Your green IT project: Who should play a role?
In one of its regular white papers on the topic, Forrester Research reports that 25 percent of businesses that participate in its Global Green IT Online Survey are actively acting on some sort of Green IT plan. Another 61 percent are either creating or considering a Green IT strategy.
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Will South Korea Clean the U.S.’s Clock in Green IT?
There's no doubt that the future of IT is green, and that any country that leads the world in Green IT will reap enormous financial benefits. But it may be that South Korea, rather than the United States, will become the world Green IT leader.
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EPA Sanctions Energy Star Specification for Servers
Starting May 15, CTOs and data center managers evaluating various brands of servers for purchase will have another important factor to consider: whether or not the server has passed the qualifications to wear the EPA's Energy Star label as being energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.
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European Telecos Failing to Spread Green IT: Report
An analysis by research firm Verdantix finds that, despite their positive internal efforts to boost energy efficiency and reduce environmental impacts, most telecom companies have done very little to help their clients get greener.
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IT Pros to the Feds: Don't Regulate Green IT
What's near the top of the list of concerns for IT pros? If a recent survey is to be believed, they worry that the federal government may begin setting regulations for Green IT. But there's plenty of evidence those fears are unfounded.
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Green IT Resonates with Employees
“By deciding to become a leader in green IT, you’re tapping into a deep desire people have to change the world in a positive way.”
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Which is more meaningful right now? Green IT vs. technology that helps a business be green AND save money
Microsoft and KRC find smaller companies are more inclined to adopt environmentally friendly business practices than larger companies
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Green IT Now More than Ever
Companies, now more than ever, are using Green IT to reduce costs and create jobs
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Green IT Critical Corporate Initiative
Aberdeen’s research finds an increase in demand for green IT solutions and strategies, primarily due to organizations and businesses drive for corporate responsibility initiatives and the need to be perceived as a leader in the green movement.
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Data center industry unites to drag LEED into green IT
"People are desperately looking for a meaningful way to describe greenness in the data center," said Albert Esser, Dell's vice president of power and infrastructure. "Both LEED and PUE [power usage effectiveness] are focusing on the facility aspect only. I think in the IT industry, these measures need to be converted into productivity measures. IT improvements can double or triple effectiveness, whereas facility-level actions are only able to deliver 20% to 30% improvements. Focusing on facilities is leaving so much on the table."
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Enabling a Green and Virtual Data Center
The IT industry struggles to put its green messaging into action, wasting valuable dollars. Greg Schulz, author of The Green and Virtual Data Center explores the ways businesses can grow and ensure sustainability while reducing their environmental impact.
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Open Source Has Already Gone Green
Open source software plays a key role in greening IT departments by reducing waste, encouraging telecommuting, dropping power costs and eliminating piracy.
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NASCIO Releases Green IT Video
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers is working to raise awareness among government leaders, implement strategic green IT initiatives and consolidate data centers, all in an effort to reduce environmental impact and cut overall costs.
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Evaluating ‘Green Power’ Programs
More than 600,000 homes and businesses have opted to use voluntary “green power” programs that are offered by 25% of electric utility companies around the nation.
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Go SaaS, Go Green
By switching from on-premise computing to Software as a Service, companies can eliminate servers, allow their employees to telecommute and pool resources, all which will help to conserve energy while saving millions of dollars.
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How to Benchmark Data Center Energy Costs
UPS saves 1.6 million kilowatt-hours and $124,160 a year by turning off 24 air handlers in their computer room.
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Fifteen Simple Ways to Green Your Data Center on the Cheap
With data center energy use doubling from 2000 to 2006, companies are adding energy efficiency to new building plans.
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“Green Options” – Powering Down the Cost of Data Centers
Companies search for ways to power-down energy costs that range into the millions.
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Alternative-Energy Companies Grow Even as Others Falter
The alternative-energy industry sees a boom in investments and sales growth as the Obama Administration takes office.
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Obama Inaugural Preparations Giving a Boost to Green Business
A eco-friendly inauguration hints at what is to come from the Obama Administration regarding the green movement.
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Schools Save Cash as IT Goes Green
Colleges and universities around the nation are saving thousands of dollars by implementing green IT practices.
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Eco-friendly Computing
The computer industry adopts a variety of green practices as a way to cut energy costs and reduce the corporate carbon footprint.
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PG&E Gives a $1.4 Million Rebate for Green Data Center
PG&E gives rewards to eco-friendly businesses as an incentive to cut energy costs by building greener data centers.
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Google Boasts of Its Energy-Efficient Data Centers
Google has always considered its data centers among its most prized crown jewels and has gone to great lengths to protect information about them — their design, operation, energy use and even their location — as a corporate secret. Finally, some efficiency secrets revealed.
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Data Centers Going Green
With over 7000 data centers in America alone, the largest of which need nearly 200 megawatts of power, the carbon emissions will indeed soon be rivaling those of the airline industry. Companies are now thinking of clever ideas to economize on running (and cooling) these football field sized facilities.
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Making Green IT Palatable For The Business: Should You Call Green IT, “Green IT”?
How should you decide to message your Green IT initiative to get the best business advantage?
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Going Green for 1,000 Genomes
“We’re buying the fastest multi-core processors we can get with all the RAM we can jam in them.” David Parker, Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center systems analyst.
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Going Green? Best Practices Are Forming
Experts at Storage Networking World offer up advice, tips for pushing storage efficiency ahead.
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SMBs Becoming Greener
Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) are now contributing to the global ‘Green IT' initiative by significantly increasing energy efficiency.
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Data center spending stays strong, AFCOM says
Companies are stepping up their data center investments even as they try to make cutbacks in other parts of their business.
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Rackable's super efficient gear fills the cloud
Rackable Systems claims to offer more storage per rack unit than just about anyone else in the market.
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Data centre power use grew 13% last year
The power footprint of Western Europe’s data centres is expected to grow.
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Google Explains How Green Is Good for Its Data Centers
Google uses bare-bones parts in its servers and recycles water to meet its green IT goals.
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Google data centers most efficient in the world
Google launches new Web site to demonstrate its commitment to sustainable computing and encourage sustainable practices elsewhere.
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Green Storage and the Challenges of Data Storage
Most attention up to now has focused on servers, with improvements to both energy efficiency and virtualization. But various industry estimates suggest we are coming to the limits of the gains that server virtualization can make.
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Sony Pictures uses green power for data center
Over three years, Sony Pictures expects the Earthwise Energy program to reduce the company's carbon footprint by 19,710 tons, or the equivalent of removing 3,240 cars from the road.
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Going Green
Warner Bros.’ most significant programs have been devoted to energy efficiency.
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