Accenture Introduces Green Technology Suite to Help Organizations Use IT to Assess...

Accenture Introduces Green Technology Suite to Help Organizations Use IT to Assess and Improve Green Agenda

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Accenture today introduced the Accenture Green Technology Suite, a
comprehensive set of tools designed to help an organization assess its
environmental standing, provide recommendations on how to address its
carbon footprint by improving the way information technology (IT) is
managed, and support the entire organization's green agenda.

The new tools offer a holistic view across the entire IT
organization, providing everything from detailed assessments of where
the enterprise sits within a green "maturity spectrum," to suggesting
IT initiatives that can be undertaken to proactively address the
company's future carbon footprint. The tools also help calculate the
impact of the specific initiatives in terms of workplace environmental
efficiency and data center energy savings.

"The new tools, whether used together or individually, provide
organizations with much-needed insight into their power consumption
and environmental footprint," said Steve Nunn, global lead for green
IT at Accenture. "By implementing the specific, tailored green
recommendations, organizations can achieve measurable environmental
improvements that contribute to bottom line savings."

The Accenture Green Technology Suite includes:

The Accenture Green Maturity Model - assesses the environmental
efficiency of IT, suggesting actions to improve the organization's
overall environmental standing.

Based on the responses to 300 questions across five key areas -
working practice, office environment, data center, procurement, and
corporate citizenship - on topics ranging from commitment to reducing
CO2 emissions, to type of enterprise network, the maturity model
produces a comprehensive scorecard that rates where the organization
sits on the green maturity spectrum on a scale from zero to five.

The Accenture Green Maturity Model is customized in terms of depth
of the assessment, and in benchmarking the organization against peers
in the same industry, as well as companies of comparable size and
geographic footprint. A detailed plan of action is produced,
prioritizing a series of initiatives.

For a fifteen-minute, high-level green snapshot, a Flash-based
tool is available at www.accenture.com/gmm.

The Data Center Estimator - is used by Accenture consultants to
provide an assessment of the environmental and financial impact of
data centers. The Estimator suggests energy reduction strategies based
on information gathered from the facility, such as air conditioning,
power distribution, and server, storage, and networking components,
among others.

The estimator works by taking an initial assessment of the current
IT and facility landscape; creates "what if" scenarios, such as the
effect of a rise in energy prices of varying percentages; what would
happen should a cleaner source of power become available or if there
were changes in capacity demand for servers or storage; develops a
data center strategy road map that offers before-and-after snapshots;
and then allows users to visualize the expected outcomes in terms of
carbon output, cost reduction and electricity consumption across
different scenarios.

The Workplace Estimator - helps an organization adopt a greener
technology culture by developing recycling and energy saving policies
for personal computers and procuring new equipment with energy
efficiency in mind.

Using a web-based interface, Accenture consultants use the
Workplace Estimator to identify rapid environmental and financial
assessments of workplace initiatives. It models optimization scenarios
such as thin clients, telepresence and equipment refreshes, and allows
the organization to view results based on different scenarios. The
Workplace Estimator creates a road map that specifies not only what
should be done, but when, helping the organization understand the
likely impact of planned financial and/or behavioral changes.

The Accenture Green Technology Suite was developed by Accenture
Technology Consulting and Accenture Technology Labs. Accenture tested
the tools with clients in North America, Europe and Japan.

Accenture has been at the forefront in the area of green
computing. In its March 2008 report, "The Dawn of Green IT Services,"
Forrester Research named Accenture the only service provider with the
"full capability" to offer green IT services in the areas of
assessment, planning and implementation. Forrester identified eight
essential assessment capabilities that IT service must offer clients
to make their operations greener. Of the dozen IT service providers
evaluated, only Accenture offered capabilities in each of the eight.

Additionally, Accenture compiled a Data Center Energy Forecast
Report, released this month in conjunction with the Silicon Valley
Leadership Group, which presents side-by-side comparisons of energy
savings achieved by 17 real world data center case studies. The report
indicates that today's technology maturity is at a 'state-of-the-art
efficiency level', as defined by a report from the Environmental
Protection Agency last year. The Data Center Energy Forecast Report
also concludes that by leveraging technologies available today - such
as IT consolidation and modular cooling, among others -- data centers
can reduce electricity use by as much as 55 percent by 2011 - the
equivalent of up to 8 million cars annually. To read the full report,
visit www.accenture.com/SVLGreport.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services
and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience,
comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business
functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful
companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become
high-performance businesses and governments. With more than 180,000
people in 49 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$19.70
billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2007. Its home page is
www.accenture.com.

Accenture Media Relations
Ed Trapasso, 917-452-3555
ed.trapasso@accenture.com
or
Accenture Media Relations
Hannah Unkefer, 917-452-5361
hannah.m.unkefer@accenture.com

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