IBM has brought Cisco Systems and a host of the world's biggest energy services companies into partnership with its flagship energy efficiency and carbon reduction consulting service, Greentech Media reports.
Last year, IBM launched a consulting practice, called "Green Sigma," based on taking sensor data and analysis software and applying them toward reducing an enterprise's overall carbon footprint and energy and water use.
On Tuesday, it announced an industry partnership that pretty much brings every major energy services company out there – as well as new energy efficiency entrant Cisco Systems – into the fold.
The coalition's charter members – Johnson Controls, Honeywell, ABB, Eaton, ESS, Siemens and Schneider Electric, along with Cisco – plan to make their equipment and services work with IBM's Green Sigma offering, which is aimed at using sensors and controls to fine-tune corporate energy use.
This really shows IBM's commitment to the green business strategy, and I'm glad to see a major corporation is leading the way in building a better future. For one, I think it is incredibly smart business sense, and two, I believe it will make a difference for our planet. Corporations should be better global citizens, if not for any other reason, than it will help maintain their viability in our changing economy.
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