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Carbon obsession may hamstring efficiency drives

26 June 2009 JJ Robinson

A consortium of IT companies, systems integrators and climate charity group Global Action Plan have called on the government to invest £1 billion in efficiency-boosting green IT initiatives.

The proposal, entitled ‘A Shared Vision for Smarter Services’, is backed by the public sector’s industry body Socitm (Socierty of Information Technology Management) and an assortment of technology industry players ranging from IBM to Logicalis.

Logicalis contends that a dedicated funding package, incorporating technologies ranging from virtualisation and flat screen monitors to desktop power saving initiatives and greater adoption of remote working practices, could make “a full return on its own investment... read more...

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