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Why Green IT matters

Skyrocketing energy costs, shrinking floor space, and unbearable power and cooling requirements.  These are some of the challenges virtually every IT organization and business in the world faces today.  With global demand for energy driving up prices and legacy power grids being strained like never before, it is relatively easy to understand why maintaining a “Green IT” operation and infrastructure is one of the biggest challenges for many firms over the next ten years. 

According to IDC, the cost of powering and cooling servers is projected to have increased by a factor of 8x in the last ten years, all while new server spend has remained relatively flat.  Most analysts believe that spending on power and cooling for most customers will exceed spending on IT hardware in the next few years, if it has not already.  Not only that, Gartner projected in 2007 that exploding power and floorspace requirements would force 70% of organizations to redesign their data centers before 2012.

Thus, it is easy to understand why “Green IT” is now more than just a snappy buzzword, but rather a real way of realizing financial benefits.  However, one of the tricky nuances of implementing a Green IT strategy is how to do so, while continuing to operate your IT infrastructure at the optimal service levels your 24x7 business requires. 

With so many ways of approaching Green IT in the next few critical years, your choice of an IT partner is now more important than ever.

Green IT Solutions & Mark 3 Systems

Mark 3 Systems has helped enterprise clients architect and achieve green-based initiatives since it’s founding over 15 years ago, even before the concept of “green” became an IT industry priority.  For years, Mark 3 has recognized that embracing industry trends like virtualization, infrastructure consolidation, and de-duplication and channeling them in a customized way would allow clients of all sizes and types to save in power, cooling, and space.  In addition, with the usage of key tools and technologies, Mark 3 can not only help clients achieve green benefits in the near-term, but also lay the foundation to successfully monitor change and dynamically react to growth, all within the context of a “Green IT” strategy. 

The Mark 3 Systems philosophy has always focused on a solutions-oriented, consultative approach to solving issues that face enterprise clients.  Whether you are a small city government or a Fortune 500 corporation, Mark 3 can work with you and your organization to customize an enduring “Green IT” approach to help address your unique challenges. 

If you’d like to partner with Mark 3 Systems to build a customized Green IT solution for your enterprise, or if you have additional questions about Green IT, please contact us!