‘The global information and communications technology (ICT) industry accounts for approximately 2 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a figure equivalent to aviation’ according to an estimate by Gartner, Inc.
IT dispensing CO2 at the same rate as airlines et al? Little wonder then that in recent years there‘s been growing demand for IT to meet the needs of the business in a sustainable way.
IT needs to look at lessening its impact on the environment.
I have said before that effective Capacity Management is an integral part of the Green IT process and it should be central to the plans of Companies who are leveraging new technology, particularly in the areas of Virtualization and Cloud Computing.
Why do I believe this so vehemently? Biased I may be, but the proof that good capacity management lies at the heart of Green IT, indeed lies at the heart of good business strategy, is irrefutable isn’t it?
Many Companies are making, or have made, the transition from physical to virtual servers but over provisioning merely negates the Green IT and cost benefits. How do you prevent over provisioning?
In the Cloud Computing arena the production of inaccurate SLA’s when transitioning to the Cloud can have far ranging ramifications for a Company. How do you decide what you need, when you need it and who you need it for? Without effective capacity management tied to SLAs, rapid provisioning could just be a way of over-provisioning done faster than ever before.
New technologies can go a long way to helping Companies meet their Green initiatives but only if they are effectively managed, otherwise the benefits to both the Company and the environment are squandered.
Join us on February 10 at our free webinar ‘Capacity management: At the heart of Green IT’ and see how capacity management enables you to harness and maximise all the benefits that these technologies promise, and realise your Green IT objectives by doing so.
Register now http://www.metron-athene.com/training/webinars/index.html and if you have any opinions on the role that capacity management plays in this arena feel free to share them with me.
Andrew Smith
Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
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