Network Energy Efficiency
By Cisco Systems
In today’s business, when considering energy efficiency and power consumption in the context of networking and communications equipment, two areas are in sharp focus:
The effects on overall expense
The resulting environmental footprint
The path to green IT begins with devices that operate efficiently. But what is more important is how these devices work together to create systems and environments that result in lower greenhouse gas emissions. At Cisco, the approach to green IT is to design and build best-in-class energy-efficient networking devices that support multiple services. This helps ensure that individual devices—and the network as a whole—operate efficiently through service and device consolidation. From there, these devices and networks are used to create communications systems that promote even greater energy efficiencies and green rewards by changing business behavior and creating opportunities for sustainable operations.
