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From Lauraibm

Full story: Outsourcing Addresses "Green" IT Issues (8-Oct-07)

Technology outsourcing is currently employed by approximately 50% of businesses; IDC suggests that outsourcing provides companies facing rising energy bills with a number of benefits. It cuts costs because suppliers have access to more efficient data centre technology and can leverage economies of sale across a large number of clients, this can deliver energy savings of up to 40% in the data centre. It also reduces risk by speeding up compliance with incoming regulations and it eliminates the problem of confusion over what constitutes as being green.