Intellecthas announced it will
conduct a study with theUniversity of Warwickto help business
users go green.
John Higgins, director general of Intellect, said there are four
main areas where businesses need education, including what green
criteria IT managers should specify in a request for purchase when
buying equipment.
"Investment in new technologies will be crucial to building the
low carbon economy of the future. Across all sectors of the
economy, we will need to harness the power of technology to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions," said Andrew Sentance, a part-time
professorial fellow based at the Centre for the Study of
Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick.
But getting IT managers to go green could be a problem, as
Forrester analyst Phil Sayer said that 22% of IT managers still
have no plans to go green.
"A further 39% of IT managers said that they had no plans, but
were considering going green. IT managers have performance concerns
over using green equipment and designated green compliance officers
are still not mandatory in companies."
Forrester surveyed 130 IT managers in 2007.