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IT Finds It’s Not Easy Being Green
BPM Forum study finds most IT professionals cite environmentally responsible operations as a priority but lack resources to control energy consumption needs.
Despite concerns and priorities for making data center operations more environmentally sound, few IT organizations have any specific plans in place, and most IT managers give their operations failing grades in reducing energy consumption. In the face of rising energy costs and increasing environmental concern over global warming, data center energy consumption continues to rise, and nearly half of IT managers surveyed say their organizations have run out of energy resources within the recent past.
These are among the findings of a new study called Lean & Green – Reducing IT Energy Drain for Business Gain, conducted by the Business Performance Management (BPM) Forum and sponsored by BlueArc, a network storage provider. The study assesses issues and opportunities presented by green computing and ways to address accelerating energy and performance demands and perceived waste in the data center. The findings reflect responses from more than 150 IT professionals in an online survey completed in February, 2008. A set of interviews with industry and environmental executives complements the study. According to the study findings:
> Three-quarters of respondents gave their organizations a “C&…
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