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While CIOs and IT managers as a whole are still uncertain about the green benefits of the cloud, big business -- and industry experts -- see the green lining. Consolidating computing into facilities that are designed for extreme efficiency just makes good sense, whether you're looking at the cloud from a green perspective -- as a company with a well developed environmental platform, or from a cost-savings standpoint.
- The fifth version of the advocacy group's Cool IT Leaderboard ranks global computing giants on their efforts to embrace renewable energy as well as push for global clean energy policies....
- The latest edition of the ranking of IT companies' efforts to reduce their own energy use and advocate for clean energy policies finds Google and Cisco in the top spots....
- From big players like IBM and SAP to smaller startups like C3, vendors of energy and carbon management software have a big challenge to capture a slice of the broad demand for companies of all sizes....
- Keeping in line with a mandate to trim its data centers from about 200 to 20, the Army recently awarded its first cloud computing contract to several contractors, including Microtech, Lockheed Martin...
- While nearly every device is getting smaller and more efficient, information is getting much bigger and unwieldy.
- The partnership between C3 and SAIC creates formidable duo to compete with Schneider Electric, ABB, and Siemens for energy management services and smart grid integration....
- This year will bring about major changes in how organizations of any size analyze and utilize their energy use. Here's what data center owners and operators can expect to see in the coming months....
- How can you have more clouds and greater visibility? It's easy, when the clouds are internet data centers hosting the next generation of energy and sustainability management software...
- OneReport aims to take away some of the pain from the ever-growing surge of sustainability information requests....
- An app created by Volvo employees who wanted to shrink the carbon footprint of their commutes has been named the most environmentally friendly project for 2011 by tech magazine CIO....
- Sourcemap, the crowdsourced archive of supply chain information, is readying for a big 2012 with new product and service offerings geared toward large firms with complex supply chains....
- Although it's not often discussed in the context of UN climate summits, there is a strong role that technology in the climate fight, which is why Microsoft has sent a delegation to each of the last......
- New research shows just how much energy companies can save from a migration, even while the same research shows even wider business benefits from cloud computing....
- With all the talk about cloud computing and its impact on business, innovation and sustainability, it's important to understand what the cloud is -- and what it isn't. James Staten of Forrester busts......
- Autodesk is on a mission to dispel any doubts about the power and possibilities that cloud computing brings to sustainable design. The technology and its impacts on design are Topic A at company's......
- Although it's a relatively young market, there is a surprising amount of activity taking place in the enterprise carbon and energy management field. Here are some of the latest signs of progress....
- Jones Lang LaSalle joins the growing list of companies that are offering expanded building performance management services through a cloud-based software system....
- The boom in sustainability-themed events creates a nearly hypocritical carbon footprint for people most engaged in creating a low-carbon world. I'm pledging to use the many technologies available to......
- What's the potential of the cloud to change building design? A recent webcast offered a high-level view of the opportunities, current struggles and ways in which vendors are trying to bridge......
- Has the social network caved in to Greenpeace's demands in announcing its plans to build a massive, renewably powered data center near the Arctic Circle?...
