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Hype Cycle for Sustainability and Green IT, 2012
31 July 2012
 
Simon Mingay   Stephen Stokes  

Sustainability and green IT remain important and evolving issues for business and IT leaders. A wide spectrum of technologies and capabilities are developing that organizations can employ to improve energy efficiency and sustainability performance, delivering significant business value.





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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Analysis
    • What You Need to Know
    • The Hype Cycle
      • The Technologies Enabling or Driving Sustainability Performance Are Diverse
      • The Technologies That Move the Fastest Most Directly Influence Performance
      • Expect a Change of Balance Between Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
      • Mostly, the Limitations Are Not Technological
      • IT Needs to Deliver on Its Potential to Cut GHG Emissions and Improve Sustainability-Related Performance
      • Consolidation Through Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) Will Pick Up Pace
      • A Vibrant Service Sector Is a Key Enabler to Enterprise Performance and Market Growth
      • Resource Monitoring and Efficiency Continue to Be Key Drivers
      • Green IT Hyperbole Diminishes, but Much Still to Be Done
      • What's New on the Hype Cycle?
    • The Priority Matrix
      • Green IT
      • Sustainability
    • Off the Hype Cycle
    • On the Rise
      • Transportation: Carbon Accounting
      • Sustainability Consulting Services
      • Hydrogen Economy
      • Sustainable Performance Management
      • Sustainable Sourcing and Procurement
      • Internet of Things
    • At the Peak
      • Home Energy Management/Consumer Energy Management
      • Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries
      • Silicon Anode Batteries
      • Extreme Low-Energy Servers
      • Facilities Energy Management
      • Building-Integrated PV Solar
      • Consumer Energy Storage
      • Gamification
      • Sustainability Business Operations Consulting Services
      • Intelligent Lighting
      • Smart Appliances
      • Social Media for Utilities
      • Water Management
      • 3D Printing
      • Life Cycle Assessment Tools
      • Operations Intelligence
      • Carbon Capture and Sequestration
      • Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles/Electric Vehicles
      • VM Energy Management Tools
      • Emissions Position Management
      • Enterprisewide Carbon and Energy Management Software
      • Thermal/Concentrating Solar Power
      • CSR Reporting
      • Nanomaterial Supercapacitors
      • Solar Power Mobile Devices
    • Sliding Into the Trough
      • Combined Heat and Power
      • Ecolabeling, Footprinting and Sustainability Certification
      • Integrated and Open Building Automation and Control Systems
      • Cloud Computing
      • RoHS/WEEE/REACH
      • Sustainable Design PLM
      • Advanced Server Energy Monitoring Tools
      • Video Visits
      • E-Waste (U.S. State-Level Regulations)
      • Data Center Infrastructure Management Tools
      • Regulatory Compliance Functionality Within PLM
      • Energy Efficient Ethernet (802.3az)
      • Carbon Markets
      • Electric Vehicles
      • Home Health Monitoring
      • Micro Fuel Cells
      • Energy Management in Manufacturing
      • Hosted Virtual Desktops
      • Process Control and Automation
      • Fuel Cells
      • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
    • Climbing the Slope
      • Data Deduplication
      • Environmental Monitoring and Control
      • Electronic Paper
      • Video Telepresence
      • Unified Communications and Collaboration
      • Work at Home
      • Photovoltaic Generation
      • Unified Communications
      • AMOLED
      • Hybrid Electric Vehicles
      • Managed Print Services
      • Thin Provisioning
    • Entering the Plateau
      • Process Data Historians
      • Enterprise Content Management Suites
      • Solid-Ink Print Devices
      • Fleet Routing and Scheduling
      • Location-Aware Applications
    • 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, 2012
Figure 2.
Priority Matrix for Sustainability and Green IT, 2012
Figure 3.
Hype Cycle for Sustainability and Green IT, 2011




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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