MSPAlliance Further Describes Green IT Certification

Written by Joe Panettieri 1
November 6, 2008

The MSPAlliance this week offered more details about its new Green IT Certification strategy. According to the association's Website, MSPs must take the following steps (and potentially other steps) to achieve the green IT certification:

Must be an accredited member of the MSPA

The MSPAlliance this week offered more details about its new Green IT Certification strategy. According to the association’s Website, MSPs must take the following steps (and potentially other steps) to achieve the green IT certification:

Must be an accredited member of the MSPA
Must be in good standing with the MSPA and abide by the MSPA code of ethics
50% of clients must be managed remotely
On-site remediation services not to exceed 10% of total services revenue
50% of trouble tickets performed remotely
Proof of server and/or desktop virtualization implementations
Data center power saving best practices
- Alternative energy sources
- Server virtualization
- Adoption of alternative data center cooling practices
Must be able to demonstrate adoption of energy saving practices at client sites

Other Options?

Meanwhile, CompTIA (the Computing Technology Industry Association) is exploring some green IT certification efforts.

And The Uptime Institute, which focuses on proper data center design, has been preaching green IT since at least 2004 (the organization’s leaders spoke at a few CIO events I moderated). The Uptime Institute plans to host a Lean, Clean and Green symposium April 13-16, 2009 in New York.

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3 comments

Joe Panettieri November 7, 2008 @ 7:06 pm

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An FYI for readers: Everon, a managed service provider I watch closely, posted a blog entry with more perspective/analysis of the MSPAlliance’s Green IT certification.
naren1967 March 20, 2009 @ 1:21 am

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Hi Joe,

I’ve been trying to understand if the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment design) certification is in line with the MSPA’s Green IT Certification?

Can you pls share your thoughts and views on this.

Thanks
Joe Panettieri March 20, 2009 @ 1:30 am

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Hi Naren,

I apologize but I’m not familiar with LEED. I would suggest you reach out to MSPAlliance President Charles Weaver for his thoughts on this. The general email inbox is info [at] mspalliance.com. Sorry I’m not of more help on that.