CIOs Bullish on Green IT, but to What Effect?
Introduction
Ovum conducts bi-annual global surveys to understand the complexities of IT decision makers’ attitudes toward IT investment. These surveys probe hundreds of CIOs and other IT decision makers with questions about technology deployments and planned investment. Ovum recently began including questions about green IT to gain insight IT buyers' plans regarding green IT.
Features and benefits
More than two-thirds of respondents currently invest in green IT, and an additional 9% plan to do so by 2012. While this increase is encouraging, the survey also shows a potential disconnect between the types of green IT being earmarked for investment and the extent to which this technology will benefit the environment.
Your key questions answered
Ovum conducts bi-annual global surveys to understand the complexities of IT decision makers’ attitudes toward IT investment. These surveys probe hundreds of CIOs and other IT decision makers with questions about technology deployments and planned investment. Ovum recently began including questions about green IT to gain insight IT buyers' plans regarding green IT.
Features and benefits
- This report describes and interprets the results of a survey of 500 CIOs around the globe about their green IT plans.
- Green IT investments may not deliver as much environmental benefit as they could if directed toward technologies with greater carbon impact.
More than two-thirds of respondents currently invest in green IT, and an additional 9% plan to do so by 2012. While this increase is encouraging, the survey also shows a potential disconnect between the types of green IT being earmarked for investment and the extent to which this technology will benefit the environment.
Your key questions answered
- Is Green IT still a high priority for enterprise technology investment?
SUMMARY
Catalyst
Ovum view
Key messages
GREEN IT PENETRATION IS GROWING
Green IT is a core technology investment priority
Compliance, cost savings, and operational efficiencies are driving green IT investments
VIRTUALIZATION, POWER REDUCTION ARE KEY APPROACHES
Technologies with high potential environmental benefit are not always high on CIOs' agendas
Not all green IT deployments and planned investment is growing
Taking stock of ICTs' global carbon footprint by subsector
Desktop power management promises significant potential yet is not an investment priority
Data center power and cooling cost-reduction technologies are not yet high on CIOs' agendas
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations for enterprises
Recommendations for vendors
Alternative views
APPENDIX
Further reading
Methodology
Author
Ovum Consulting
Disclaimer
Catalyst
Ovum view
Key messages
GREEN IT PENETRATION IS GROWING
Green IT is a core technology investment priority
Compliance, cost savings, and operational efficiencies are driving green IT investments
VIRTUALIZATION, POWER REDUCTION ARE KEY APPROACHES
Technologies with high potential environmental benefit are not always high on CIOs' agendas
Not all green IT deployments and planned investment is growing
Taking stock of ICTs' global carbon footprint by subsector
Desktop power management promises significant potential yet is not an investment priority
Data center power and cooling cost-reduction technologies are not yet high on CIOs' agendas
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations for enterprises
Recommendations for vendors
Alternative views
APPENDIX
Further reading
Methodology
Author
Ovum Consulting
Disclaimer
