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Green IT Calculator Assesses ROI

R. Colin Johnson | Date: 01-07-11 | Comments

The Aberdeen Group has created an online Green IT Assessment Calculator that allows companies to assess the return on investment that they can expect from "going green," along with providing an actionable green IT road map to prioritize the steps you need to take to improve your company's green performance as well as its perceived "green persona."

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Green IT Calculator Assesses ROI
The Aberdeen Green IT Assessment Calculator is a complimentary Web-based survey and ROI tool based on the Green IT and Sustainability practice at the Aberdeen Group (a Boston-based Harte-Hanks Company). Equally applicable to small, medium and large companies, the Green IT Assessment Calculator asks a series of questions that positions your company among your best-in-class (BIC) rivals regarding environmental strategies, capabilities and technologies in three key areas: energy efficiency, collaboration and virtualization.

After completing the survey (which takes about 15 minutes to complete), your company will receive a detailed report on how you fare against the competition, including specific recommendations that can be immediately used to raise your green IT index toward BIC performance.

A graphical chart generated by the questionnaire compares your company's green footprint with other best-in-class (BIC) companies in collaboration (C), energy conservation (E) and virtualization (V), with the size and shading of bubbles representing organizational capabilities and overall score, respectively.

Besides immediately implementable recommendations, the report outlines step-by-step strategies that your company can embark on to steadily improve both your green and IT security indices. Your fully customized report not only assesses your green IT performance against BIC performers�and develops an actionable green IT road map for your enterprise�but it also estimates your ROI on its recommended green IT investments as well as prioritizes the capabilities and technologies that it recommends you develop further.

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