Currently, the carbon footprint of the worldwide IT industry is similar to that of the aviation industry. However, it is growing at a much faster rate and is set to surpass it in the near future. IT alone accounts for 10% of total UK energy use and consumption from non-domestic IT has increased over 70% since 2000.
Increasing efficiency of operations and reducing the carbon footprint of IT is set to become the next big issue in the climate change debate. Early adopters of reduced carbon computing stand to benefit not only from significant efficiency and cost savings, but also positive reputation and brand benefits as responsible organisations. Conversely, laggards risk negative publicity and reputational damage. Thus, a proactive stance will be essential to minimise potential damage and maximise benefits.
Excelian's reduced carbon computing services include:
- IT energy efficiency and utilisation
- Business process efficiency
- Physical data centre infrastructure optimisation
- Virtualisation and consolidation
- Sustainable technical strategy
- Performance tuning
- Cloud computing
- Power management and monitoring software
- Grid computing
- Collaborative technologies