Senior-level IT executives in India have reported significant interest in green IT strategies and solutions, attributed to both cost reduction and environmental responsibility. This was revealed in the India findings of Symantec’s 2009 Green IT Report, a follow up to the Green Datacentre report released in late 2007.

According to the report, nearly 24 percent enterprises expect an increase of more than 10 percent in their green IT budgets.

Close to 60 percent respondents from large enterprises from India state they are at least discussing or are in trial stages of green IT strategy, while 39 percent are already in the process of implementing Green.

IT professionals are regularly deploying several key initiatives for green IT purposes.  Replacing old equipment was the most popular strategy, with 88 percent reporting new energy efficient equipment as part of their strategy, followed by monitoring power consumption (83 percent), server virtualisation (73 percent), and server consolidation (66 percent).  Additionally, more than half (54 percent) of respondents see software-as-a-service offerings as green solutions.  

“As CIOs take a serious relook at their strategies, green initiatives figure high on their agenda from a technology, business and environment point of view,” said Anand Naik, Director System Engineering, Symantec India.