March 20, 2014 – Emerson Network Power, a pioneer in maximizing infrastructure availability, capacity and efficiency, announced that its Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) platform can achieve 100% return on investment (ROI) within 13 months, citing results from a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study. According to Emerson, The Total Economic Impact™ of Emerson's DCIM solution represents the first DCIM payback analysis published.

Forrester Consulting, commissioned by Emerson, conducted a research study on the TEI and potential ROI achievable when deploying DCIM using Emerson Network Power's ROI tool. For this purpose, Forrester interviewed 12 Emerson customers, who shared data necessary for developing the tool. A global banking customer with offices in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States was selected for analysis using the ROI tool. This customer operates three data centers in total, including one for disaster recovery, with a total area of 6,135 square feet. According to the ROI analysis study results, the customer realized $1.6 million in total benefits over three years.

The primary objective for this customer was to increase availability of critical systems. By using DCIM to increase availability by 20 hours annually, the customer achieved $1.2 million in cost savings from downtime-related expenses over a three-year period. Additionally, centralized management of three data centers enabled savings of more than 5 hours per day. In remote management, approximately $39,000 in annual costs were saved, allowing the customer to save approximately $95,000 in costs and time to construct another new data center. The company was also able to reduce by approximately 45 minutes the time required for managing and planning data center layout in response to various daily requirements. Most notably, through the use of Emerson's DCIM solution, the customer reduced power consumption and saved approximately $10,600 annually in related energy costs.

Steve Hassell, President of the Data Center Solutions Division at Emerson Network Power, stated, "We have always believed without doubt that Emerson's DCIM solution would provide customers with significant savings and value. Through this case study of a global customer, we have been able to demonstrate such benefits. Our team is highly encouraged by how quickly this customer achieved ROI and cost savings. Additionally, Emerson Network Power is now able to provide similar analyses to prospective DCIM customers using the tool developed by Forrester to demonstrate the business justification for DCIM investments."