Unisys greening of it in higher education cloud computing

Reducing Carbon Footprint in UK Further & Higher Education through Cloud Computing John Treadway, Global Director Cloud Solutions Unisys Corporation April 27, 2011 john.treadway@unisys.com

F&HE ICT-related Carbon Footprint © 2011 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 2 1,486,000 Computers 246,000 Printers 238,000 Servers 500,000 Tonnes of CO2e Per Year Managing Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education - JISC, 2009 www.jisc.ac.uk/publications

4.7million* of These… © 2011 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 5 "Higher Education Enrolments, and Qualifications Obtained, at Higher Education Institutions in the UK in the Academic Year 2006/07". Higher Education Statistics Agency. 10 January 2008. "The total number of HE enrolments at English HEIs stood at 1,957,195 in 2006/07.“ ^ "Further Education, Work-Based Learning, Train to Gain and Adult Safeguarded Learning - Learner Numbers in England: October 2007". Learning and Skills Council. 10 April 2008. "There were 1.75 million learners in LSC-funded FE on 1 October 2007.“. HESA and Dept for Business Innovation and Skills / Office National Statistics Published 31st March 2011

The Demand for Data Centers Continues to Grow “In the US, data centres account for 1.5% of national electricity consumption, and this is probably also true in the UK. And the figure is rising: the SusteIT survey found that 63% of institutions are expecting to invest in more servers over the next two years.” © 2011 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 18 Managing Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education - JISC, 2009 www.jisc.ac.uk/publications

A Simple Example of How Cloud Computing Promotes Consolidation © 2011 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 20 7 Servers 50% 50% 30% 30% 20% 20% 20% Department A Department B Department C 4 Servers 42% less space, electricity, carbon 70% 50% 50% 50% Departments A, B & C

Comparison of Carbon Emissions of Cloud-Based vs. On-Premise Delivery of Three Microsoft Applications © 2011 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 21 http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture_Sustainability_Cloud_ Computing_TheEnvironmentalBenefitsofMovingtotheCloud.pdf

What Can You Do? Before Buying More Servers, Explore Combining Data Centres into Clouds – even across institutions Use Power Management To Turn Off Servers When Not In Use Replace Outdated DC Facilities and Servers Talk to Unisys… © 2011 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 27

Thank You John Treadway, Global Director Cloud Solutions Unisys Corporation April 27, 2011 john.treadway@unisys.com

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