Green IT, according to the Gartner research firm, has just about reached the peak of its hype cycle, what Gartner calls the "Peak of Inflated Expectations." Soon, Gartner says, comes the Trough of Disillusionment.
Is Gartner right? Is Green IT about to become just another overhyped phenomena, along with Public Virtual Worlds and virtual assistants?
As I explain in my blog, Green IT: Is It More than Hype?, Gartner is very clever, but very wrong. Green IT has a very clear, real-world return on investment. It doesn't need hype to sell it -- the bottom-line benefits do that.
That being said, there are some real roadblocks standing in the way of Green IT. Check out my blog for more details.
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The campaign from HP, Citrix and Intel plans to make Wednesday, August 27 a demonstration day to highlight the easiest way to lower an office's energy usage.
Data centers are energy-hungry beasts. But virtualization software reduces the number of IT assets needed in a data center, thereby lowering energy costs and your company's environmental impact.