Green software
Saturday, October 11th, 2008Environmental issues have become a top priority in a lot of IT Businesses. Also,a few of them have already prepared formal policies for shutting down company computers during the evening and weekends. Obviously , there are a lot of others that are still a long way to go before adopting such measurements. Their enterprise philosophy must change to get this goal.
Sun is a crystal clear example of how a business can put “green concerns” in a inegral part of its agenda. Its market leaders think that weather change and the “greenhouse effect” are only some symptom of over consumption. These market leaders think that all of us are consuming the incorrect applications. Their commitment to the environment began in 1999. There were different internal opinions at that moment, but nowadays, every employee of Sun knows that what they can do for improving environmental problems is essential for human beings survival.
Environmental concerns have become a priority in many IT companies. Also,a few of them have already prepared formal policies for shutting down company computers during the evening and weekends. Of course, there are a lot of others that still need to walk a long way before adopting such measurements. Their enterprise philosophy has to evolve to achieve this goal.
Sun is a clear example of how a company can put “green concerns” in a central part of its agenda. Its market leaders think that weather change and the “greenhouse effect” are only some symptom of over usage. These market leaders think that all of us are consuming the incorrect applications. Their commitment to the environment began in 1999. There were different internal opinions at that moment, but nowadays, every employee of Sun knows that what they can do for improving environmental problems is essential for human beings survival.
Sun is still the only IT Company to apply the WEEE directive (waste electrical and electronic equipment) World Wide. Through this directive the company has learnt more about the lifecycle. So, they reduced the use of plastic by puting metal in this material’s place with which always has a value during all the cycles of its life.
Sun is now a software development company that goes the extra mile. They want to allow customers to do more with energy usage on the server. It will mean they customize power and energy that needs to be used. This issue is only one in many others that Sun is trying to design to tackle, in order to help users enjoy of environmental challenge.
It is important that more companies take on Sun’s philosophy. Through this sort of software development, our planet will have a strong opportunity of surviving despite the pollution that human beings have produced.