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Green IT spend to outstrip Y2K within two years
Local spend to top $US6.5 billion
Sandra Rossi 13/03/2008 10:09:17

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Estimates for the total amount spent on Y2K, by comparison, range between US$300-$600 billion.

The projections draw on smart energy and compliance reporting forecasts in the S2 Intelligence report The Future of Business 2008-2018. Costs factor for instrumentation of buildings, factories, vehicles and assets, networking, accounting software upgrades, systems integration and IT services.

Government costs for systems to support monitoring and compliance reporting are excluded.

Dairy King CIO, John Bianalli, agrees Green IT will be more costly than Y2K if it involves updating software and systems to support continuous information collection.

"It isn't an unrealistic figure if the level of accountability is going to be as high as the report implies," he said.

"Like most companies we have taken the initial steps required to be more socially responsible but these initiatives basically involve using less power and remodelling the data centre.

"This report implies that 2009 could be the year when we all forced to implement a green agenda that is more far-reaching."

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More Greenwash!!!!!

has nobody worked out that "Green" does not involve buying $6.5 Billion dollars worth of stuff to calculate whether yr green or not?? And to say vendors haven't woken up to the opportunity yet is completely naive - they're all shoving shiny new green stuff down our throats at every turn.

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