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Why green tech is more influential than ever
News According to Gartner analyst Simon Mingay, venture capitalist investment in green tech has increased significantly this year with businesses and investors beginning to recognise the role technology could play in the emerging low... [08 Oct 2008]
Jonathon Porritt
AS Profile 'Being green' has become a major focus in the IT industry - and that's due in part to environmental activists such as Jonathon Porritt who have raised awareness of carbon footprint and energy usage within businesses. [07 Oct 2008]
Green IT changes outsourcing for all
Comment With the UK government committed to ensuring its IT operations are carbon neutral by 2013, the word on everyone's lips these days is 'green'. IBM, for example, has announced its 'Project Big Green' which aims to turn the... [23 Sep 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News The government has announced plans to make Whitehall's computer systems wholly carbon neutral by 2020 by adopting various green IT strategies, including automatically powering down PCs, configuring virtual servers and... [17 Jul 2008]
UK worst in Europe for green IT
News Despite this only 37 per cent of the UK IT directors and board-level managers questioned said they were personally concerned about their company's energy usage and carbon footprint, and just 16 per cent said they sought... [08 Jul 2008]
Windows exec plugs Vista's "green agenda"
News The savings possible here "really help drive down the carbon footprint and help drive down the costs in an IT environment", he claimed. Curran said that, after security, the most important feature for corporate users was... [27 May 2008]
UK blueprint on how tech can beat climate change
News The government is to lead the way in Green IT by launching a national strategy to cut computer-related carbon emissions. Suffolk said it was important for CIOs to begin by mastering the basics in cutting... [08 May 2008]
CIOs are driving the green agenda
News A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is for GovernmentH is for HomeworkingI is for Ice capsJ is for Jobs (Steve) K is for KilowattsL is... [01 May 2008]
Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities
Comment One new issue high among CIO priorities this year is green IT and the need to reduce the power consumption and carbon footprint of IT operations, while web 2.0, software as a service and service-oriented architecture... [18 Apr 2008]
CIOs chasing the green dream
News The report, 2008 Trends to Watch: Green IT, predicts use of virtualisation, IT recycling schemes, software as a service and low-carbon technologies will continue to grow. Green is the new black for CIOs as environmental... [10 Apr 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Verwaayen also gets credit for leading BT's drive to push climate change up the agenda, calling for government action on global warming and presiding over a shrinking corporate carbon footprint at BT... [08 Apr 2008]
IT must be called to account over emissions
Comment A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is for GovernmentH is for HomeworkingI is for Ice capsJ is for Jobs (Steve) K is for KilowattsL is... [07 Apr 2008]
Nationwide banks on SAP
News A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is for GovernmentH is for HomeworkingI is for Ice capsJ is for Jobs (Steve) K is for KilowattsL is... [18 Mar 2008]
The rise of the 'Brics'
Comment As service buyers start exploring the idea of carbon neutrality and demand this of suppliers, there will be an immense ripple of change throughout the industry. Perhaps the largest issue sweeping the IT services industry... [18 Dec 2007]
Revealed: The hottest tech to invest in
News Clean tech produces low amounts of carbon or contributes to its reduction and Intel is particularly keen on investing in photovoltaic technology, which captures and converts solar energy. Agenda Setters... [18 Dec 2007]
