A recently released study shows that Green IT is near the top of the list of technology decision-makers, ahead of perennially important concerns such as business continuity. This is one more indication that 2009 may be the year of Green IT.
Network World reports that that HP commissioned a survey of 600 technology decision-makers in the corporate world, to find out their plans for their data center in the coming year. Some 60% of them report that they will implement a Green IT project in the coming year, and that is most likely a significant understatement, because 59% also report they will be doing a virtualization project. One of the key benefits of virtualization is savings in power and cooling, so virtualization is a green IT project as well.
Other projects high on the list include automation (64%), operations management (59%), and business continuity (58%). Only 20% said they will do a full overhaul of their data centers. Again, though, anyone doing a full overhaul of their data centers will certainly put a focus on Green IT in it.
The upshot? I estimate based on the survey, when you include virtualization ahd total data center transformation to Green IT projects, at least 75% or more companies will be doing Green IT projects this year. A better estimate would be at least 80%, because you can assume any total data center transformation will feature Green IT high on the list of priorities.
Data center photo CC-licensed by Flickr user Gruntzooki.
