The environment could benefit a lot if companies start to outsource their IT functions.

This statement was emphasized in this research report entitled Creating Cost and Efficiency through Outsourcing Hosted Solutions by analyst firm IDC. According to the research, the potential for having a cleaner environment due to outsourcing could be possible especially if companies outsource their IT.

James Eibisch, research director at IDC's European telecoms also made a comment regarding the study's conclusion stating that:

"By outsourcing they can offload much of the uncertainty of future environmental legislation and regulation to a third party, resulting in a reduction in long-term risk to the company."

Personally, it sounds great for these countries but the question here is what is going to happen to the outsourcing countries now doing these jobs? Would they also contribute in saving the environment?

That is something that we all need to think about.