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Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News For example, in July 2008, the UK government informed 10,000 businesses that they could be affected by the Carbon Reduction Commitment - a climate change and energy-saving scheme that will take effect in... [29 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News Mark Blowers, principal analyst at research house Ovum, explained: "If you have to make a large investment, I don't think you could swing it just on sustainability benefits in the current climate, whereas perhaps 18... [22 Oct 2009]
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News Greener tech could also have a significant impact on industry as a whole: according to a report by environmental organisation The Climate Group, ICT-enabled improvements in other sectors could cut some 15 per cent of... [13 Oct 2009]
Niklas Zennström
AS Profile If you thought that wasn't enough, there's a CSR angle too, in the form of Zennström Philanthropies, another company he co-founded which supports work on human rights, combating climate change and... [08 Oct 2009]
The Future Role of ICT in Meeting Operational Challenges in Energy Utilities: Shifting by Degrees to a Modern World
White Paper The key take-away points of this whitepaper are market dynamics are shifting as a result of merger and acquisition activity, government policy and changing consumer behavior, considerable ongoing debate regarding climate... [02 Oct 2009]
Elon Musk
AS Profile With climate change seemingly at the top of everyone's agenda, it's no surprise a rash of eco-friendly car companies are continuing to make waves in the tech world. By gunning for the traditional... [29 Sep 2009]
Ray Kurzweil
AS Profile Classes at the SU look at how IT technologies are transforming a variety of industries and how they could be used to tackle the world's biggest challenges, be it climate change or poverty. Ray Kurzweil... [29 Sep 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News In a speech to a government green IT conference on Tuesday, Cabinet Office minister Angela Smith said IT is "one of the hidden causes of climate change", with worldwide IT responsible for the same level... [16 Sep 2009]
Best Practices in Carbon Footprint Modeling: Going Beyond Inventories and Calculations
White Paper In a 2008 McKinsey Quarterly article, "Business Strategies for Climate Change," the authors explain: ".the winners will be companies that reposition themselves to seize the opportunities of a low-carbon... [16 Sep 2009]
The Aligned Organization: How Performance Management Can Align Activities and Resources With Enterprise-Level Strategy and Market Conditions
White Paper In an unforgiving business climate, there is no room for the kind of inefficiency that results from misalignment. The technology is currently available to support the alignment of strategy and execution across the... [16 Sep 2009]
Building Scale for the Utility Company's Future
White Paper Concerns about the aging delivery infrastructure, climate change, and energy security are driving investments in new and cleaner sources of energy - renewables, nuclear, demand response, and energy... [16 Sep 2009]
Committed to the Climate Change Debate?: In the Turmoil of a Global Financial Crisis, Does Society Still Have the Will - And Does It Still Make Sense - To Keep Steering Towards a Low-Carbon Future?
White Paper In an effort to improve service delivery to constituents most e-government initiatives & the 1990s focused on making services accessible online. But online access only addresses the front end of service delivery. [30 Aug 2009]
Energy Efficiency in the Data Center: Exploring the Inherent Compatibility of Green Initiatives and Corporate Profitability
White Paper In the face of increasing pressures on the world - population growth, economic development, and climate change, to name but a few - customers, stakeholders, and analysts are making it clear that they... [30 Aug 2009]
Harnessing the Power of Location Intelligence in the Public Sector
White Paper The current economic climate, where tax receipts are naturally suppressed, provides very serious funding challenges. Demographic and/or economic change is increasing demand for health and social services. [25 Aug 2009]
Singularity University: Where today's tech titans teach the next generation
News After all, they have regular access to superstar teachers like George Smoot, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics; Dan Kammen, co-director of the Berkeley Institute of the... [21 Aug 2009]
