Forrestor Research, Inc. has introduced green IT baseline calculator , online tool to help IT professionals calculate their green IT baseline.
Doug Washburn explains how this baseline calculator can help in quantifying Green IT implementation practice:

* Guide your greening efforts with solid data. Avoid guessing about what to green first by referencing concrete statistics on energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and cost per IT asset.
* Create realistic goals. Measuring IT’s energy consumption will help you estimate the possible environmental and economic benefits of …

One of the big unknowns we have in 2009 is the fate of green IT budget. Is it there as part of the budget? If yes, then is it going to survive the worst recession since World War II?. We don’t know all this. We are in cut-to-the-bone phase now. I won’t be surprised if companies go beyond that and start envisioning severe amputation. Strategy gurus from Mckinsey spend lot of time doing crystal ball gazing. They have solid advice for CIOs. It’s all about managing cost and …