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Green IT is equal parts social imperative and a business need. This blog explores how to adopt a business-driven green initiative in your IT organization.

by Anthony Velte

  • Why You Need a Chief Green Officer

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 - 11:23 pm

    The latest C-level officer that organizations are benefiting from is the CGO – Chief Green Officer. Sure, this can be seen as "greenwashing", but when implemented thoughtfully and without trying to pull one over on the public, this is a very important person.

  • Interview with Dave O'Hara of Green Datacenter Blog

    Posted Oct 07, 2008 - 12:45 pm

    With the advent of Green IT there are numerous industries and jobs that will be created. Perhaps one of the first will be the Green Sherpa -- someone to guide you to the summit of your Green IT mountain. We had the great opportunity to speak with one such Sherpa last week -- Dave O’Hara of <a href="http://www.greenm3.com/">Green Datacenter Blog</a>.

  • Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool

    Posted Oct 01, 2008 - 03:25 pm

    Currently the U.S. doesn’t have a national law governing e-waste. As politicians try to pass legislation, many efforts simply "run out of gas." Thankfully, lack of consistent federal legislation doesn't mean that action hasn't already been taken.

  • Use Automated Tiered Storage to Improve Your SAN

    Posted Sep 22, 2008 - 12:22 pm

    When we think of consolidation in terms of Green IT, our first thought is of consolidating servers. This is, to be sure, the star of Green IT. However there’s a supporting actor who has it in him to steal virtualization’s scenes. We’re talking about storage area networks (SANs).

  • The Wisdom of the Paperless Office

    Posted Sep 15, 2008 - 12:31 pm

    Twenty years ago Sting was going on and on about saving the rain forest. Every time you’d turn around, Sting was with some group griping about deforestation. It was easy enough for many to tune out Sting and his "save the rain forest" buddies, but it turns out we should have been listening.

  • Reorganize Your Datacenter to Cut Cooling Costs

    Posted Sep 08, 2008 - 09:52 am

    There is a certain feng shui to laying out your datacenter. It has nothing to do with putting a palm plant in an east-facing window or organizing the racks so that they all face the door. Reorganizing your datacenter can help reduce the amount of money you spend to cool it.

  • Phasing in the Green

    Posted Sep 01, 2008 - 10:08 pm

    The last few years have seen an explosion of general and IT-related technologies touting to help an organization be greener. This is good news for all of us however, it turns out that many of the green products and solutions aren’t the cheapest options, and it may take some time before the scales of finance tip in green’s favor. So how does an organization go green – you know, do the right thing for planet – while doing the right thing for the bottom line?

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