Storage firms worry about energy efficiency

SOME 70 PER CENT of organisations asked reckon that old oxymoron Green IT is a priority, provided it also saves them money. Four per cent said they didn’t care so much about the money, Greener energy was the priority.

But one in ten said they have been hit hard enough by budget cut-backs to no longer think about Green IT – four per cent said it was never a priority.

A spokeswoman said, "finding ways to reduce power consumption whilst maintaining the growth of one’s business is high priority.”

Mick walker of IBM STG Green Computing which is sponsoring the event, says, “With the increasing cost of energy it is making an energy efficient Data Centre an even more compelling proposition, which for storage should be a blend of disk and tape solutions that will optimise both performance and energy consumption.”

Storage Expo 2008 kicks off in London's Olympia tomorrow. µ