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A new tool suite shows how changes will impact power consumption in the datacenter.

Accenture has introduced a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite for analyzing an IT infrastructure and showing the impact that changing the datacenter's configuration can have on the overall power use and "carbon footprint." The consulting giant typically looks at three factors when examining a customer's datacenter: cost reduction, increasing service levels or mitigating risk. This suite adds a fourth dimension to the test by looking at how green technologies can have an impact on cost, risk or service levels. "It enables us to essentially craft a green IT roadmap to allow the client to take steps to not only reduce the carbon footprint but also take costs out of the environment," said Rockwell Bonecutter, managing partner for datacenter technology and operations practice at Accenture. Bonecutter said there are plenty of tools for examining the impact of making changes to a datacenter, such as virtualization or new cooling techniques. The Accenture Green Technology Suite adds a new dimension in that it shows the financial impact of such changes, so companies can see where they are saving money and what changes are useless. RELATED ARTICLES Going Green? Best Practices Are Forming. What's Wrong With IT? IBM: Going Green With or Without You IBM Allots $1B to Push Green For more stories on this topic: "These tools let you say to the board or head of IT 'this is the impact to the bottom... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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