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The Green Enterprise: HP

Hewlett-Packard plans to cut its global energy use 20 percent by 2010. Correspondent Sumi Das looks at "green" strategies the company is implementing to accomplish its goal, such as designing new energy-efficient datacenters and helping make cities more eco-friendly through IT. She also talks to Bonnie Nixon, HP's director of...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, The Green Enterprise, HP

Videos 2009-04-15

The Green Enterprise: Autodesk

Autodesk tools aim to help designers conceptualize projects on a computer before starting the costly (and energy-intense) production process. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a tour of Autodesk's new design gallery in San Francisco, where exhibits ranging from church models to chair designs illustrate how its customers are reducing their...

Tags: Autodesk Inc., Productivity, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, The Green Enterprise, Autodesk, John Kennedy, Green Building Studio, The California Academy of Sciences

Videos 2008-12-08

The Green Enterprise: California Academy of Sciences

Since 1853, the California Academy of Sciences has been considered one of the world's most respected institutions. Now more than 150 years later, it's continuing to lead by example, showcasing how a museum can be environmentally sustainable from the ground up. Correspondent Sumi Das looks at the green innovations inside,...

Tags: Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, The Green Enterprise, California Academy of Sciences, Living Roof, Aaron Pope, Ari Harding, Sumi Das

Videos 2008-11-21

The Green Enterprise: Cisco

Networking giant Cisco Systems has a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 25 percent in the next four years--with the help of technologies it's created. Cisco also wants to help customers do the same. Correspondent Sumi Das looks at green innovations at Cisco, including: an...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Video-conferencing, Greenhouse Gas, Green, Cisco, Telepresence, Wi-Fi enabled bus, energy efficient datacenters, Sumi Das, John Chambers, The Green Enterprise

Videos 2008-08-14

The Green Enterprise: Frog's Leap Winery

Green strategies are at the heart of operations at Frog's Leap Winery. Innovations include a solar installation on the vineyard grounds, a LEED-certified hospitality center and geothermal technologies that are powering the company's heating and cooling system. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Jonah Beer, the winery's general manager, and...

Tags: Winery, Geothermal Energy, Solar, The Green Enterprise

Videos 2008-07-15

The Green Enterprise: Intel

On the next installment of The Green Enterprise, CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos looks at how Intel is developing green technologies for its customers and within its own organization. Innovations include ultra-lower power 45nm chips, greening its fab operations in China, Arizona and Israel; and developing non-toxic materials for packaging and...

Tags: Michael Kanellos, Intel Corp., Chip, Data Centers, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Networking, The Green Enterprise, Green

Videos 2008-05-12

The Green Enterprise: PG&E

On the next installment of The Green Enterprise, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das looks at how PG&E is working to deliver clean energy to its customers. Innovations include a unique solar installation at the company's headquarters, a hybrid-electric service truck, and emerging renewables from biogas to wave energy. Das also sits...

Tags: PG&E Corp., Clean Technology, The Green Enterprise, Green, PG&E, Solar, San Francisco, renewable energy

Videos 2008-03-10

The Green Enterprise: The City of Mill Valley, California

On the next installment of The Green Enterprise, ZDNet editor-in-chief Dan Farber takes a look at green practices in the City of Mill Valley, such as a solar-powered pizzeria, an eco-friendly water treatment plant and a lumber program that re-uses wood from the city's fallen trees for bridge projects around...

Tags: City, Strategy, Management, The Green Enterprise, Mill Valley, Emerging Technology, Green, Solar, Water, lumber, eco

Videos 2007-11-20

The Green Enterprise: Sun Microsystems

On the next installment of The Green Enterprise, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das sees the eco-technologies being invented at Sun Microsystems, such as energy-efficient data centers, and the company's OpenWork program, which allows employees to work from anywhere at anytime. She also talks to Vice President of Eco-responsibility Dave Douglas about...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, The Green Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Financial Accounting, Finance, Green

Videos 2007-10-05

The Green Enterprise: Gaia Napa Valley Hotel & Spa

In our second installment of the Green Enterprise, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a look at the green innovations in use at the Gaia Napa Valley Hotel & Spa, such as solar energy powering the hotel, environmentally friendly guest rooms, and an energy usage meter that shows guests how much...

Tags: Hotel, Leadership, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Management, The Green Enterprise, Spa, Solar, Emerging Technologies, Green

Videos 2007-09-21

The Green Enterprise: UC Berkeley

In our first installment of the Green Enterprise, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a tour of green technologies around the UC Berkeley campus, including solar arrays powering the student union, an eco-friendly cafeteria and a prototype of electrochromic energy-efficient windows. She also talks with Dan Kammen, co-director of the Berkeley...

Tags: University Of California At Berkeley, Campus, Construction, The Green Enterprise, Green

Videos 2007-08-28

Additional Resources

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0

News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Blockbuster Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Games, Linux, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-12

News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; 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.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...

Tags: Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Domain Name, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Telephony, VOIP, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Networking

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Data center design 101

I don't have to design data centers, but I do have to play a knowledgeable wonk on the Web from time to time. With that in mind, I attended two data center presentations at the Gartner IT Symposium to see what I could learn. My knowledge about...

Tags: Data Center, Tiers, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-23

News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7

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. Larry Dignan: Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing Sam Diaz: Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise,...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Twitter Inc., Net Neutrality, VMware Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison took the stage for the final keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 today - an afternoon session that followed lunch and got off to a rough start when Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan who was scheduled to speak after Ellison came on stage first and spent 45 minutes...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Ellison, Fusion, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-14

SAP and Oracle going head to head

This week gives SAP and Oracle watchers an opportunity to see these giants go head to head in the entertainment stakes as each holds major conferences. SAP is in Phoenix with TechEd while Oracle takes over the Moscone Center and a lot of the surrounding area...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-12

News to know: Windows 7; IBM; Sony; Apple

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. Ed Bott: Measuring Windows 7 performance Dancho Danchev: Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IBM Corp., Eaton, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-09

News to know: Google; CTIA; Microsoft; Apple

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. Larry Dignan: FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people Sam Diaz:Mobile VoIP services no longer taboo, following AT&T...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mobile, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, CTIA, Data Centers, Cellular Phones, Web Browsers, Podcasts, Tablets, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-10-08