initiatives

Green is in. Enterprises are looking to IT - a major internal power consumer - to show leadership in developing green strategies.
Fortunately, many IT leaders faced with new pressure to conserve energy already have a green project underway - server and storage consolidation. Exploit this opportunity to both improve project support and raise the profile of IT.

In order to make sense of the increasing amount of hype surrounding green IT, small enterprises need to understand what initiatives exist and which are most appropriate for adoption. It doesn't take a treehugger to be green. Find out what other small enterprises are doing to green their IT operations.

Even in small and mid-sized enterprises, the power and cooling of data center equipment can easily cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Employ best practices to boost data center energy efficiency and lower costs.

Learn to build a Green IT Action Plan by setting realistic goals and choosing projects that IT can perform autonomously. The resulting environmental benefits and cost savings help prove that more extensive projects are both feasible and necessary.

Use this knowledge to promote cross-enterprise collaboration on leading green
initiatives.