Energy consumption is a critical issue for IT organizations today. With the rising costs of energy and space, industry analyst Gartner (1) estimates that over the next five years, most enterprise data centers will spend as much on energy (for power and cooling) as they do on hardware infrastructure.
The environmental impact of IT also deserves serious consideration. According to analyst IDC (2), un-utilized servers equate to approximately US$140 billion and produce more than 80 million tons of CO2 per year. That is more than half the annual emissions of CO2 of ALL countries in South America.
ITG’ s Green IT solutions help customers minimize un-utilized computing resources to improve the overall power, cooling and space efficiency of IT infrastructure, without sacrificing the availability, performance and security of business applications. ITG consultancy services identify critical areas that need attention and recommend best practice solutions to achieve the Green IT objectives.
1. Source:Gartner, Inc“Eight Critical Forces Shape Enterprise Data Center Strategies” 02/08/07
2. Source:IDC,"Enterprise Class Virtualization 2.0 Application Mobility,Recovery,and Management Doc# DR 2007_5MEW, February 2007