we pass over the plan to confirm that it |
environmentally sound practices across |
This highlights the point our four experts |
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is robust and complete . In my opinion , |
the entire portfolio of service delivery . |
made earlier - creating a greener IT |
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we are taking a green approach anytime |
department might start with a project |
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we reduce power consumption , reduce |
“ Rising energy costs coupled with the |
and some specific initiatives but it will |
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floor space , reduce infrastructure or other |
increasing number of devices connected |
only work when it ’ s instilled in everyday |
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‘ costly ’ IT enablers .” |
to the network will force all areas of busi- |
operations and embedded into work |
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ness to look for ways to become more |
practices and culture . |
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This highlights an important considera- |
energy efficient . In fact , plug loads and |
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tion . ‘ Green ’ is not a product or service |
IT device energy use in commercial build- |
Gibbons pushed this home , saying : |
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that can be purchased and deployed . It ’ s |
ings accounts for nearly 5 % of all energy |
“ Regulatory compliance and cost saving |
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a way of doing things that influences all |
use in the US ; by 2030 that energy use |
targets are a given , baked into strategic |
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service delivery . |
is expected to increase 36 %,” said Tyrer . |
planning now through years of effort |
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and application . There are cost and |
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Deguara said : “ When you ’ re talking IT , |
Gibbons pointed to his company ’ s BYOD |
environmental benefits to underpin |
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green technology and energy efficiency |
programs and how it can reduce the |
the BYOD business case ; however , the |
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are synonymous . Computers are among |
company ’ s environmental impact simply |
real benefit of this strategy is a better |
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the biggest users of power , and power |
by reducing the number of devices each |
user experience , which better meets the |
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is still - on the whole - produced from |
individual uses . Instead of having a device |
consumers ’ individual needs .” |
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non-renewable resources . Implementing |
for work and one for personal use , BYOD |
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an energy-efficient strategy across every |
has substantially reduced the number of |
There is a perception that ‘ going green ’ |
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facet of a computer room or data centre |
devices being used . |
means spending more money , which |
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can save companies millions of dollars .” |
might stop companies from imple- |
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However , the data centre does remain |
menting more environmentally friendly |
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Interestingly , Tse felt that the key in- |
a critical element in IT ’ s planning and |
technologies in favour of cheaper so- |
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fluence for IT adoption of green and |
delivery . |
lutions . However , Deguara said : “ The |
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energy-efficient technology came from |
bigger picture benefits of using green |
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outside the IT department and from |
“ Data centre infrastructure in many cases |
technology are more important to some |
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the C-suite . |
uses more power than the IT equipment |
than the dollars and cents that can be |
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in isolation , which is why advances in the |
demonstrably made or saved using it . |
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“ Typically , the green initiative does not |
energy efficiency of data centre cooling , |
But even if the use of ‘ green ’ is more |
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come from the IT department , but rather |
cooling methods , uninterruptible power |
financially than ethically motivated , its |
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company leadership . If the organisation |
supplies ( UPS ) and power distribution |
importance isn ’ t diminished .” |
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has a goal to reduce its carbon footprint |
is so critical ,” added Deguara . |
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or ‘ go green ’, a directive will be given to
the IT department to find a product that
most closely matches those standards ,”
she said .
Is green tech only a data centre issue ?
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Are CIOs demonstrating how green technologies can benefit the entire business ?
Tse said : “ CIOs have the challenge of
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Corporate social responsibility is a term that is starting to find its way into IT strategy documents . The benefits of implementing green technologies may go further than being a simple measurement of better financial outcomes through power saving . |
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encouraging their employees to become |
“ CIOs are increasingly finding that |
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It ’ s easy to confine IT ’ s use of green ini- |
more eco-friendly , and usually that drive |
green technologies are at the forefront |
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tiatives to the data centre and choosing |
comes from regulatory compliance and |
of corporate social responsibility policy |
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PCs that comply with some environmen- |
cost savings . However , many companies |
and initiatives - for this reason it ’ s im- |
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tal standard such as EPEAT . However , |
will make a commitment to becoming |
portant that they have a good grasp of |
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all four experts agreed that this was a |
more eco-friendly and build a corporate |
the complexity and issues at hand with |
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superficial view of IT ’ s capacity to apply |
culture off of that mission .” |
green technologies ,” said Tyrer . |