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Is Green IT Dead?: Page 2 of 2

If your organization is in the save-money or going-green-because-it-looks-good crowd, there is the temptation to stop altogether and focus on ROI-Now type of projects. Given the economic and power cost realities of recent months vs. those same realities about six months ago, there is a need for balance. Let's face it, in about a year or two or three, we will be complaining about the high costs of energy and arguing about whether or not we should drill in Alaska.

As you make new technology decisions, green-ness or, more appropriately, power efficiency should still be factored into that decision. If you can structure your ROI Now project to do more than just delay future purchases but actually power off some of your current assets then do so. Future purchases should provide power efficiencies around continued consolidation and improved allocation of the technology asset.

€” George Crump is founder of Storage Switzerland , which provides strategic consulting and analysis to storage users, suppliers, and integrators. Prior to Storage Switzerland, he was CTO at one of the nation's largest integrators.