July 30, 2008 - Despite overwhelming support for green IT initiatives, more than half of IT managers say the costs of implementation are still too high, according to a new report.

A new survey by CDW Corporation finds that while 80% of decisionmakers in corporate and government sectors feel implementing green IT solutions in their organization is important, 51% say they will not adopt such programs because of cost. A quarter of respondents say that "complexity" also prevents them from implementing and maintaining green IT solutions.

"Even though IT decisionmakers clearly recognize the importance of green IT solutions such as virtualization and server consolidation, there are always going to be growing pains involved with making a significant change to an organization," says CDW vice president Mark Gambill. "If going green means replacing servers that are already delivering reliable IT to an organization, then widespread adoption may take some time."

The fear of costs appears to be fear of the unknown. A recent CIO magazine survey found that 76% of companies don't monitor their IT energy costs. Another survey of U.K. IT firms found that 65% don't track energy savings after implementing green IT policies.