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- Green IT video case studies to watch at your leisure
- The folks at Think Ecological, which is a public awareness initiative for green IT backed by the likes of SGI, Intel, the BPM Forum and the Green Renewable Energy and Environmental Network, has thrown together some video case studies with six organizations who were willing to share some of their...
- Tags: Green IT, Video, Best Practice, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?
- One of the great things about being an Irregular is that every now and again, one of our motley band will toss a pebble into a pond which sends ripples. Last weekend Jeff Nolan, one of our founders and a great personal friend said this: ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Argument, Tom, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Down to business: Forrester reports more companies looking to IT services firms for help on green IT strategy
- Most businesses are still going it alone when it comes to figuring out their green IT projects, but Forrester Research reports that an increasing number of companies are turning to a professional services provider for help. Many of the usual suspects in the enterprise IT services business are morphing in...
- Tags: Strategy, IT Services, Information Technology, Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Your green IT project: Who should play a role?
- I guess you could safely say we have entered the "Green IT 2.0" zone. Now that most people understand what you mean when you use that term in a sentence, a large majority of businesses have either adopted OR are about to adopt OR are considering Green...
- Tags: Green IT, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- News to know: Google; Facebook; HP battery recall
- 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. Ryan Naraine: Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws Larry Dignan: Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities Sam Diaz: Google outage...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, Twitter, Engineering, Wireless And Mobility
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- Is Green IT a passing fad? Deloitte CIO says NO
- Is Green IT a passing fad? Deloitte CIO says NOControlling peopleHow do you control what people eat, how they live, what they buy, whether or not they can drive and best of all tell the sheep the dire lies they tell so super Government can control everyone and everything.When they...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Bobby Joe, Controlling, sheeple, Green IT, Deloitte LLP
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- Is Green IT a passing fad? Deloitte CIO says NO
- This is the last of my posts from notes I took during the Uptime Symposium last month. I've been stewing on this one the longest because the thoughts aren't from a high-tech vendor pushing green tech or from a person like me who just "believes," they are from a person...
- Tags: Deloitte LLP, Data Center, Green IT, Server, Data Centers, Printers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Peripherals, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Audit thyself: New energy evaluation service looks at the total IT, facilities picture
- Have you managed to get a handle yet on exactly WHAT you might be able to do in your data center to reduce your power profile? Or are you just kind of poking around with tactical initiatives? (Which, by the way isn't a BAD thing. After all, Deloitte's CIO just...
- Tags: Audit, Data Center, Information Technology, Data Centers, Storage, Financial Accounting, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Tech â€" the new knowledge worker
- Axeda, Deloitte and the future of business I had a great call the other day with Doug Standley of Deloitte and Brian Anderson of Axeda. The two firms have worked out an alliance but it’s the nature of the solution they are taking to market...
- Tags: Asset, Deloitte LLP, Knowledge Worker, Axeda, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Greentech investments continue, but declining
- A survey found considerable greentech investments around the world for Q1, 2009--the same Q1 that had stock markets dyspepsic, investors shy, and governments throwing money at every shadow that moved. The Cleantech GroupT, along with Deloitte, have just released preliminary 1Q09 results for clean technology venture...
- Tags: Investment, Clean Technology, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Mundu Messenger - Pure Instant Messaging (Mobile)
- Besides AIM, GoogleTalk, Yahoo, MSN,and ICQ contacts, Jabber allows you to stay connected to corporate chat servicesNo matter when your conference need is, at business or with friends, mundu messenger gets all in a single screen.Stay connected to IM while taking a call,checking email or playing games on your mobile.Image...
- Tags: Mobile, IM, It', Instant Messaging, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-03-30
- Why are the pieces of BearingPoint going to Auditors???
- Should BearingPoint clients care? BearingPoint this week announced the breakup/reorganization plans for various parts of the firm. Essentially, once these deals are completed, BearingPoint will cease to exist. According to BearingPoint: BearingPoint and Deloitte have entered into an asset purchase...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Consulting, BearingPoint Inc., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Auditors backtrack on SaaS revenue recognition
- Auditors backtrack on SaaS revenue recognitionIt's high time Auditors...started adhering to GAAP. Allowing companies to conjure up their own accounting principles to falsely inflate the bottom line is one of the biggest factors allowing the massive failures in the economy today. Deloitte truly make take it on the chin but...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, SaaS revenue, software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
- Getting on the wavelength
- There's a solid, wide focused article by Tim Weber on the BBC News website's Davos coverage which articulates well the challenge many companies have in understanding and engaging with the internet on the most basic strategic level. Readers of sophisticated technical sites like...
- Tags: Knowledge, Social Media, Accountability, Perception, Internet, Public Relations, Blogging, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Finance, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- The great certification debate
- Last year at SAP TechEd, Vinnie Mirchandani, Mike Krigsman and I spent an entertaining 15 minutes verbally abusing challenging Zia Yusef, who runs SAP's ecosystem of developers, SIs and partners. The thrust of our argument was that SAP's inability to control its ecosystem means that projects often run over time...
- Tags: Certification, SAP AG, Vinnie Mirchandani, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- News to know: Yahoo's Bartz, Genachowski, Sony's loss, Chrome for Mac
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo? Yahoo to name Bartz CEO; Now the fun begins Sam Diaz: Ya-hoooo: There's a...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Federal Government, Microsoft Windows, RSS, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Government, Software, Internet, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- Miami-Dade school district and Deloitte: 'Endless money pit'
- Deloitte seems to hit the IT failures radar with some frequency. Miami-Dade school district's SAP implementation is the most recent Deloitte project to come across my desk. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Project, Deloitte LLP, Miami-Dade School District, Ofelia San Pedro, Renier, Corporate Governance, Aerospace & Defense, Corporate Communications, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Manufacturing, Marketing, Finance, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- CES 2009: Don't count out those Millennials or Online Media, Cell Phone on the rise as entertainment device, says Deloitte
- CES 2009: Don't count out those Millennials or Online Media, Cell Phone on the rise as entertainment device, says DeloitteInterestinglyAccording to AdMod analysis, iPhone OS makes up 48% of mobile device users on the web in the US and 32% worldwide. Making it number 1 in the US and number...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Millennials, CES 2009, entertainment device, Deloitte LLP, online media, phone, entertainment, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2009-01-08
- News to know: CES; Windows 7; Satyam
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Six Vista annoyances fixed in Windows 7 CES Coverage: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft at CES: Zune Mobile, no; Win 7 Beta 1,...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Satyam, Camcorder, Mary Jo Foley, Organic Light-emitting Diode, HDTV, Microsoft Windows, Blu-ray, Netbook, Keyboards, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- CES 2009: Don't count out those Millennials or Online Media, Cell Phone on the rise as entertainment device, says Deloitte
-  The idiot box is still king, but don't count out online advertising. (Source: Deloitte LLP) At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Deloitte LLP revealed the results of its 3rd State of the Media Democracy Survey, which are likely to be...
- Tags: Social Networking, Deloitte LLP, Advertisement, Phone, Japan, Cell Phone, Online Media, TV, Survey, Entertainment, Millennials, Entertainment Device, Idiot Box, Early-adopter Millennials, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
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