UK takes the lead in Green ICT

The survey of CIOs and IT professionals from the UK, US, Australia and India was carried out by Fujitsu to determine the progress being made by IT departments on issues such as data centre energy efficiency and smart management of PC fleets and peripherals.

 

The US came second to the UK in the Green IT Index, followed by Australia and finally India. The UK's comparatively high performance is said to be attributable to the importance placed on carbon reporting and reduction by the UK Government. 

 

"Tomorrow's business leaders will be leaders in sustainability; they will understand the importance of an integrated sustainability strategy," explained Alison O'Flynn, Global Executive Director of Sustainability at Fujitsu Group. "IT has a fundamental role to play in enabling change and must step up to face this significant global challenge."

 

The areas that show progress  are data centre management, networking, communications, Cloud Computing and "end user" efforts like computers and printers. But there's little awareness on the subject of gathering metrics on an IT department's energy use. Responsible practices for procurement and disposal are largely ignored around the world, although in regions where there are regulations governing IT's lifecycle impacts, performance is generally stronger.

 

Meanwhile Fujistu has announced a new QuickStartassessment and Green IT Delivery Solution services that it claims can deliver actionable plans for reducing enterprise customers' IT energy costs by 20%. The firm says a QuickStart assessment takes only two weeks and prioritises projects in five key areas: business operations; data centre efficiencies; end-user efficiencies; metrics and monitoring; and lifecycle and procurement.