This IDC study extends key software offerings for datacenters from three technology vendors that have aligned themselves with the Green technology buzz. Following the traction of Green IT across Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ, this study focuses on Green IT software and how it fits into datacenters to promote energy-efficient and cost-saving benefits to businesses in the region.

"As businesses in APEJ continue to grow, so do their need for power-hungry datacenter infrastructures. Cost-saving benefits from Green IT technologies become ever more appealing as these businesses look toward energy-efficient solutions to reduce power consumption, so to alleviate the costs involved with it. In this respect, the three key Green IT software technologies that can be applied to datacenters are power monitoring and management tools, asset management and automation tools, and server virtualization software," says Adren Lim, market analyst, Software Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.