Tracking Green IT

Processor.com (Sep 24 2009) Emissions

1. It’s a cliché, but we’re all stuck with it: If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. And although some companies are settling for simply starting green initiatives and hoping for the best, the really business-minded ones are tracking the progress of those initiatives to measure their effectiveness. If it sounds superfluous, consider the green strategy of replacing older equipment with new, more energy-efficient equipment. Data centers have bought new, more energy-efficient servers or routers assuming that they’ve just saved some money and a bit of the environment. But if they’ve made a capital expenditure that outstrips the money saved on electricity during its lifetime, they’re right where they started. Not only that, they may have also done more harm than good from a resource standpoint. (Read Full Article)

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