In a roundtable discussion hosted by software provider FAST, experts from a number of leading technology firms pointed out how green IT has rapidly evolved over the past few years but challenges will have to be met in the future.
Kate Craig Wood, managing director at Memset and chair of the Intellect Climate Change Group, said it is possible for companies to deploy green IT in a cost-effective manner, but this tends to be easier for larger enterprises than smaller firms.
Kyocera Mita's Tracey Rawling Church added: 'People are making decisions now based on efficiency, rather than greenness - and it reflects a pragmatism.'
She also claimed that in the early days of green IT many companies were implementing it because it looked good when recorded in their annual reports, but now firms are approaching it with a cost-benefit view and this is helping it to enter the mainstream business world.
Earlier this year, David Weiss, president and chief executive of Numara Software, said that firms are looking at green IT options such as PC power management to save money.
Kate Craig Wood, managing director at Memset and chair of the Intellect Climate Change Group, said it is possible for companies to deploy green IT in a cost-effective manner, but this tends to be easier for larger enterprises than smaller firms.
Kyocera Mita's Tracey Rawling Church added: 'People are making decisions now based on efficiency, rather than greenness - and it reflects a pragmatism.'
She also claimed that in the early days of green IT many companies were implementing it because it looked good when recorded in their annual reports, but now firms are approaching it with a cost-benefit view and this is helping it to enter the mainstream business world.
Earlier this year, David Weiss, president and chief executive of Numara Software, said that firms are looking at green IT options such as PC power management to save money.
