Outsourcing energy costs isn't reducing total energy consumption.
Despite all the talk about reducing energy consumption in the data center, on the desktop and in a variety of mobile devices that interface with it, companies are expanding their consumption of electricity faster than they are saving it. While many say they have adopted a very deep shade of green, they are decidedly less green than the image they paint.
For the CIO, this is largely good marketing--and a bit of a sleight of hand. Mobile devices and notebook computers do consume less power than a desktop, but they typically get charged while employees are home or on the road, in cars, hotel rooms or even airports. Mobilizing a workforce may lower a corporation's energy bill, but it really isn't reducing the energy consumption tied to that corporation. And mobile employees burn fuel when they're on the road, so the net effect is definitely negative.
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