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- Fatal Attractions: technology, judgement, and the big four
- Ever since Arthur Andersen's destruction in the aftermath of the Enron debacle, people have been wondering when the remaining big four accounting firms will become the big two or three, and why.Since 1980 six of the then top ten firms worldwide have disappeared - four of them through mergers, one...
- Tags: Unanswered questions, IT Retardants, Enterprise Policy
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- IT: where success fails, and failure succeeds
- In reviewing discussions responding to last weeks "what users want" theme I was struck by the extent to which most of us get so wrapped up in fighting alligators that we completely forget about draining the swamp. Fortunately theres always somebody willing to remind us - in...
- Tags: Sun, IT Retardants, Enterprise Policy, General
- Blog posts 2007-03-08
- What users care about (1)
- When we talk about system or application performance, user perception of that performance tends to be the unseen elephant in the room. User perception is, of course, driven by three things: expectations, software, and hardware. Of these the hardware is the easiest to understand and expectations the hardest,...
- Tags: Apple, Development, Enterprise Policy, General, IT Retardants, Vistabulations
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Unix vs. Windows or: sometimes a fool is just a fool
- The December 19th issue of the Economist had an unsigned article under the title Consumer technologies are invading corporate computing, celebrating the end of corporate IT control - in the form of praise for an out-sourcing to google of various services at Arizona State University. The...
- Tags: E-mail, Unix, Microsoft Windows, Mr Sannier, Using Googles, Google Inc., software, information technology
- Blog posts 2007-01-03
- Unix in education
- Unix dominates in both research and educational computing in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. In business education, however, it isnt very visible at all. For example, I once reviewed 8 introductory IT textbooks intended for use in MBA and CA programs to find 3 mentions of Solaris in a...
- Tags: General, Enterprise Policy, IT Retardants, Unix
- Blog posts 2006-11-07
- In Focus: IT Retardants
- See ZDNet's focus on IT Retardants for the latest news and perspectives from around the blogosphere.
- Tags: IT Retardants
- Blog posts 2006-06-22
- Unix vs. Windows or: sometimes a fool is just a fool
- The December 19th issue of the Economist had an unsigned article under the title Consumer technologies are invading corporate computing, celebrating the end of corporate IT control - in the form of praise for an out-sourcing to google of various services at Arizona State University. The...
- Tags: Mr Sannier, IT Retardants, Enterprise Policy, General
- Blog posts 2006-01-03
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- New report explores the safe materials aspect of green technology
- Lots of the green technology coverage out there right now is focused on the carbon emissions impact of various gadgets, equipment and data centers. But a new report illustrates the advances that seven electronics companies have made when it comes to eliminating hazardous materials from their products. ...
- Tags: Chlorine, Green Technology, Report, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Tsk, tsk: Greenpeace scolds HP, Lenovo and Dell on latest green electronics listing
- Tsk, tsk: Greenpeace scolds HP, Lenovo and Dell on latest green electronics listingGreenpeace is irrelevantDoes it really matter what they say or do?Greenpeace are scumFor example: "Nintendo works to eliminate harmful substances from its products right from the initial stages of material selection, but does not refer to the Precautionary...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., electronics, Lenovo Group Ltd., Greenpeace
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- Tsk, tsk: Greenpeace scolds HP, Lenovo and Dell on latest green electronics listing
- Yes, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo have been doing plenty in the area of power management. But all three just got dinged on the latest of Greenpeace's ongoing Guide to Greener Electronics. The link that I've just given you provides very details specifics on why each company has received the company...
- Tags: Greenpeace, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Lenovo Group Ltd., Electronics, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-07-10
- Do IT pros demand Apple's new Xserve?
- I posted this morning that Apple has debuted its new Xserve with Intel Nehalem processors, but I didn't give the full rundown of the product. So here's the who, what, why and how. Apple today announced an updated Xserve that it says "delivers...
- Tags: Apple Xserve, Information Technology, Apple Inc., PC Magazine, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- HP Report: Good Performance on Sustainability (but dinged by Greenpeace)
- HP released their 2008 sustainability report today and again, unsurprisingly, it's a deeply impressive effort. HP has pushed the boat out with substantive improvement in the quality of the disclosure as well the accessibility of the report which has been much enhanced with the use of interactive dashboards. I'm finding...
- Tags: Sustainability, Greenpeace, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Commitment, Goal, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- MacBooks: World's greenest family of notebooks
- Apple's latest Get A Mac television commercial proclaims the new MacBooks to be the "world's greenest family of notebooks." The ad touts the MacBook as completely recyclable and says that it uses a quarter of the amount of power of a single light bulb and has no mercury. ...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- 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
- Disaster averted: But (sob) my next notebook might not be an Apple one
- I'm thinking I owe GreenTech Pastures readers an update on the state of my Apple PowerBook G4, which now is resting comfortably on the desk behind me, although it's in a bit of rehab with some applications that have disappeared. (Yes, I have two computers, so shoot me.) One of...
- Tags: Toshiba Tecra, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-17
- Apple moving up in green rankings
- When Steve Jobs announced the MacBook Air at Macworld Expo in January 2008, he promoted its environmental benefits including being completely mercury and arsenic free, exceeding European Standards. In May 2007 Apple also promised to completely eliminate the use of Polyvinyl Chloride PVC and Brominated Fire Retardants...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-03-30
- Greenpeace rates tech giants for green IT creds: Sony Ericsson leads, Dell and Lenovo top PC makers
- Greenpeace has issued its latest report rating the giants in the consumer electronics and personal computer business on the green-ness of their products. Things that get considered included mobile phones, TVs, personal computers and game consoles but not servers (which explains why Cisco or IBM aren't on this list, although...
- Tags: Greenpeace, Dell Computer Corp., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Lenovo Group Ltd., Green IT, News, Leadership, Games, Management, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Can chemicals in iPhone headphone cable ruin your sex life?
- Can chemicals in iPhone headphone cable ruin your sex life?:)Population control?LOLCouple of questions...What is considered a sufficient amount of Bromine to affect your sex life?How much is in the iPod products mentioned?What exposure might a person actually get?Bottom line: what is the actual risk?No surprises hereGreenpeace has been on an...
- Tags: cable, Apple iPhone, Greenpeace, headphone cable, sex life, chemicals, headphone
- Discussion threads 2007-10-15
- Can you save the planet by switching to a "black" Google?
- Can you save the planet by switching to a "black" Google?BacklightYou'll probably find that most of the LCD power draw was to support the backlight used to make things visible.Something like Blackle seems just like a tricky way to capture traffic and monitor people's queries. You could probably just...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Google Inc., Blackle, monitor, LCD, CRT
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Apple bows to 'green' pressure; divulges LED plans
- Apple bows to 'green' pressure; divulges LED plansPleasecan we just all realize Greenpeace are a bunch of nutburgers and simply ignore them?Apple takes a green biteGreenpeace are a bunch of cherry picking hypocrits. Not only do they create excessive amounts of pollution with all their propaganda campaigns, signs and garbage...
- Tags: Engineering, Greenpeace, RoHS, Apple Inc., Al Gore, light-emitting diode
- Discussion threads 2007-05-03
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