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How are Green Enterprise IT Award applications judged?

Over the coming weeks N Plus One will run a series of profiles of successful Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award case studies, sharing with readers the projects the Judges have recognized for their innovation in energy productivity.  Before we discuss … Continue reading

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What makes the Green Enterprise IT Awards unique?

The authors of this blog are fortunate to work with Uptime Institute’s Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards program. The GEIT Awards recognize projects, ideas, and products that test groundbreaking theories and produce high-impact improvements in energy productivity and resource use … Continue reading

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Carbon effectiveness metric here at last

Posted by Andy Lawrence Although I can already hear the background sighs of many datacenter managers, The Green Grid’s new Carbon Usage Effectiveness metric, announced earlier this month, represents a significant step forward for the datacenter industry and for the … Continue reading

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Symposium 2011: So many excellent opportunities, you’ll need to bring a team!

Uptime Institute’s Symposium 2011 will be held May 9-12 at the Santa Clara Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara in Santa Clara, CA. The Symposium is one of the most influential events on the IT industry and data … Continue reading

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The Line-up for Uptime’s IT Symposium on Data Center Efficiency and Green Enterprise IT

We haven’t by any means completed our work on this, but today we are formally unveiling the core line-up for our annual flagship conference on Data Center Efficiency and Green Enterprise IT. Please look out for more because this event is taking on a life of its own. Continue reading

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Welcome to N Plus One

Welcome to this, the first posting in the new 451 Group and Uptime Institute blog, N + 1. This blog will cover topics in which we have deep knowledge and interest, including data centers, eco-efficient IT, corporate energy management, cultural change in enterprise IT, and carbon legislation. These topics and more will be addressed at our upcoming Symposium 2010 (May 17-19, 2010; Hilton New York). Please make plans to join us! Continue reading

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