Creating sustainable IT infrastructure

MUMBAI, INDIA: With the theme of ‘Creating sustainable IT infrastructure’, Bisci India hosted its annual technology conference 2011 in Mumbai today.

Bicsi is a professional association supporting the information technology systems (ITS) industry and has over 23,000 members across the global including India with over 130 members.

Addressing the conference, Dilip Kumar, Bisci country chair —India said over the past years we have been talking about network infrastructures and its growing importance in organizations and businesses.

“However, this year we are going to talk about sustainable IT infrastructure because the need of IT infrastructures is no longer confined to just organizations. Today the demand for high-speed Internet, broadband networks and data has reached homes and households,” Kumar said.

“Henceforth, it is necessary to have a sustainable IT infrastructure today and its requirements in India are not different from other countries, which is where Bisci has a major role to play in India,” Kumar added.

Sharing the industry’s views, Alok Bharadwaj, MAIT vice president, said the world has changed in many ways — ecologically, socially, politically and now the world is changing technologically.

“In three areas the world has changed a lot. Today the world is highly unpredictable leading to short-term planning with flexibility, severity or impact is becoming more interlocking and demographically the demand or consumption of technology is increasing,” Bharadwaj said.

According to Bharadwaj, technology will have bigger impact on the world and lives of peoples than ever before and from India perspective, he stressed on developing technology and applications which are localized and fulfill India’s need and growth in the areas of healthcare, education and economy.

“Build and design technology that is sustainable, low-cost and importantly it doesn’t impact the environment and society,” Bharadwaj added.

About IT infrastructure’s sustainable aspect, Brain Hansen, Bicsi president pointed out that India is a very tech-savvy country and huge number of people are using various technology and devices.

“However, India’s structured cabling and IT infrastructure industry doesn’t follow any industry standards as there’s lack of awareness on cabling and networking standards. But it also offers us an opportunity for setting up standards, bringing awareness and educating the industry here,” Hansen said.

He stressed on having sustainable IT infrastructure that follows industry standards and best practices, otherwise the growing demand of high speed data and Internet could lead to IT systems’ failure.

“Build IT infrastructure that is sustainable for longer period or future and ecological,” Hansen concluded.