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• Report Corporate Sustainability Will Depend On IT Solutions

  Six Types Of IT For Sustainability Solutions Drive Sustainable Performance

  October 18, 2011 | Christopher Mines

  Improving the environmental sustainability of corporate processes and products is slowly but surely moving up the strategic agenda of large companies around the world. In interviewing...

• Report Market Overview: The Advent Of Enterprise Carbon And Energy Management Systems

  Sketching The New Opportunities For IT Vendor Strategists

  November 17, 2009 | Christopher Mines

  A new liability is coming onto the collective balance sheet of companies around the world: carbon. In the context of increasing awareness of the business and societal risks of climate change,...

• Report The Value Of A Green IT Maturity Assessment

  Introducing Forrester's Green IT Maturity Assessment Methodology

  October 20, 2009 | Doug Washburn, Christopher Mines

  CIOs recognize the importance of environmental considerations in planning IT operations, but they are often unsure about how to put that recognition into action. With sustainability rising on the...

• Report Market Overview: The Recession Dents Green IT's Global Momentum

  July 16, 2009 | Christopher Mines

  The recession is taking a bite from the growth of enterprise adoption of green IT policies and practices. Forrester's latest enterprise green IT survey reveals slowing adoption of green IT...

• Report Client Firms Scrutinize Green IT Services Providers

  Providers: Polish Your Value Proposition To Differentiate

  July 2, 2009 | Christopher Mines

  Data from Forrester's Business Data Services surveys show continued interest in green IT services. One-third of the surveyed enterprises plan for a green IT services engagement in the coming year....

• Report Market Overview: Green IT Services

  A Bright Outlook For IT Sustainability Consulting

  April 24, 2009 | Christopher Mines

  IT services companies are responding to client needs by building green IT and corporate sustainability practices. We continue to forecast very healthy growth — 60% CAGR —for this market, peaking at...

• Report Mapping IT's Green Opportunities

  Get Ready For Green IT 2.0

  March 5, 2009 | Christopher Mines

  Vendor strategists must raise their sights to take in and capture the full value of IT across the landscape of green business opportunity. The foreground of energy efficiency and waste reduction —...

• Report Green IT Awareness And Adoption By Company Size, Q4 2008

  January 12, 2009 | Christopher Mines

  Enterprises and SMBs report on their green IT awareness and adoption.

• Report Green IT Awareness And Adoption By Region, Q4 2008

  January 8, 2009 | Christopher Mines

  Global firms report on their awareness and adoption of green IT practices.

• Report Inquiry Insights: Green IT, Q3 2008

  September 17, 2008 | Christopher Mines

  Since initiating research on green IT trends in early 2007, Forrester analysts have fielded a steadily growing number of client inquiries on green topics, including corporate sustainability...

• Report Road Map: How GeSI's "SMART" Report Broadens The IT Industry's Green Agenda

  Vendor Strategists Think Big About IT's Role In Curbing Carbon Emissions

  August 15, 2008 | Christopher Mines

  The "SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age" report issued by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) will raise the environmental stakes for strategy...

• Report More Green Progress In Enterprise IT

  May 16, 2008 | Christopher Mines

  Forrester completed its third survey of enterprise IT professionals in April 2008 to understand the state of green IT awareness and adoption in corporate computing. Our latest survey results show...

• Report Software Strategists Tackle Green IT

  How The Software Industry Will Go Green


  April 7, 2008 | Christopher Mines

  To date, the vast majority of mindshare and activity about improving the IT industry's environmental stance has focused on the life cycle of hardware assets — greening their design, manufacturing,...

• Report Green IT Nudges Tech Adoption

  Technologies Like Videoconferencing And Thin Clients Will Get A Second Look

  March 10, 2008 | Christopher Mines

  As enterprise IT organizations continue to adopt green principles, they'll take another look at technologies that reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, both within the IT shop and across...

• Report The Dawn Of Green IT Services

  A Market Overview Of Sustainability Consulting For IT Organizations

  March 4, 2008 | Christopher Mines

  Enterprises are increasingly going green, and looking to IT operations to help them reduce corporate energy consumption and become more environmentally responsible. Some IT shops are responding by...

• Report Inquiry Insights: Green IT, Q1 2008

  Forrester Clients Ask The What, Why, And How Of Sustainable Computing

  February 29, 2008 | Christopher Mines

  Forrester clients submit roughly 20,000 analyst inquiries each year. In aggregate, these one-on-one interactions create a map of topical hotspots among Forrester's client base, with important...

• Report In Search Of Green Technology Consumers

  Why Tech Marketers Should Target This Emerging Segment

  November 30, 2007 | Christopher Mines

  A distinct segment of green technology consumers ready to put their dollars behind eco-friendly product choices is becoming visible. Forrester's Technographics® surveys reveal that consumers who...

• Report Topic Overview: Green IT

  November 26, 2007 | Christopher Mines, Euan Davis

  Environmental responsibility is emerging as an important topic for corporate IT organizations and their technology suppliers. Corporate IT will go green in the coming years, driven by a combination...

• Report Creating The Green IT Action Plan

  CIOs Should Plan Comprehensively And Act Incrementally

  October 19, 2007 | Christopher Mines

  Enterprise CIOs have a variety of motivations for improving the environmental footprint of their IT operations, but they are often unsure how to proceed. IT organizations should start by crafting...

• Report Green Electronics: Coming To A Wal-Mart Near You

  Wal-Mart's Focus On Sustainable Electronics Will Encourage Green Technology

  June 18, 2007 | Christopher Mines

  Retailers, like companies in most industries, are adopting more environmentally responsible business practices. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, recently announced plans to evaluate consumer...