Cloud Computing and Green IT

If you list latest buzz word in IT, certainly Green IT and Cloud will top this list. But does any body care about Green IT and SOA. I say no one. As a business person, I care only about my CapEx and OpEx. If on the way, I get some Browne Points for saving Earth, excellent.

So how to get Brownie Points and maximize the profit.

Cloud computing focuses on reduction of CapEX and converting the same into OpEx and Green IT focuses on CapEX as well as OpEx reduction.

Green IT focuses on reduction in Electricity Bills and using Bio Friendly materials and ways to reduce cost. Cloud computing give emphasis to sharing of resources to reduce CapEX. From this point of view Green IT and Cloud are tightly coupled.