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Green leases allow tenants to be sustainable

At the Green Legal Strategy panel in San Francisco, Louise Adamson, a partner at K&L Gates, explains the commercial interiors certification within the LEED program--tenants are able to certify their workspace separate from the building and landlord. She says, however, that creating a truly green lease requires a holistic approach...

Tags: Tenant, green, legal, lease, rental, sustainable, LEED, tenant, landlord

Videos 2008-10-29

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Looking beyond iPhone or Android - Ribbit creates a software "clone" phone

App Store Business ModelI've been saying for some time that the app store model is not sustainable. All the apps that I've downloaded and I have paid for NeruoMobile and a few others. The others apps are all free. I don't see how these developers can continue to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, phone, software, others app, Ribbit

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Software integration eases green product design

Software developers Sustainable Minds and Autodesk have created a close integration that marries Sustainable Mind's lifecycle assessment tool more closely with the Autodesk Inventor application. by Heather Clancy

Tags: Software, Product Design, Autodesk Inc., Integration, Tools & Techniques, Product Marketing, Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-29

The chief value of open source

Custom code solutions...It's great you can see the code, but for companies I disagree that is a "value".What SMB has the resources to comb through thousands of lines of code to assure reliability and security? Even if they do manage to find a bug, are they going to fork...

Tags: open source, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Could diabetes fight the obesity epidemic?

Nice one, Dana.When are you going to write something relevant - like IT - on this site?There is no IT in this blog. Just pointing out the obvious.When will you learn to use google?This is among the worst medically releated post you have written. And please stop quoting the...

Tags: Exenatide, diabetes, GLP-1, secretion

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

IBM adds to green consulting services

The business consulting division for IBM has come out with a new sustainability consulting service that focuses on helping companies measure and address the energy efficiency and environmental impact of their supply chain partners. The IBM Sustainable Supplier Information Management service is focused on helping businesses define...

Tags: Sustainability, Supply Chain, Consulting Service, Supplier, Consulting, IBM Corp., IBM Sustainable Supplier Information Management Service, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Seafood Guide for iPhone 2.0 (Mobile)

Seafood Guide for iPhone recommendations help you make sustainable seafood choices quickly and easily whether you are eating at your favorite restaurant or sushi joint, or shopping at your local market. And at a time when the world oceans are severely over fished, your seafood choices make a big difference....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Seafood, Mobile, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service

Ought to be interestingSilverlight is the means by which Netflix streams their on-demand content. I cannot help but wonder if MS cut a deal with the new Blockbuster service.Does MS support "open internet", or do they want us to pay for itDoes MS support "open internet", or do they want...

Tags: cloud computing, Strategy, Media Streaming, Microsoft Silverlight, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., open-Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Is Full-Color the New Standard for Office Documents?

N.America's uncompetitive businesses *have too much overhead*gee, it used to be that some paper, a blackboard, chalk, a few pencils, erasers & a long-lived typewriter ribbon could get one through the year's office expenses.gee, [i]I wonder why we're going under[/i] when China's offices probably don't spend massive budgets on...

Tags: payroll solutions, N.America, violence

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Netbook disillusionment and why Compaq is still a brand

Dell CEO Michael Dell said that disillusionment with netbooks kicks in after about 36 hours. Assuming Dell's right, and he may be, does that mean cheap laptops in the $399 range will trump them? Speaking at the Churchill Club Tuesday night Techmeme, Dell said that the appeal...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Brand, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Compaq Computer Corp., Christopher Dawson, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Saluting SAP & Oracle Communities

This is a fascinating big enterprise week in the US, with Oracle Open World dominating downtown San Francisco and making the taxi drivers very happy, and SAP TechEd running concurrently in Phoenix. Oracle do a good job of putting Open World online and...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Netbook or a cheap Compaq for students?

Is the downward push of prices on "real laptops" going to make netbooks irrelevant where they once appeared to be the answer to sustainable and realistic 1:1 efforts? by Christopher Dawson

Tags: Netbook, Compaq Computer Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-13

T-Mobile 'everything unlimited' plan to offer voice, SMS, MMS, data for $50?

A new rumor has emerged that T-Mobile is planning to offer an 'everything unlimited' plan that will include unlimited voice, SMS, MMS and data for $50. BoyGeniusReport details the plan, internally nicknamed "Project Dark." That report attests that it's a multi-pronged assault, rolling...

Tags: MMS, Voice, T-Mobile, SMS, BoyGeniusReport, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Telephony, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Acorn co-founder talks early computers

Acorn co-founder Andy Hopper told silicon.com that he believes the BBC Micro - with its easy to grasp Basic programming language - offered an experience that is missing today. Andy Hopper is co-founder of the iconic Acorn Computers and currently head of the computer laboratory at the University of...

Tags: Co-founder, British Broadcasting Corp., Computer, Andy Hopper, Productivity, BBC Micro, ARM, early computers, Nick Heath silicon.com

News items 2009-10-12

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

New technologies target disaster relief

STAR-TIDES focuses on creating new technology and applications that can be used anywhere in the world during a disaster and post-disaster reconstruction. It is an international, knowledge-sharing research project to encourage sustainable support to stressed populations (post-war, post-disaster, impoverished). by Doug Hanchard

Tags: Strategy, Management, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Large Hadron Collider looks for November restart

November can't come soon enough. :) [nt][nt]RE: Large Hadron Collider looks for November restartI think it is an obscene waste of money. It will not feed the starving or house the homeless or provide much needed medical facilities in developing countries. It will not develop more sustainable, cleaner forms of...

Tags: Free trade, Large Hadron Collider

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Can Apple replace and leapfrog Google Maps in the iPhone?

Or they could be offering choice......like Nokia do with Ovi maps, Google maps and any other GPS aware mapping software you care to use.Oh yeah, but this is Apple the control freaks not the open - and yet still utterly dominant - Nokia, isn't it?RE: Can Apple replace and leapfrog...

Tags: Smart phones, Google Maps, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Debate over different forms of online advertising misses the point

I'm worried about online advertising in general.I'm worried about online advertising in general.Well, not so much advertising itself, but this trend to want so much stuff for free. Especially online stuff. I don't think an ad-driven economy is sustainable.

Tags: online advertising

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Protest of Swedish domain name rules grows

Nice intent, bad ideaWhat happens when someone's personal, or company's name is Bank, Banker, Banks or some variation on the word?What if I'm trying to start an environmental management site for sustainable fishing called, "The Georges Banks"? Or my new bar and grill, "The Iowa River Bank"?Crazy ideaIf only...

Tags: Financial services, bank, domain name

Discussion threads 2009-09-25