Monday, December 15, 2008

IT Firms Started Sharing Internal Green Practices With Clients - Dec 15, 2008

Indian IT services firms'' mere services and even consulting has become old, as most of the companies have now opened their internal best practices to clients. Now, Wipro and Infosys have started sharing of internal green computing practices with clients, which helped them step into the green path amid rising concerns of global warming. As a result of this, company would get additional revenues for the vendors as worsening economic conditions forces clients to go slow on technology deployment.

In this regard, Infosys has signed Wm Wrigley Jr for green IT offering and is helping the world''s largest chewing gum maker to reduce carbon footprint by transforming its logistics operation in Western Europe.

Furthermore, IT hardware vendors such as IBM, HP and Dell have been making their products more power efficient and this is the first time that the Indian IT services vendors are helping their clients to reduce carbon footprint. Going ahead, Wipro''s green IT offerings comprise of consulting, green data centres, carbon accounting, paperless offices and freight management solutions.

The Asia-Pacific and India IT business of Wipro Ltd, Wipro Infotech, had launched eco-friendly computer peripherals last year that included Wipro Greenware range of desktops and laptops containing restricted quantities of unsafe substances.

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