Gartner: Zunehmende Irritation bei Anwendern im Bereich Green IT

Donnerstag, 11. September 2008 um 15:19

There is a great deal of uncertainty about which green technologies and products are actually available today and which may become available in the future. The future "productisation" of technologies will not just depend on the maturity of the design but also on the prevailing market conditions and the possibility of future legislation.

However, Gartner research shows that the spectrum of green technologies, services and legislation that users need to focus on can be broken down into short-term (immediate), midterm and long-term activities. The immediate issues affect the next 24 months and need to yield a quick return on investment while the midterm category covers the next five years. The long-term category covers products and activities that are, by nature, rather esoteric and may never become mainstream.

Immediate Green IT Issues for Users to Focus On

Immediate Green IT issues centre on power, cooling and floor space problems in data centres and office environments. With this in mind, Gartner has identified eight important areas for users to focus on during the next 24 months:

    • Modern data centre facilities' design concepts
  • Advanced cooling technologies
  • Use of modelling and monitoring software
  • Virtualisation technologies for server consolidation
  • Processor design and server efficiency
  • Energy management for the office environment
  • Integrated energy management for the software environment
  • Combined heat and power
  • Green IT procurement
  • Green asset life-cycle programmes
  • Environmental labelling of servers and other devices
  • Videoconferencing
  • Changing people's behaviours
  • Green accounting in IT
  • Green legislation in data centres
  • Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and IT programmes
  • Carbon offsetting and carbon trading
  • Data centre heat recycling
  • Alternative energy sources
  • Software efficiency
  • Green building design
  • Green legislation
  • Green chargeback
  • Additional information is available in the Gartner reports: “Green IT: Immediate Issues for Users to Focus on”; “Green IT: Midterm Issues for Users to Focus on”; “Green IT: Long-Term Issues for Users to Focus on”; and “Green IT: Where to Invest.”

    Green IT will be discussed at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2008 in Cannes on 3-7 November, including a presentation entitled “Gartner and WWF's 'Green Rating' for Major Vendors and Service Providers”by Gartner research vice president Simon Mingay on which technology and service providers have leading environmental and climate change programmes, and which are more challenged.

    About Gartner

    Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, Gartner is the indispensable partner to 60,000 clients in 10,000 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, Gartner works with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 4,000 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and consultants in 75 countries. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.

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