Anyone working in IT could be forgiven for suffering a little green-fatigue.
IT vendors are eager to throw "greenwash" around, highlighting the
power-saving features of their existing technologies.
However, this is not necessarily all bad. There are many existing
technologies that have a greater power-saving potential than some of the
dedicated "green" solutions designed for that purpose.
Companies have to avoid the trap of rushing out to buy expensive, new
energy-saving technologies that only marginally reduce the cost of bad
practice. Focusing on incremental improvements in the energy efficiency of
new equipment, on its own, is only easing the symptoms and not addressing the
illness. Companies, particularly medium-sized companies, need to focus on one
or two "green storage initiatives" that can deliver maximum immediate
benefit.
In a recent report entitled "The G... (more)