Indian SMEs lead in energy-efficient IT investments
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 15:41 IST   |    1 Comments
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Indian SMEs lead in energy-efficient IT investments
New Delhi: Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are taking big strides towards green IT. Most of the SMEs are actively investing in building energy-efficient IT infrastructure, which reduce environmental impacts. Indian SMEs are well ahead of their foreign counterparts in green IT initiatives, a survey said. According to IBM-InfoTech Research Group survey, more than 55 percent of the Indian companies surveyed said they were going to or have already commissioned third-party environmental audits; purchased emission credits, and have made improvements in their supply chain efficiency to reduce energy consumption. About 63 percent of the Indian IT enterprises surveyed said they have deployed 'Green' server rooms to increase energy efficiency or have a pilot project underway. "Green IT strategies are leading to savings in operational expenditure, lower space and power and higher ROI. The findings highlight how mid-size companies are realizing significant cost savings when they adopt Green IT initiatives," IBM India/South Asia Director (General Business) Ramesh Narasimhan said. More than 1,000 IT executives across industries from companies with 100-1,000 employees participated in the survey, which spanned India, the U.S., Canada, France, Germany and the UK. Globally, almost two-third of the companies said that within 12 months they were planning to virtualize their server technology, consolidate storage systems, or retrofit their server rooms to become energy efficient. Overall, more than 50 percent of the companies said they had implemented some form of energy measurement for their IT infrastructure, and about 25 percent planned to do so in the year ahead, the survey said. The survey found that while 50-60 percent of Indian, Brazilian, North American and British businesses were using energy-efficient IT capabilities, Germany, France, and the Nordic countries have been slower to adopt these technologies.

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