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Green IT strategy has nebulous ROI. So why bother?

I wouldn't bother either, it's embarrassingFinally the smoke screen is beginning to clear:"An internal document from the National Grid, seen by the Sunday Express, says wind turbine energy will at times cost over 3,000 per cent more than conventional power."http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/140456/-250bn-The-real-cost-of-wind-powerIn the real world, not the world inhabited by eco fantasies,...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Green IT, Green IT strategy, ROI

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Verne Global pledges greener cloud: No cost premium attached

Why cloud computing will inspire even more attention to green IT. by Heather Clancy

Tags: Green IT, Pledge, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-11-13

Two new tomes offer tips to guide your Green IT strategy

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Tags: Gender and diversity, Green IT, dress

Discussion threads 2009-10-17

Two new tomes offer tips to guide your Green IT strategy

Believe it or not, I have a stack of 10 business books on my desk right now, begging to be read and reviewed. Two are pertinent for the loyal Green IT folks in the GreenTech Pastures, so I felt it appropriate to mention them as a scan some of the...

Tags: Strategy, Data Center, Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Gartner research suggests data center energy metrics still mystery to many businesses

Sometimes I feel like I'm beating a dead horse with these blogs, especially when reporting the results of ongoing Green IT research. The latest disheartening report, for me at least, is the declaration by Gartner that along close to 70 percent of data center managers say that...

Tags: Data Center, Green IT, Gartner Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-04

CDW: Small businesses slowly embracing Green IT

Although small businesses have been slow to adopt green IT policies, a new survey from CDW suggests that is about to change. So far, the data shows, only 23 percent of smaller companies with fewer than 100 employees have embraced Green IT practices. Approximately 31 percent plan...

Tags: Green IT, Small Business, CDW Corp., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-01

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

Green IT Impact Calculator

Quantify the Impact of Green IT Virtualization Investments. Welcome to the Green IT Impact Calculator. This worksheet enables you to estimate the impact of virtualization investments to drive Green IT benefits within your organization. Simply check off areas of importance to you and provide your internal estimates. Your input...

Tags: Green IT, Server Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Virtualization

Tools & templates 2009-09-22

Economic and climate imperatives combine to elevate Green IT as cost-productive priority

We look at how current IT planners should view energy concerns, some common approaches to help conserve energy, and at how IT suppliers themselves can make "green" a priority in their new systems and solutions. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Priority, Information Technology, Green IT, Strategy, Channel Management, Management, Marketing, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-09-15

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

Virtualizing Email Gateway Security: Flexible, Cost-Effective Protection at the Email Gateway

Virtualization initiatives have gained momentum as businesses seek ways to reduce operations costs and complexity in the face of a weak economy and rising power costs. Green IT initiatives are being launched in many organizations to help reduce the impact of rising costs on the overall enterprise bottom line. At...

Tags: Security, Gateway Inc., Trend Micro Inc., Green IT, Green IT Initiative, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Online Communications, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-08-01

The Economics of Green IT: Start Saving Money

CIOs pay millions of dollars a year to power and cool data centers. Many enterprises, some for the first time this year, have shifted the energy bill from facilities to IT, with the hope - and expectation - that IT can lower energy costs. In addition, many enterprises seek to...

Tags: Sustainability, Data Center, Information Technology, Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management

Webcasts 2009-07-16

Green IT tips for small businesses: Analysys moves data center offsite for big power savings

Many of us who write about green technology issues often get dinged for focusing just on case studies that involve BIG companies. So, here's some information about a much more modestly sized company in Baltimore that was able to get greener AND save a bunch of money on its power...

Tags: Analysys, Data Center, Green IT, Small Business, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-03

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

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

Compare and contrast: Green IT budget metrics

I wrote about one of the findings from Symantec's annual Green IT study about a week ago, when I explored its revelation that respondents felt that software as a service is a relevant Green IT strategy. Wanted to throw out a couple of additional data points, so that you can...

Tags: Green IT, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Green IT perspective out of Ireland

Not a ground-breaking story, but this article out of Ireland reveals some of the similarities and differences about the motivations for Green IT programs outside of North America. Hint: There's really not much difference. No matter where you are, you need to have a money-saving reason for your proposals. One...

Tags: Ireland, Green IT, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-08

How green is software as a service?

I was briefed Friday by Symantec's Cecily Joseph, director of corporate responsibility, and one of the things we got to talking about was a survey the company conducted back in March to get some more visibility into Green IT priorities. The research, which was conducted by Applied Research, represents 1,052...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Green IT, Power Consumption, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Emerging Technologies, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-06

IBM consultant publishes step-by-step guide for greening your IT

Here's one for your summer beach reading list: "The Greening of IT," a new tome about "How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment," written by John Lamb, a senior technical staffer with IBM's Global Business Services division in Somers, N.Y. (If you visit this link, you'll get a...

Tags: Information Technology, Green IT, ROI, IBM Corp., Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-05-25

Energy Company Promotes Environmental Responsibility, Lowers Costs With "Green IT"

MidAmerican Energy Company is highly focused on environmental responsibility, including energy generation from renewable resources. The company also promotes this responsibility within IT, relying on Microsoft products and technologies to help reduce its energy usage and lower costs. With its "Green IT" strategies, the company has reduced power consumption, minimized...

Tags: Green IT, Energy Company, Microsoft Corp., Responsibility

Case studies 2009-05-25