Reportbuyer has added a new report which shows that the recent rise in oil and gas prices and the widespread use of information technology in both the home and office spaces has focused attention on a previously neglected area, that is the energy used by IT equipment to process and store the megabytes of data created and accessed every day.

 

It is expected to be relevant to IT managers, data centre operators, IT vendors, PC and network technology manufacturers, government IT officers, eco (News - Alert) labelling organizations, energy strategists and policymakers.

 

The report points out that the IT industry is no longer merely concerned with the sheer processing power of IT equipment, but is faced with the challenge of minimizing the energy used to power IT infrastructure.

 

IT managers now have to learn energy management so they can make changes to procedures and launch new proposals to reduce the power consumption of data centers and networked equipment. According to the report, the IT industry is confronted with a confusing choice of eco initiatives, emission reduction schemes and energy management technologies that vendors are bringing to the market.

 

The report also highlights niche players in the power management software and hardware market as among the key beneficiaries of the drive to lower IT related energy consumption. It notes that while some manufacturers are using the 'eco-badge' to sell more equipment, IT companies have the choice of making small procedural changes that can reduce the energy requirements of their IT systems without investing in new equipment. As the recent oil price spike has coincided with a credit crunch, the report lists ways for IT companies to become more eco friendly without having to finance a complete upgrade of a corporate IT system.

The report 'Low Emission IT - The Internet Meets the Oil Crisis,' reviews a range of green computing initiatives, such as Energy Star and the EU Eco-Label. Low emission IT solutions from NEC, Verdiem, Rackable Systems (News - Alert) and Intel are also profiled in this report. The report is supplied with a copy CarbonFree's "101 Ways To Kick The Carbon Habit" - an overview of the carbon emission reduction market, and a catalogue of 101 ways organizations can reduce their carbon footprint.

 

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