Green IT More Than a Three Percent Solution?

  • Authors:
  • Stephen Ruth

  • Affiliations:
  • George Mason University

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Internet Computing
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

IT infrastructure is definitely going green. From significant new regulations for IT equipment disposal to stringent energy-efficiency specifications for PCs and monitors to national standards for data center power savings, Green IT is an "in" topic. But many problems are unsolved. Will telecommuting make a difference or is it too difficult to manage? Will cloud computing reduce the number of large data centers? Can legislation diminish e-waste challenges?