Tag Archives: eco-efficient IT
Green IT Gets Real As The Hype Disperses
When it comes to hyped areas of IT, you’d be hard pressed to come up with two more impressive examples of technology marketing department excess than ‘cloud computing’ and ‘Green IT’. True, some of the momentum behind the whole green … Continue reading
Filed under Green Enterprise IT Awards, Sustainability
GEIT 2011 winners and finalists announced
Uptime Institute has just announced the winners of this year’s Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards, which recognize outstanding projects for improved energy and resource productivity in IT and data center operations. There are awards in several categories, to recognize different … Continue reading
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Disconnect your datacenter for Earth Hour
It’s Earth Hour time again. Tomorrow night (Saturday 8.30 to 9.30 pm, March 26th) we are all being encouraged to switch off our lights, and other household appliances, for an hour to help save energy, and the planet to boot. … Continue reading
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Filed under Availability, Sustainability
Does cloud really have a green lining?
At a recent client meeting, a couple of colleagues and I were asked our opinion on the best data models to prove that cloud computing is an inherently greener approach to IT provision. That question obviously comes pre-loaded with the … Continue reading
Filed under Availability, Sustainability
Is the datacenter just another department in energy terms?
Atlanta-based start-up JouleX seems to think so. I have just finished a report on the company which is trying to establish a lead in the field of Enterprise Energy Management (EEM). This emerging area of eco-efficient IT is characterized by … Continue reading
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Successful GEIT Case Studies: IT Innovation
IT Innovation case studies document IT-based projects that significantly and quantifiably improve data center energy efficiency. These projects often take years to plan and implement and can involve complex functional, organizational, and geographical coordination. However, as demonstrated in the case … Continue reading
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Filed under Green Enterprise IT Awards
More uncertainty for datacenter operators over CRC
Whoever decided to put the word “commitment” into the title of the UK’s latest piece of environmental legislation must be kicking themselves for not having another noun to hand. Substituting “commitment” for the words “idea”, “proposal” or perhaps “thing-we-thought-up-but-might-not-actually-do” would … Continue reading
Filed under Legislation, Sustainability
New report posted on carbon, energy, and sustainability management software
The 451 Group’s Eco-Efficient IT research service has just published a new report (written by yours truly) on carbon, energy, and sustainability management software. The executive overview, which contains some key bullet points and the table of contents for the … Continue reading
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UK Datacenters Face Carbon Reduction Confusion
It might sound incongruous but many businesses claim that uncertainty about what shape legislation may take, is actually worse than having to comply with onerous rules when they eventually arrive. Ignorance is not always bliss it seems. Unfortunately, the UK … Continue reading
Filed under Legislation
Is leasing IT hardware more sustainable than buying it? — Maybe
Someone recently suggested to me that it might be more sustainable for an organization to lease IT hardware than to buy it, since in a lease arrangement the organization does not have to deal with e-waste disposal. Does leasing make … Continue reading
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