Green IT
What Is Green IT?
You’ve heard the phrase “Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.” This idea is being applied to IT organizations across the United States and around the world with amazing bottom line results. Green IT is the practice of using computing resources efficiently. The primary goal is to impact your “triple bottom line”, that is, your economic, social and environmental impact on your business, people and the planet. Success is measured not only by your bottom line, but the impact your business actions have on people and the planet.
Green IT (also known as Sustainable IT) involves examining technology, processes and people for areas where organizations can reduce energy consumption and the impact of technology on the environment. For example:
Why Go Green?
Green IT is not only good for the environment; it’s good for business. Companies worldwide are realizing that implementing even simple energy saving practices can save thousands, often millions of dollars each year.
In addition, federal, state and local governments offer incentives to companies going green in all areas of operations, including IT. It’s inevitable that these incentives will soon disappear and energy efficient practices will become mandatory. Implement a Green IT plan now and you’ll reduce operational costs and get a strategic advantage over your competition.
Implementing a Green IT plan will help you:
- Reduce energy consumption
- Reduce capital equipment costs
- Reduce operational complexity (fewer systems to manage)
- Reduce long term environmental impacts via improved asset recovery (recycling)
- Reduce organizational risk by improving business continuity, security and disaster recovery
The Istonish Distinction
As a leading provider of IT managed services, Istonish delivers a total solution approach that gets you started quickly, but also incorporates long term management and support of your IT environment. We believe in the value Green IT can bring to your organization and will work with you to customize the right solution that meets your needs.
We have several services designed to help you create and present your Green IT business case, including:
- Green IT Savings Calculator – Quickly identify potential savings
- Green IT Lab Quick-Start – Establish a Green IT / Virtualization lab in 3 days
- 30-day Proof of Concept (POC) – Demonstrate Green IT results in 30 days
- How “Green” is your business? - Take our Green IT Survey
For large projects, a more comprehensive assessment may be required.