If all computers sold in the United States meet the ENERGYSTAR requirements, the savings in energy costs will grow to about $2 billion each year and greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by the equivalent of those from 2 million cars.
- Energy Star
Most companies have over 11 Terabytes of unstructured data in their environments
- Taneja Group
Storage environments are doubling in size every 12-18 months
- Clipper Group
Unstructured data is growing between 65-200% each year and structured data is growing between 30-40% each year
- ComputerWorld
Lacking visibility, 85% of companies rely upon their initial assumptions for ongoing configuration planning
- Taneja Group
Total PC power consumption per year for a well-managed 2,500 PC strong organization is 50% lower than for an unmanaged one.
- Gartner
Available on nearly every Windows PC, “sleep” features cut energy costs by $25-$75 per PC annually.
- Energy Star
US electricity rates have risen 28.95% since 2004, and will continue to rise.
- US Dept of Energy
130,000 computers are thrown away every day in the United States
- National Resources Defense Council
670 Metric Tons – Amount of CO2 that data centers worldwide will emit annually by 2020.