $45K per month

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Old HW Trade-in, $500K Savings on new HW acquisition + avoided move costs$

Annual HW maintenance savings ~$450K

Virtualization Reference Arch Operational ~100 servers & several apps

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Significant annual Real Estate savings

Upgraded reliability, supportability, and capacity of several applications

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IT Annual Operating Cost Savings ~$2.1M

Obsoleted all old HW Improved operational reliability

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Case Study: Data Center Consolidation Leads to Energy Savings

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Altiris Task Server

• Shutdown PCs on a schedule

• Reports on power-saving activity

Partner Integration

• Intel AMT

• Dell Client Manager

Energy Saver Toolkit

• Changes monitor power scheme setting

• Saves $50 a year per PC with CRT monitor

Partner Integration Energy Saver ToolkitSoftware Solutions

Case Study: PC Power Management Leads to Energy Savings

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Industry Standards

Green Partnerships

Advisory

Recognition / Reporting

Energy Efficiency Taskforce

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• Organizations are enabling sustainability through “green IT” efforts and the implementation of technology solutions that allow them to save energy and reduce our carbon footprint.

– This also usually leads to cost savings.

• Companies, like Symantec, are committed to setting a good example in being environmentally responsible.

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In Closing

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Thank You!

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