Green IT Strategies

What we mean by Green IT

In 5 years, the company strategy will be about the IT strategy. Either your Data Center IP drives the strategy, or you are outsourced, a commodity like HR.

True sustainability permeates an organization and informs product, facilities, people, and corporate messaging. Data centers are the nerve center of all corporations: business process innovation begins and ends here. Sustainability strategies belong in the data center too – so that all business process innovation includes sustainability within its design and practice.

IT is also the greatest strategic advantage a company can have going forward. A nimble IT department is exactly what today’s dynamic economy calls for – shorter time to market, faster product cycles, and close communication with your customer base. How else can you do that than with an IT department that stores your knowledge and disseminates it properly versioned, to all the right parties? That is why SOA and business process redefinition are so urgent and important. I have a vision of the 21st century silk road, as one where all goods and services travel on a virtual highway spinning the globe. If you aren’t on the 21st century silk road, then you can’t move your goods and services at the speed and price/performance of your competitors. There is no other foreseeable option. So to get on the 21st century silk road, you need to move all your paperwork to e-documents so that they aren’t slowed by either snailmail or federal bureaucracies (like port authorities and customs officers). How do you accomplish that? Through standards, SOA and redesigned business processes with e-documents as the outcome.

Other solutions: Sustainable Strategies and Global Innovation

See our blog with interviews of key industry players.