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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 bandwidth in the data centre. [17 Jul 2008]
Working from home way to green dream?
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 for LandfillM is for MercuryN... [27 May 2008]
Dell commits to green dream
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 for LandfillM is for MercuryN... [16 May 2008]
'Green' technology can't save us from ourselves
Comment Meanwhile, energy company E.ON UK - which has been ramping up videoconferencing to cut travel as part of a series of initiatives directly aimed at shrinking its carbon footprint - found its air miles actually increased last year despite these... [28 Apr 2008]
Data Centers Are Adopting Green Initiatives But Are Wary of Vendors' Marketing Messages
White Paper While the newspaper headlines target the growth of cheap flights as a leading cause of global warming, some commentators have suggested the IT industry is responsible for more carbon emissions than aviation. [26 Apr 2008]
E.ON powers down to cut carbon and costs
News On conducting a green audit, Middleditch stressed the importance of asking whether the impact of each area can be measured - from a cost and carbon point of view. Its goal is to shrink its corporate carbon emissions, and save money on operational... [25 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 also make it onto the list. [18 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 through initiatives such as investing in energy... [08 Apr 2008]
Accenture calculator: How green is your data centre?
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 for LandfillM is for MercuryN... [30 Jan 2008]
IBM app to measure companies' green efforts
News Many companies are undergoing initiatives to reduce their carbon emissions, as part of corporate social responsibility or environmental programmes. The software, called GreenCert, is built on IBM's infrastructure software and tools from C-Lock... [12 Dec 2007]
Techies - clueless on climate change?
News Nine out of ten UK IT departments do not know what their carbon footprint is and 56 per cent do not even see their energy bills, research reveals. And only 15 per cent of CIOs said they are planning to calculate their carbon footprint, with a... [04 Dec 2007]
Top banks use tech to boost green credentials
Other HSBC initiatives include a zero-carbon branch in New York, and wind and solar energy trials at its UK training centre at Bricket Wood. There is also the use of what Saxe called "collaborative technologies", such as personal carbon calculators... [05 Nov 2007]
Top banks get serious about going green
News Other HSBC initiatives include a zero-carbon branch in New York, and wind and solar energy trials at its UK training centre at Bricket Wood. There is also the use of what Saxe called "collaborative technologies", such as personal carbon calculators... [02 Nov 2007]
Gartner urges action on data-centre emissions
The main issue is not the current amount of data-centre emissions, but the fact that data-centre emissions are increasing faster than other carbon emissions, the firm said in a research advisory. Until at least 2010, organisations implementing both... [11 Oct 2007]
Google going green
The project aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by adopting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid technology. At the 4th Annual Energy Tech Investor Forum in San Jose, California, Google's director for climate change and energy... [05 Oct 2007]
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