Government to buck trend for cutting green IT

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Despite a recent study which found that many IT practitioners in the private sector now see green initiatives as less important to them than before the recession, government is one sector that is likely to increase the priority of green IT.

Telecommunications, wholesale, manufacturing, financial services, transport and healthcare were the sectors identified as most likely to de-prioritise green IT, while government, utilities and energy will increase its priority.

Education was one sector that would “maintain priority”, predicted Gartner.

“As the realities of a low-carbon economy emerge during the next five years, we expect to see more polarisation within and across industry sectors,” said Simon Mingay, research VP, Gartner.

“Healthcare, insurance, wholesale distributors and government have a significant number of organisations that consider climate change to be neither risk nor opportunity. The IT professionals see this as business as usual.”