Green Computing

Green IT is a growing, global phenomenon, with customers seeking out IT suppliers whose offerings are more energy-efficient, more material-efficient, less hazardous, designed for greater recyclability, and supported by end-of-life recycling programs. FST will be reviewing Green IT from a 360-degree perspective. We will be looking at analyzing the complete spectrum of offerings, services and providers, as well as customer adoption of Green IT across all major regions and within the Financial Services, Energy, Manufacturing, Retail, Transport and other industries.
FST Europe will take a holistic view of IT asset disposal and power and cooling in light of fast evolving security and environmental legislation. With the combination of Analysts, Green IT experts, Industry leaders, leading vendors CXO will discuss actionable advice for market leaders driving Green IT initiatives as well as provide a comparison of competitive Green IT initiatives in the marketplace.

• Over 50% of customers consider IT vendors’ "greenness" when selecting a supplier.
• One-third of customers already consider it "important" to "very important" that IT suppliers have green offerings.  
• Almost 80% of executives say that Green IT is growing in importance for their organization.
• The #1 driver for Green IT adoption is economic - to reduce operational costs.

Figures According to IDC's Green IT Survey:

Topics under Discussion:

• Who is responsible for managing technology related environmental issues?
• How are companies handling e-waste and removing toxic materials from its manufacturing process?
• What are the solutions and best practices being implemented to solve power and cooling problems in data centers?
• What metrics are being created for effectively measuring data center power consumption?
• What are companies doing to prepare for the inevitable government legislation that will regulate the environmental impact of information and communication technology?

Contributors:

• John Humphreys – Research VP, Enterprise Virtualisation, IDC
• Michelle Bailey – Research VP, Enterprise Platforms and Datacenter Trrends, IDC
• Vincent Franceschini – Chairman of the Board of the SNIA
• JP Rangaswami – CIO, BT Global
• Paulo de Sa – VP European Services, Unilever
• John Botega – CDO, Citigroup