Intel's CEO Calls for IT to Reduce its Carbon Output
In keeping with a green theme at the Oracle OpenWorld conference, Paul Ottellini yesterday made the case for the need and business benefits of reducing the total energy used by IT companies and computer products.
Speaking at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco yesterday, Paul Ottellini made the case for the need and business benefits of reducing the total energy used by IT companies and computer products.
Among those benefits: Otellini said Intel had saved $2 billion in energy costs through company-wide initiatives to reduce electricity use. The company has done so by trimming the amount of energy it need to make computer chips by 20 percent over the past few years, as part of its larger goal of cutting carbon from manufacturing by 30 percent before 2010.
Intel was also named the top green power purchaser in the U.S. in 2008, and more recently has been promoting new technologies to save energy use in the data center.
OracleWorld as a conference is also touting its green cred this year, including offering stationary bikes to power electronics, food served on biodegradable plates, and a host of green-themed presentations and products under the heading "The Green Program."
Oracle is also using OpenWorld as the venue to announce the winners of its 2008 "Empower the Green Enterprise" awards, aimed at companies who are using Oracle solutions to boost energy-efficient and environmentally friendly business practices. Among the winners of the awards were Alcoa, BT, Dell, Fiji Water, Motorola, PG&E, Sun, and others.
Among those benefits: Otellini said Intel had saved $2 billion in energy costs through company-wide initiatives to reduce electricity use. The company has done so by trimming the amount of energy it need to make computer chips by 20 percent over the past few years, as part of its larger goal of cutting carbon from manufacturing by 30 percent before 2010.
Intel was also named the top green power purchaser in the U.S. in 2008, and more recently has been promoting new technologies to save energy use in the data center.
OracleWorld as a conference is also touting its green cred this year, including offering stationary bikes to power electronics, food served on biodegradable plates, and a host of green-themed presentations and products under the heading "The Green Program."
Oracle is also using OpenWorld as the venue to announce the winners of its 2008 "Empower the Green Enterprise" awards, aimed at companies who are using Oracle solutions to boost energy-efficient and environmentally friendly business practices. Among the winners of the awards were Alcoa, BT, Dell, Fiji Water, Motorola, PG&E, Sun, and others.
