carbon in comment and analysis
Peter Cochrane's Blog: What is intelligence?
Comment In general, we can't even converse productively about this topic without descending into comparisons with carbon life and intelligence, and worse, belief systems. Dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi node. [08 Oct 2009]
Padmasree Warrior
AS Profile At Cisco Warrior is involved with unified communications and use of ICT to cut carbon emissions. Cisco's Unified Computing strategy is highly disruptive to existing datacentre players like IBM and HP, while its Connected... [29 Sep 2009]
How green credentials are shaping IT contracts
Comment As most of us know, manufacturing IT equipment produces a significant carbon footprint; using technology is energy-intensive; and, following a typically short life, huge amounts of electrical equipment become landfill. [10 Sep 2009]
Cloud computing a buzzing in business ears
Comment Cloud computing - if the evangelists are to be believed - is going to change the way businesses access services and information forever, cut carbon emissions and save them a packet in the process. Cloud computing has... [20 Aug 2009]
"I'm not an out and out technology person"
Comment The Commission's sustainability agenda also got a boost from the integration: it now has some 70 videoconferencing units around the country with 1,200 hours of use per month, helping the organisation cut down on travel and the... [09 Mar 2009]
Netbooks a nail in Microsoft's coffin?
Comment However as the embodied carbon dioxide and ecological footprint of neither the existing machine, nor the potential replacement model is easily and accurately calculated, it is difficult to say whether there is a net... [29 Jan 2009]
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'. A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is... [23 Sep 2008]
Green IT - how CIOs can help
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... [04 Sep 2008]
Time to green-light sustainable IT
Comment For example, reducing the organisation's travel carbon footprint and costs by investing in high-definition telepresence capabilities reduces the effect on the physical world but increases the need for equipment and... [17 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Investors and consumers are demanding reductions in carbon footprints and employees are asking for more time with their family and less spent in transit. Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business... [30 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.08
Round-Up It is technically innovative, self-balancing, carbon-free and ideal for travelling distances of two to five miles - journeys that people usually now take by car. Green IT in-action: the government wants to reduce its... [23 May 2008]
'Green' technology can't save us from ourselves
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... [28 Apr 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]
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]
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