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Feds grade themselves on EPEAT commitment

As many of you know, the federal government has made buying IT equipment that meets the screening requirements of the EPEAT list a priority. (But not a mandate. Yet.) According to reports submitted with the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, 13 out...

Tags: Desktop, Monitor, Agency, Microsoft Office, Department Of Energy, EPEAT, Monitors & Displays, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Components, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Tech distributor Tech Data now an EPEAT partner

Tech distributor Tech Data now an EPEAT partnerMy biggest problem with these green ratings..is that while they may be more greenless energy use, often times it depends soley on load. Not only that but even if they have it optimized under load, the money saved is the extra money...

Tags: Tech Data Corp., Epeat

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

EPEAT greenlights 1,000th green-tech product

Newsflash: In a little more than two years, the Green Electronics Council has vetted and rated 1,000 personal computers, notebooks, monitors and integrated systems under the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool aka EPEAT. Sony has the distinction of pushing the organization to this latest milestone, with its...

Tags: Product, EPEAT, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-10

IT resellers encouraged to spread the EPEAT green gospel

If you're not interested in understanding the in's and out's of the EPEAT Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool rating systems, the Green Electronics Council has started training IT solutions and services providers about how to better-interpret the information for their clients. EPEAT uses 51 different criteria (such...

Tags: Information Technology, Reseller, EPEAT, Federal Government, Strategy, Government, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-21

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New HP mini 5101 netbook adds aluminum chassis; chiclet keyboard

HP on Wednesday unveiled what the company is calling its "top-of-the-line" Mini PC, a netbook intended for mobile use by business professionals. Just by the looks of it, the company appears to have succeeded: the HP Mini 5101 features an anodized aluminum display...

Tags: Hard Drive, Hewlett-Packard Co., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Engineering, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Better Business Bureau weighs in on green claims of Dell vs. Apple

Is the EPEAT rating system on its way to become a national standard? The National Advertising Division NAD of the Better Business Bureau, which was compelled to comment on a greenwashing dispute between Dell and Apple, has ruled that certifications granted through the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment...

Tags: Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-22

NEC upsizes its green monitor offering

NEC Display Solutions of America hopes to prove that a monitor can be both ergonomically appealing (read, BIG) and eco-friendly. The company's new 22-inch MultiSync E222W features both an ECO Mode, which makes it pretty simple to turn down the brightness at will, reducing power consumption and...

Tags: Monitor, Aspect Ratio, NEC Corp., Display, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Toshiba debuts its first netbook, the mini NB205

Toshiba today announced the mini NB205 netbook, a system boasting a full-sized keyboard, large touchpad and nine hours of battery life, according to the company. It marks Toshiba's first such entry into the growing netbook market. Positioned as a premium...

Tags: Toshiba Corp., Netbook, NB205, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-02

News to know: Conficker; Patch Tuesday; Fiber optic sabotage; App Easter eggs

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: Patch Tuesday heads-up: 8 bulletins, 5 critical Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model Dancho Danchev: Fake "Conficker Infection...

Tags: Facebook, Fiber-optics, Microsoft Corp., Easter Egg, Microsoft Office, Fiber Optics, Network Technology, Office Suites, Software, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-10

Tech distributor Tech Data now an EPEAT partner

Information from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool more informally known as EPEAT is being married up with tech specs and other product information that resellers can research through the Tech Data catalog. What that means for IT buyers is more complete environmental and green IT ratings information for the...

Tags: Tech Data Corp., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-09

Dell supersizes its LED monitors

More extraneous product news: Dell is prepping 22-inch and 24-inch widescreen flat-panel monitors that rely on LED technology and recycled materials. They will use roughly half the energy of comparable technology, responding dynamically to ambient lighting conditions in order to adjust screen brightness. Here are some key...

Tags: Monitor, Dell Computer Corp., Light-emitting Diode, Watt, Monitors & Displays, Engineering, Hardware, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Apple rolls the dice on fixed MacBook Pro batteries

Apple's Macworld swan song had a little bit of everything--DRM free music on iTunes, iWork.com and Philip Schiller's first and final keynote--but the biggest item may have been a bet that customers will go for a fixed battery on the 17-inch MacBook Pro. Jason O'Grady's live notes...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Here are 10 green IT resolutions: How many can your team keep?

There's nothing like fresh-fallen snow to clear your mind. But if you can't relate to cold and white winter imagery, think about the most azure seascape you've ever gazed across or the greenest mountainside meadow in which you've daydreamed. That's my way of saying I've pretty much had it with...

Tags: Team, Data Center, Green IT, Data Centers, Software As A Service (SaaS), Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-01

News to know: Facebookgate, XP, iPhone credit, greentech in 2009

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: 'Facebookgate': Fake Class of 2013 groups today; Annoying marketing tomorrow? Mary-Jo Foley: Microsoft to allow custom PC makers to stock XP through mid-2009 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Roland Piquepaille, Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Podcasts, Internet, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-22

EPEAT, EcoLogo join forces on green stamps of approval

The organizations driving two of the best known green product-labeling programs, the Green Electronics Council and EcoLogo, have teamed with the goal of helping to increase the number of products that are listed in EPEAT the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool. Essentially, the collaboration means that...

Tags: Product, Manufacturing, Monitors & Displays, Collaboration, Groupware, Hardware, Components, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-20

News to know: SAP's mistake; Mozilla; Yahoo; CRM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases to select testers updated IE 8 build CES: Zune phone, no. Pink, maybe Ryan Naraine: Window Snyder leaves Mozilla...

Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Laptop Computer, CRM, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Linux, E-mail Providers, Strategy, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-11

News to know: Kumo; Zune; Storm; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Would you 'Kumo' it? Phil Wainewright: When to spend cash in a SaaS business Brian Sommer: Taleo's November to forget ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Start saving those water bottles: More will show up in your computer.

One of the more fascinating aspects of Dell's new OptiPlex 960 systems launched today is the company's decision to include up to 10 percent post-consumer recycled plastics in the systems' chassis. The small form factor is available immediately, but the mini-tower and the desktop won't ship this way until December....

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Ford Motor Co., Computer, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Double down: HP sets aggressive renewable energy goal, Dell offers some friendly advice

Hewlett-Packard has set a goal of doubling its purchases of alternative energy to 8 percent by 2012, but the company has yet to put a stake in the ground regarding carbon neutrality. And, honestly, I find that rather realistic and refreshing of them. I mean, honestly, will ANY company that...

Tags: Renewable Energy, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-21

Finally, an Apple notebook built with green credentials in mind

I’ve been writing stories about Apple products for longer than I care to enumerate here, and have always been agog over the sheer creativity that’s associated with its product design. Too expensive, yes. Too heavy, absolutely. Self-indulgent, probably. But my second-hand, three-year-old PowerBook G4 notebook still draws comments (not all...

Tags: Green Technology, Light-emitting Diode, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-18