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A new HP facility takes advantage of cold North Sea breezes to cool servers.  Comments (2)
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IBM and Syracuse University have unveiled a facility designed to use 50 percent less energy than a typical data center. Comments (1) |
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Newly launched Viridity Software is taking an application-driven approach to managing energy in the data center. Comments (1) |
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New York's electronics recycling effort is unfair to industry, say two high-profile groups. Comment on this article |
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Wednesday, April 22, marked Earth Day 2009. Last year CIOZone partnered with the New York chapter of the Society of Information Management (SIM) to call on the IT community to reduce eWaste and conserve energy. Once again, we asked our members to take the Green Pledge, share ideas Green IT success stories.
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The Green Pledge Forum
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CIOZone is a proud supporter of Earth Day and the technology industry’s efforts to adopt safe eWaste practices. This week we ran a serious of articles on Green IT and eWaste, a summary of which can be found in our Earth Day Special Report (provide link). But in addition to the articles we highlight, there was a lot happening in support of Earth Day this year and technology companies were leading the way.
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Last year the U.S. government mandated that Federal agencies purchase 95% or higher environmentally preferable electronic products. How are the Fed’s doing? Not bad. According to the Green Electronics Council, at least half of Federal agencies met or exceeded the goal.
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When Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970, few could have imagined the computer revolution that lay ahead, or its resulting stream of eWaste. One company, CRS of Tampa, Fla., has developed an innovative solution to the problem: a machine named David that feeds on a steady diet of electronics.
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BNSF Takes Green Strategy to the Rails
Green IT Special Edition
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When most CIOs think about implementing a Green IT strategy, they focus on such things as reducing data center costs. But what about using business intelligence systems to unlock savings from your data warehouse? That’s exactly what BNSF Railway has done, by analyzing out how to run its trains more fuel efficiently.
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Take the Green Pledge
The State of Green IT
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This year some 70 million computers will be sold in the U.S. But what will happen when businesses and people are done using them? The E-Waste Taskforce, of which the CIOZone is a member, is conducting a survey of IT professionals to get a better handle on what's happening with electronic waste disposal. Please take a couple of minutes to fill out the survey.
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Old monitors, outdated CPUs, and boxes full of dusty peripherals that accumulate in IT storerooms should be disposed of properly. IT managers should educate themselves on environmental best practices and the legalities involved in disposing of electronic waste.
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The road to responsible, economical, and effective disposal of electronics waste has been long and difficult. Progress has been made by accredited recyclers and there is a fledgling program underway to turn eWaste into energy. But in the end it comes down to making difficult choices.
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eWaste: The ABCs of Recycling.
What Are the Manufacturers' Policies on Recycling?
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This year some 70 million computers will be sold in the U.S. But what will happen when businesses and people are done using them? Ogilvy and Mather CIO and Senior Partner Atefeh (Atti) Riazi has been a champion in getting the industry to take more responsibility for eWaste. In this interactive presentation, she shares an overview of the problem.
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