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  • Open sourcing civilization

    Posted April 18, 2011 - 7:00 am

    Every once in a while, you stumble across something so basic, yet so cool, you wonder how the world ever got by without it before. One fusion physicist-turned-farmer is leading a project to give the world 50 basic machines to build a civilization.

  • Best Practices for Environmentally Sustainable Data Centers

    Posted April 21, 2009 - 2:23 pm

    The Microsoft Global Foundation Services' data center team released a new paper today titled: "Top 10 Best Practices for Environmentally Sustainable Data Centers." Its objective is to help data center managers, industry operators and IT professionals reduce energy consumption and waste to cut costs, drive efficiencies and generate good will among c

  • Being green brings in the greenbacks, say IDC and Atos

    Posted April 8, 2009 - 2:53 pm

    Companies serious about going green were rewarded with a 2 percent higher profit margin, according to IDC and Atos.

  • Leadership - The Millennials Impact on Business

    Posted November 18, 2008 - 6:26 pm

    The Millennials, also known as GenY, are defined as those born between 1980 and 2000. According to a 2007 BSG Alliance Concourse Institute’s research study there are approximately 70 million Millennials in the U.S. today. For comparison, the boomer generation, those born between 1946 and 1964, measures in at 79.6 million according to the 2000 U.S. Census. There is an odd fascination with this generation, its rapid adoption of technology and how they fit into the business world.

  • Planting seeds of sustainability on Facebook

    Posted July 22, 2008 - 3:15 pm

    Two Canadian university students hope to plant the seeds of sustainability on Facebook with an application that monitors power consumption and uses peer pressure and the spirit of friendly competition inherent among many gardeners to foster energy conservation.
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