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Hype Cycle for Sustainability and Green IT, 2011
29 July 2011
 
Simon Mingay   Stephen Stokes  

Sustainability and green IT remain rapidly emerging issues for business leaders, IT groups, and the IT industry. While varying by sector and geography, sustainability is a key strategic business priority attracting marketing attention, investment, innovation and technology development.





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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Analysis
    • What You Need to Know
    • The Hype Cycle
    • The Priority Matrix
      • Green IT
      • Sustainability
    • Off the Hype Cycle
    • On the Rise
      • Transportation: Carbon Accounting
      • Server Power Capping
      • High-Density Racks (>100 kW)
      • LED Street and Area Lighting
      • Sustainable Sourcing and Procurement
      • Hydrogen Economy
      • Sustainable Performance Management
    • At the Peak
      • Home Energy Management/Consumer Energy Management
      • Modular Self-Contained Aisle and Racking Systems
      • Silicon Anode Batteries
      • Water Management
      • Building-Integrated PV Solar
      • Consumer Energy Storage
      • Smart Appliances
      • Sustainability Business Operations Consulting Services
      • Intelligent Lighting
      • Nanomaterial Supercapacitors
      • DC Distribution in the Data Center
      • Facilities Energy Management
      • Life Cycle Assessment Tools
      • Retail Real Estate Portfolio Management
      • Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles/Electric Vehicles
      • Cloud Computing
      • Emissions Position Management
      • Enterprisewide Carbon and Energy Management Software
      • Carbon Capture and Sequestration
      • CSR Reporting
      • Thermal (or Concentrated) Solar Power
      • Integrated and Open Building Automation and Control Systems
      • Sustainable Design PLM
      • Combined Heat and Power
      • Solar Power Mobile Devices
    • Sliding Into the Trough
      • Cooling Management Software
      • Ecolabeling, Footprinting and Sustainability Certification
      • RoHS/WEEE
      • Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence
      • Advanced Server Energy Monitoring Tools
      • Data Center Infrastructure Management Software
      • Electric Vehicles
      • E-Waste (U.S. State-Level Regulations)
      • Energy Efficient Ethernet (802.3az)
      • Video Visits
      • Carbon Markets
      • Regulatory Compliance Functionality Within PLM
      • Unified Communications and Collaboration
      • Hosted Virtual Desktops
      • Home Health Monitoring
      • Massive Array of Idle Disks
      • Micro Fuel Cells
      • Data Deduplication
      • EH&S Applications
      • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
      • Process Control and Automation
      • Video Telepresence
      • Fuel Cells
      • Unified Communications
    • Climbing the Slope
      • Electronic Paper
      • PC-Grade Solid-State Drives
      • Thin Provisioning
      • In-Rack Cooling
      • Work-at-Home
      • Photovoltaic Generation
      • Virtualization
      • Hybrid Electric Vehicles
      • Managed Print Services
      • Free Cooling (Economizers)
      • Liquid Cooling
      • Location-Based Services
      • Organic Light-Emitting Devices
    • Entering the Plateau
      • Enterprise Content Management Suites
      • Location-Aware Applications
      • Solid-Ink Print Devices
      • Fleet (Transportation) Routing and Scheduling
    • Appendixes
      • Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels
  • Recommended Reading
Tables
Table 1.
Hype Cycle Phases
Table 2.
Benefit Ratings
Table 3.
Maturity Levels
Figures
Figure 1.
Hype Cycle for Sustainability and Green IT, 2011
Figure 2.
Priority Matrix for Sustainability and Green IT, 2011
Figure 3.
Hype Cycle for Sustainability and Green IT, 2010




Document History:
 
Hype Cycle for Sustainability and Green IT, 2012
31 July 2012
  
Hype Cycle for Sustainability and Green IT, 2011
29 July 2011
  
Hype Cycle for Sustainability and Green IT, 2010
29 July 2010
  




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