[CAnet - news] Why IT professionals will become Chief Green Officers
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:28:20 -0400
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For more information on this item please visit my blog at
http://green-broadband.blogspot.com/ or http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com
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[It still surprises many people to think that IT has anything to do with
being green. Yet PCs and peripherals consume 30% of our energy in most
businesses and probably significantly more at universities where
cyber-infrastructure can be a major additional contributor. And some
cyber-infrastructure facilities can also be the worst sources of pollution
in a nation, as for example the weather and climate modeling super computer
in the UK. IT folks are used to rapid change and novel solutions and I
believe we have the tools at hand to significantly reduce the carbon
footprint at our businesses and universities - not so much through energy
efficiency, but by using the "network" to move computing jobs and tasks to
sites that have low cost renewable energy and using "gCommerce" as a way of
inducing consumers to reduce their own personal carbon footprint. Thanks to
Jerry Sheehan and Alan Blatecky for these pointers - BSA]
Weather supercomputer used to predict climate change is one of Britain's
worst polluters
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1209430/Weather-supercomputer
-used-predict-climate-change-Britains-worst-polluters.html
Gartner Says More Than 30 Percent of ICT Energy Use is Generated by PCs and
Associated Peripherals
PCs and associated peripherals contribute approximately 31 percent of
worldwide information and communication technology (ICT) energy use,
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=941912
Why IT Pros Will Become Chief Green Officers
<http://www.greenercomputing.com/> http://www.greenercomputing.com
The next big corporate "C"-level job will be the Chief Green Officer (CGO).
And if IT staff plays their cards right, they'll walk right into that
high-paying, high-visibility, high-payoff job. Here's why.
Greening an enterprise requires far more than a background in energy,
engineering, or the environment. It's all about data, and the people who
know best how to manage that data will become CGOs.
These facts aren't lost on the big IT vendors. Cisco and others are rushing
to release hardware and software for greening the enterprise, and at the
center of it all are the IT staff who will be buying,
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText>For more information on this item please visit =
my blog at
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><a =
href=3D"http://green-broadband.blogspot.com/">http://green-broadband.blog=
spot.com/</a>
or <a =
href=3D"http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com">http://billstarnaud.blogspot.co=
m</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p =
class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:=
p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal>[It still surprises many people to think that IT =
has
anything to do with being green. Yet PCs and peripherals consume =
30% of
our energy in most businesses and probably significantly more at =
universities
where cyber-infrastructure can be a major additional =
contributor.
And some cyber-infrastructure facilities can also be the worst sources =
of
pollution in a nation, as for example the weather and climate modeling =
super
computer in the UK. IT folks are used to rapid change and novel =
solutions
and I believe we have the tools at hand to significantly reduce the =
carbon
footprint at our businesses and universities – not so much through =
energy
efficiency, but by using the “network” to move computing =
jobs and
tasks to sites that have low cost renewable energy and using =
“gCommerce”
as a way of inducing consumers to reduce their own personal carbon =
footprint.
Thanks to Jerry Sheehan and Alan Blatecky for these pointers – =
BSA]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal>Weather supercomputer used to predict climate =
change is one
of Britain's worst polluters<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><a
href=3D"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1209430/Weather-su=
percomputer-used-predict-climate-change-Britains-worst-polluters.html"
target=3D"_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1209430/=
Weather-supercomputer-used-predict-climate-change-Britains-worst-polluter=
s.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Gartner Says More Than =
30 Percent
of ICT Energy Use is Generated by PCs and Associated =
Peripherals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>PCs and associated =
peripherals
contribute approximately 31 percent of worldwide information and =
communication
technology (ICT) energy use, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Times New =
Roman","serif"'><a
href=3D"http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D941912">http://www.gartne=
r.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D941912</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Times New =
Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New =
Roman","serif"'>Why IT
Pros Will Become Chief Green Officers<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Times New =
Roman","serif"'><a
href=3D"http://www.greenercomputing.com/"><span =
style=3D'color:black'>http://www.greenercomputing.com</span></a><o:p></o:=
p></span></p>
<p><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>The next big corporate =
"C"-level
job will be the Chief Green Officer (CGO). And if IT staff plays their =
cards
right, they'll walk right into that high-paying, high-visibility, =
high-payoff
job. Here's why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>Greening an enterprise requires far =
more than
a background in energy, engineering, or the environment. It's all about =
data,
and the people who know best how to manage that data will become =
CGOs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>These facts aren't lost on the big =
IT
vendors. Cisco and others are rushing to release hardware and software =
for
greening the enterprise, and at the center of it all are the IT staff =
who will
be buying, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText> =
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText>These news items and comments are mine alone and =
do not
necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or =
management.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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