April 9, 2012 By Tanya Roscorla 3 Technologies That Education
Groups Implement Both higher education and K-12 started using
the same three technologies to cut energy costs. The only
difference was that virtualized servers and storage came in at
No. 1 in higher education. 2. Virtual servers and storage 3.
Hardware that uses newer, low-power and low-wattage processors 5
Barriers to Becoming More Energy Efficient But not every
organization is actually pushing IT departments to cut energy
costs. Slightly more than half of the IT departments in all five
industries have been asked to save on energy. Nearly a third say
no one's made that request. When asked to cite the major
barriers that keep them from using energy more efficiently,
respondents cited five factors: 1. They don't have enough money
for more efficient systems. 2. Senior managers prioritize
investments in other areas rather than in saving energy. 3. They
can't isolate and measure the energy they use. 4. The
organization's bill payers don't look at IT's