For a FREE e-brochure
call 0800 083 0261
call 0800 083 0261
08:00 14th October 2011
Substantial changes in technology and behavioural shifts can make a difference in to the sustainability of a business, according to Peter Job, chief executive officer at Intergence Systems, a company that builds products in IT.
The expert said there is evidence of change already taking place in the workplace, for example, with people turning off their computers and software that helps with this issue as well.
"The real areas that people can focus on - where the power consumption is really large - are data centres. That's the real area and actually there is a lot of equipment in data centres that doesn't have power monitoring on it," he said.
Mr Job went on to say that firms should also focus on behavioural change. He said it is necessary for companies to link the technology with behavioural change and to get people incentivised to start thinking about how much power an enterprise consumes.
In other IT news, according to the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), there are not enough people in the UK with the skills to install renewable energy systems and carry out other tasks that are essential to maintaining sustainability.
Posted by Derek Oldman
MCSA courses& Web Design Courses - helping you to find a new career.
Choose from IT courses in Microsoft Networking, Programming, Desktop
Support, Database Administration and Web Design.
IT industry news: Companies 'should ensure a good relationship with cloud computing providers'
So-called Service Level Agreements, or SLA, are particularly key when securing a cloud computing contract "because so many companies can go directly to the internet and just pick up services...
