As the economy starts to emerge out of recession, it is critical that ICT leaders start to understand their obligations under the King III code of conduct.  In particular, sustainable computing and its alignment with business strategy is becoming increasingly important.

ICT governance is covered in King III and a good summary of a CIO’s obligations are as follows:

A strategic alignment with the business and collaborative solutions, including the focus on sustainability and the implementation of ‘green IT’ principles

Value delivery: concentrating on optimising expenditure and proving the value of IT

Risk management: addressing the safeguarding of IT assets, disaster recovery and ensuring continuity of operations

Resource management: optimising knowledge and IT infrastructure

It could very easily be argued that technologies and strategies such as virtualisation, storage consolidation, power management, collaborative computing and print management, the pillars of a green ICT strategy all conform to the principles above in some form or other.

Delivering an efficient IT service is paramount in ensuring sustainability and as governance structures and accountability filters down, CIO’s need to ensure that the correct strategies are in place to fulfil risk and compliance requirements.

CIO’s will have to update themselves on these new corporate governance principles and could find themselves out with the bathwater by failing to implement them. The King III code, which became effective on March 1, applies to all companies, private entities, public entities, private companies and all other forms of business

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