Lead Your IT Department Toward Environmental Sustainability and Increased Profits
Profitability and environmental consciousness are increasingly going hand in hand.
Green IT: Save Power, Save Money
In 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency asked CIOs to do something Jimmy Carter couldn't convince consumers to do in the 1970s: curb their energy consumption.
The Green Technology Bible
Every movement needs a bible, and the one for the environment-plus-business group is Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (Back Bay Books, 2000), written by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins.
Dirty, Hungry IT
A pop quiz for concerned polluters.
Resources to Help 'Green' Your Data Center
How Green Data Centers Save Money
Going green doesn't have to be just an exercise in tree hugging. It can have a positive effect on your company's budget, too.
How to Reduce Your Data Center Energy Spending
Given that most data centers run 24/7, the companies that own them could end up paying millions of dollars this year just to keep their computers turned on. Here's how to make sure you're paying only what you need to.
Data Center Energy Management Tool from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Three Tips for a Cleaner Data Center
Three steps to help "green" your data center.
The Benefits of Consolidation and Virtualization
You may be installing virtualization tools so that one server can do the job of five. You might be using configuration management tools to swap applications from one machine to another, depending on load. But no matter what your strategy, your goals or your tactics, you still have a problem: How the heck do you even know what's out there to consolidate?
Green IT: The Solar-Powered Server Farm
Phil Nail and his wife, Sherry, have learned that green technology and data centers can go together. The couple started their Web-hosting company, Affordable Internet Services Online, nine years ago and switched to solar power in 2001.
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E.U. Leaders to Slash Greenhouse Gases
European Union leaders reached an agreement in March 2007 to fight global warming, including pledges to cut greenhouse gasses, develop renewable energy and boost overall energy efficiency.
Green Grid Powers Up to Save Energy
The Green Grid, a group of technology companies collaborating to improve energy efficiency in data centers, is officially open for business as of February 2007.
Dell Jumps on the AMD 'Green Grid' Bandwagon
In May 2006, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Chief Executive Hector Ruiz announced that Dell had joined AMD's The Green Grid, a group of companies dedicated to reducing the amount of power consumed by data centers.
Dell, HP Make U.S. Gov't List of 'Green' Computers
Dell and Hewlett-Packard hope to gain millions of dollars in government contracts now that they have listed dozens of their desktops, laptops and monitors in a database of environmentally sustainable IT products.
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