Trade 2 save are calling on IT managers throughout the USA to consider carefully their ‘new’ buying practices when comes to their firm’s IT requirements. The call goes one step further than the Forrester report written by analyst Galen Schreck “Five Green IT Trends That Will Impact the Infrastructure and Operations Professionals.” Schreck cautioned that IT managers need to take proactive measures now and address tomorrow’s growing environmental concerns.

“…expect sourcing and procurement teams to continue making green demands on suppliers …(sourcing) executives will likely have a large role in ensuring that suppliers meet these requirements…”

CIOs are turning to service providers to help them meet their green goals; the report predicts that the green IT service market will expand to $1.75 billion by 2010.

End-of-life management of IT equipment is continuing to grow in importance, “Don’t be surprised to see green business initiatives stretch beyond the data center to other parts of you company.”

The report also gave advice to address the growing wave of environmental concern and learning more about current energy consumption in order to take steps to lower it.

Denis Ramirez, trade 2 save CTO, criticizes the report for falling short of the mark. Ramirez “the proper disposal for recycling of old computer equipment and the efficient use of energy is a given which doesn’t necessarily need preaching… what does need more focus is environmentally conscious purchasing of pre-owned electronics and computing which cost less and give a company a negative Carbon Rating… if US firms purchased just 10% of their computer equipment pre-owned or refurbished, it would cut e-waste by millions of tons each year.”

trade 2 save is being launched at the end of the year specifically to encourage more Americans to buy and sell pre-owned or used so that computer hardware and consumer electronics last longer by being used by more than one person in its lifetime.