The "low-power network firewalls mean that enterprises require fewer firewalls to accomplish their business needs," Fortinet VP Nirav Shah said.

"I feel like it's been fast and furious," Mary de Wysocki said to describe her transition from Cisco VP of corporate affairs to chief sustainability officer.

As green software capabilities become increasingly embedded in enterprise operations, "the impact will grow," Intel VP Arun Gupta said.

"Sustainability is not an attribute you can outsource," Analyst Ed Anderson said during the Gartner IT Symposium 2022.

IT investment for the near term will focus on seizing uncertainty and "challenge thinking and change expectations," Gartner's Daryl Plummer said.

By 2027, Gartner predicts that over 40% of large organizations will use a combination of Web3, AR cloud, and digital twins in metaverse-based projects.

"The more data we can get in there, the easier it is for our customers to be able to identify scope 3," Microsoft's Rosie Mastrandrea said.

"To pursue a circular economy, we need to work together to find new solutions and improvements to existing systems," said Estee Cheng, Google's technical services sustainability team lead.

The tool is focused on reducing energy use, monitoring greenhouse gas emissions, and recommending direct carbon footprint reduction strategies.

The data center industry is due for an environmental sustainability makeover, according to conversations at JLL's Data Center Forum.

The “most glaring” issue with VPNs is the level of security they provide, Enterprise Strategy Group's John Grady said.

"Carbon neutral is not the end goal," a Zscaler spokesperson said.

VMware CTO Kit Colbert claims the vendor's vSphere product has avoided 1.2 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions over the past two decades.

“Clearly, users want XDR to fill gaps within the security stack while improving the efficacy and efficiency of threat detection and response,” ESG analysts said.

IDC found 83% of respondents agree sustainability is the most important criteria in IT buying decisions, "and that's significant," VP Susan Middleton said.

Major tech giants have not stated support of the Inflation Reduction Act, though lobbying groups that include top tech executives have expressed opposition.

Of more than 500 executives surveyed, only 10% mentioned climate change and its impacts as a top threat to the success of their organization.

Rising mobile data consumption patterns are at odds with mobile operators' sustainability commitments, according to the analyst firm.

“The lack of effective standalone 5G promotion is a real problem for the future of 5G monetization,” GlobalData's Emma Mohr-McClune wrote.

Sustainability will be a major driver of the data center physical infrastructure market in the next five years, according to Dell'Oro Group.

A major differentiator between Thoughtworks' tool and vender-specific options is a faster data update cadence, Head of Cleantech Lisa McNally said.

Enterprises need to evaluate potential cloud providers in terms of sustainability initiatives and transparency, according to a recent Gartner report.

Data centers should prioritize allocating resources to business continuity and disaster recovery planning, CyrusOne SVP Andrea Munoz said.

Treating hardware like a commodity creates a host of sustainability related challenges for businesses, SoftIron VP of Product Craig Chadwell said.