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The future of clean-tech investing

At the Greentech Media and Groom Energy, Enterprise Carbon Accounting Summit in Burlingame, Calif., venture capitalists discuss the outlook of investing in smart grids, carbon management, and energy-monitoring tools. At debate is how to invest capital in an efficient way.

Tags: Clean Technology, Venture Capital, Productivity, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Enterprise Carbon Accounting Symposium, mart grids, carbon management, energy-monitoring tools

Videos 2009-05-15

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CA amps up energy management, sustainability monitoring applications

It makes sense that system management software provider CA is extending its reach as deep as possibility into what could very well be the next killer enterprise management software category: sustainability and environmental management software. The vendor has updated two modules in its broader ecoSoftware line. They...

Tags: Sustainability, Monitoring, Computer Associates International Inc., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Upcoming energy efficiency research from Pew will provide corporate benchmarks

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is preparing a report on corporate energy efficiency, to be released in March 2010. Turns out Toyota is the big sponsor of this project, putting up a $1.4 million grant over three years. The data was SUPPOSED to be based...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-12

A million seats and counting: Verdiem scores another major customer, partner for power management software

With more than 1 million desktops now using its power management software technology, Verdiem is adding another major customer this week -- chocolate giant Cadbury -- as well as as major technology partner -- security software developer McAfee. The company also has earned Windows 7 logo certification as a Microsoft...

Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Power Management, Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Verdiem, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Microsoft targets cities, government agencies with carbon emissions accounting tool

Late last week, I posted a blog with a list of vendors that are producing carbon emissions and carbon portfolio management tools. Well, you can add another company to that list: Microsoft. Actually, Microsoft's latest play in the carbon emissions software space comes in partnership with an Australian company,...

Tags: Accounting, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Carbon Emission, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Is greenhouse gas reporting about to become the next SOX-like IT problem?

The last two weeks have brought a whirlwind of news, from both a global and domestic perspective, that suggest things are about to get really tricky for businesses that have been ignoring the little matter of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions reporting. I couldn't possibly list everything but...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Information Technology, Greenhouse Gas, Climate Change, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Verdantix, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-02

News to know: Microsoft, ICANN, Best Buy, RIM, mobile apps, Zimbra

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Richard Koman: Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft CNET: Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement rulin Sam...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, ICANN, Dana Blankenhorn, Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Sales, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-01

CA snags huge grocery concern as customer for sustainability management software

CA has just received a pretty big endorsement for its sustainability data and strategy management software, ecoSoftware -- a deal with the world's third largest grocery retailer, U.K.-based Tesco. Tesco, which employs 468,000 people in roughly 4,000 locations, will use CA ecoSoftware to manage the task of...

Tags: Software, Sustainability, Tesco, Computer Associates International Inc., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Using green IT to meet corporate sustainability goals. Deloitte offers tips in Webinar.

Wondering how to get your chief executive to buy more into technology's role in helping reduce energy consumption or in managing environmental initiatives? Deloitte Consulting recently hosted a seminar called "Competing in the Low-Carbon Economy: The Essential Dialogue Between the CIO and the C-Suite. Its goal was...

Tags: Sustainability, Deloitte LLP, Webinar, Green IT, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-22

News to know: Scareware; HP; SAP; Cloud computing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: The ultimate guide to scareware protection Gallery: The ultimate guide to scareware protection 9/11...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Andrew Nusca, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Buy 3PAR storage, they'll buy a carbon offset certificate

3PAR wants to be known as the storage vendor that wants you to use less storage. Of course, that means it wants you to use THEIR storage. Craig Nunes, vice president of marketing for 3PAR, figures that businesses in the United States typically buy four times the...

Tags: 3PARData Inc., Mary Kay, Storage, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-11

What does it mean to be a green IT professional? The definition is definitely a moving target.

Wondering if you have what it takes to be considered a "Green IT" professional? Cisco has taken a stab at defining what sort of skills you might need to adapt your role as businesses look to information technology to help slash carbon dioxide emissions, energy costs and so on. ...

Tags: Network, Information Technology, Carbon Dioxide, Green IT, Cisco Systems Inc., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Software-Plus-Services Helps Antarctica-Based Research Station Keep Life-Support Systems Running at All Times

Power, heating and clean water are essential in Antarctica, where temperatures can fall below - 50 degrees Celsius. In these extreme conditions, new software is helping keep scientists safe and reduce costs. Antarctica New Zealand deployed SmartAsset software from The Online Workshop to support maintenance and asset management at its...

Tags: Antarctica, Asset, Software, Asset Management, Tools & Techniques, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Management

Case studies 2009-09-01

Carbon calculator as value-added service: Consider the case of Sabre

Many businesses are using carbon footprint calculators to track the environmental impact of some or all of their operations, notably travel. But what exactly can a company do with this sort of data? Travel management and services company Sabre, which is using sophisticated calculators developed using datawarehousing...

Tags: Sabre Holdings, Carbon, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Carbonetworks releases new app for managing emissions info, sustainability planning

If your company would like to take control of its greenhouse gas emissions information and other data related to energy usage and sustainability initiatives, Carbonetworks has flipped the switch on what it is calling a Performance Management Platform for this information. The application is offered as a service, so you...

Tags: Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Fortune Data Centers uses energy efficiency metrics as competitive differentiation

Fortune Data Centers, which opened a new "green" data center in San Jose, Calif., back in April 2009, is wooing prospective tenants with its high efficiency claims -- power usage effectiveness PUE measures of 1.37 at full load -- and its likely certification as the first operational data center in...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-07

Three real examples of intelligent building networks in action

It frightens me somewhat that I first covered Echelon more than 15 years ago, when I used to write about the early convergence of computer networks and facilities networks. Flash forward, and the company offers some of the best practical case studies about how intelligent control networks...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Network, Monitoring System, Echelon, LonWorks, Networking, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-04

HP and Intel Enable College to Slash PC Energy Consumption

With more than 12,000 PCs, notebooks and workstations deployed throughout its five Texas campuses, Lone Star College LSC wanted to improve the management and environmental responsibility of its computer systems. After researching the market, it chose the energy-efficient, full-featured HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC and the HP Compaq dc7900 Business...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Intel Corp., Desktops, Hardware

Case studies 2009-08-01

Olive drab isn't the only green the Army cares about

Want to know what the U.S. Army uses to manage its greenhouse gas emissions? The agency just extended its deployment of software from Enviance, which develops a greenhouse gas reporting and management system. After a pilot in Colorado's Fort Carson, the application is being rolled out at...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Enviance System, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Designing Green Datacenters

Until the knock of environment friendly concepts and public concerns, traditional datacenters had fixed their eye on maximum uptime. Times have changed and datacenters are concentrating on conserving energy. This paper provides some tips that can contribute towards building eco-friendly datacenters. It ends saying that it's important to keep a...

Tags: Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2009-07-20