Aciron Consulting

From politics to everyday conversations, being green and conscious about the environment is a frequently discussed topic. While there’s much to say regarding one’s personal efforts, there’s even more with regards to IT and today’s businesses.

Paula Jacobs recently discussed what she believed were the top five green IT trends of 2009. Focusing on the areas of accountability, business practices, and a general shift to more virtualization, information technology is becoming more and more relevant in the drive to preserve the environment. IT can be a huge enabler regardless of a business’s size. As noted in the article, UPS’s package/flow software has enabled the company to lessen the number left-hand turns in their day-to-day operations and in turn this has reduced the amount of time, money spent, and general use of fuel.

However, this is just one instance where leveraging technology can help to streamline current operations and increase a business’s efficiency. On a smaller scale, by performing day-to-day tasks on the computer many owners already have powered on all day, one can reduce the use of paper and ink and not create any additional impact to the environment.

In the end, what this article highlights is how once again technology whether as a storage solution or a customized software application can bring about positive changes to a company.