By Dennis Anderson, PhD
Green IT continues to be one of the most discussed topics this year, along with virtualization and cloud computing. Those of us who have been in IT know very well that some of these things are nothing new. When the old things come back with new names, however, it usually means that they are ready for primetime, but not always.
While an increasing number of CIOs have already integrated Green IT initiatives into their overall IT strategy (from two-sided printing policies to digital archiving; from storage consolidation to virtualization), the exact status of Green IT adoption is hard to pin down. Partly to blame is the continued evolution of Green IT. While overall advancement of Green IT is laudable, it also led to the creation of various shapes, types and labels for Green IT. Organizations might be doing Green IT initiatives but simply not labeling them as such. Read More…