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What do Green IT, the economic crisis, and best selling author, Thomas Friedman, have in common? Poor accounting

Consider the following questions posed by Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and author of The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, and more recently, Hot, Flat And Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - And How it Can Renew America: “Was it an...

Tags: Accounting, Friedman's Inc., Financial, PC, Information Technology, Environment, Green IT, Economic Crisis, Printing, Strategy, Management, Doug Washburn

Blog posts 2009-06-25

How are you prioritizing Green IT investments?

IT leadership understands the financial benefits of Green IT, which is why the top motivator for greener IT operations is financial. But the rolodex of Green IT projects available is seemingly endless. The data center itself is ripe with so much low-hanging fruit, that it’s not surprising organizations...

Tags: Information Technology, Investment, Green IT, IT Leadership, Doug Washburn

Blog posts 2009-03-04

What Cisco’s EnergyWise technology means to Green IT

To date, IT pros have given very little attention to the “greening� of the network. Why? Three words: follow the money. According to recent Forrester research, the top motivation for pursing Green IT is to “reduce the energy-related costs of operating IT.� And when compared to other IT energy-drawing assets...

Tags: Network, Information Technology, Green IT, Cisco Systems Inc., Energy, EnergyWise, Energy Consumption, Strategy, Management, Doug Washburn

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Five reasons to consider PC power management

The rolodex of Green IT projects available to IT leadership is seemingly endless. But at some point, prioritization is necessary, and IT professionals tend to gravitate to those projects that produce an acceptable financial return with the path of least resistance. And in recent interactions with Forrester clients, it's becoming...

Tags: Power Management, PC, Information Technology, Doug Washburn

Blog posts 2009-02-12

Is the 'Green' in Green IT dead?

In a number of recent client interactions with both enterprise IT end users and vendors, the question of “Is the ‘green’ in Green IT dead?� has come up. Primarily driven by the current economic climate, IT end users want to understand how relevant the environmental benefits of Green IT should...

Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Green IT, Doug Washburn

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Additional Resources

How virtual can your organization get?

The answer, based on research recently completed by Doug Washburn and I, entirely. With the help of Christine Perkett, President and founder of PerkettPR â€" an organization of all virtual employees â€" we studied the IT infrastructure, productivity, and green benefits of PerkettPR's last ten years as an organization reliant...

Tags: Worker, Organization, Chris Silva

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Live Webcast: Safe and Cost Effective Migration for Legacy Hardware

Businesses need to shift to more sustainable computing. This involves being aggressive about refreshing technologies that reduce energy consumption and save on operating expenses. Join this live TechRepublic Webcast, presented by PC Connection and featuring guest speakers Doug Washburn, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research, and Paul...

Tags: Webcast, PC Connection Inc., Migration, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-07-02

News to know: Yahoo, Windows 7, Palm, AMD, Blackberry Tour, Netbook

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. Sam Diaz: Bartz to Yahoo shareholders: Change is coming; We're not Google Yahoo: Showtime for shareholders this morning ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Key Strategies for Federal Agencies - Safe and Cost Effective Migration for Legacy Hardware

The federal government has mandated that federal agencies reduce energy consumption by 2015! Does your agency have a sustainable plan in place to meet this goal? View this TechRepublic Webcast, presented in conjunction with GovConnection and featuring guest speakers Doug Washburn, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research,...

Tags: Strategy, Webcast, Agency, Migration, Hardware, GovConnection, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Webcasts 2009-04-29

Green tech calculators you can count on, literally

Green tech calculators you can count on, literallyGreat resourcesHeather,Thank you for bringing the whole CO2/Green calculator topic to the IT community. Many of us are well aware of these tools for general home use or travel but you have identified some excellent resources for the IT community. Doug Washburn?s Green...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, information technology, calculator, tool, green technology

Discussion threads 2009-02-20

News to know: RIM, Facebook TOS, Apple-Adobe, Android

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 Andrew Nusca: SEC charges RIM, 4 senior execs with stock option backdating Sam Diaz: Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-02-18

News to know: Stimilus bill, Twitter Twestival, Microsoft stores, Netflix, Facebook value

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 Andrew Nusca: Broadband tax credit cut from stimulus bill Sam Diaz: Tech will see direct, indirect benefits from...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Retail, Personal Finance, Microsoft Outlook, Taxes, E-mail, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications, Management

Blog posts 2009-02-13

News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan:  With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Greening the data center

Rising costs of energy - along with limited availability of energy in some areas ? are forcing the IT industry to take a new approach in designing and managing data centers, says IBM's Christopher O'Connor. Commentary--Energy efficiency is a significant global issue today, and is expected to be even...

Tags: Information Technology, Organization, Energy Consumption, IT Equipment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Christopher O'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, data center, green, IBM, costs, Christopher O'Connor, Christopher O'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet

News items 2008-11-17