Steve Brooks, Enterprise Times, November 4, 2024
Atos has published a report on digital workplace sustainability. The report “Increasing digital workplace sustainability: Data-driven strategy to accelerate progress together” finds that there are high levels of waste across the IT industry. It also found that using a data-driven condition-based approach can extend the lifespan of assets. From the standard 3-5 years to potentially as long as ten years.
While one might think that employees want the latest and best technology, in fact, 75% of employees are happy to keep their existing devices. Especially if they understand the environmental benefits of doing so.
Leon Gilbert, Senior Vice President Digital Workplace, Atos, said, “We wanted to leverage the vast quantities of data available to Atos and our partners to challenge convention and pinpoint new opportunities for enterprises and their IT service providers. Some findings surprised even our experts. We can now see how the financial, environmental and social value of every device can be increased while still delighting users.”
What is in the report
The fifteen-page report is based on 25 data points from over 28.5 million devices. With information provided by Atos services, Nexthink digital experience management platform, Tier 1 and Circular computing. The datasets used include device agent data, user behaviour analysis, digital experience metrics, aggregated help desk data, IT service management data and analytics, and asset disposal data.
The report also references a range of secondary sources and provides a comprehensive insight for IT leaders looking to increase the sustainability of their IT estate.
The main section of the report is divided into four sections:
- How do reliability, performance, efficiency and user experience change as devices age?
- What is the role of remanufactured devices in today’s IT estates?
- What’s happening along the device lifecycle?
- How efficiently are devices used in relation to energy consumption?
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