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In this wide-ranging interview with Bonnie Nixon Gardiner, Deborah Grove explores how HP has made greening its supply chain work toward its overall sustainability goals, and how other IT companies can benefit from the same practices.
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Server power consumption is certainly a big part of the problem of data center energy drain, but it only tells part of the story -- there are many other pieces of the puzzle that IT managers have to address in order to save on energy bills and improve their environmental performance.
by Vikram Mehta
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Small businesses make up the vast majority of offices in this country, and although large-scale IT solutions may be beyond their reach, there are plenty of ways smaller companies can save energy and reduce waste.
by Jim Rise
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Hard drives are an often-overlooked culprit in data centers' high energy usage. No matter what kind of drives your company is using, there are a range of solutions either already on the market or in development.
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Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics shows big improvements by some companies and low starts for others.
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With a looming data center energy crisis on the horizon, IT managers can today take proactive steps to meet tomorrow's data center challenges.
by Bruce Naegel
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Energy efficiency has the potential to benefit all aspects of a company -- from IT to facilities to marketing -- but without reimagining traditional, often rigid organizational thinking, the adoption of technologies that can benefit every department can stall before it even gets off the ground.
by Mike Andrews
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The Green500 list recognizes the world's most energy-efficient supercomputers, instead of the traditional recognition of the fastest (and often most power-consuming) machines.
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The new processors are the first to make use of Intel's new Hafnium-based chips made using its 45-nm manufacturing processes, and are expected to increase speed while lowering overall energy use.
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Although the rise of environmental awareness in IT departments has given a new tack for thin-client companies to promote their products, it's not clear if the enthusiasm for all things green will or even should lead IT to adoption of all technologies that lower power consumption.
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High-tech companies like web hosting provider Rackspace face a dual challenge in the green business world: greening their operations and helping their clients get green at the same time. The company's CTO, John Engates, explains how greening their data centers has caused ripples throughout their company and the industry.
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The retailer's recycling program, which premiered in 2006 in just 100 stores, has already diverted more than 100,000 pounds of electronics, batteries and printer cartridges from landfills.
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All businesses should evaluate their operating processes and incorporate practical environmental measures, according to Dell Inc.
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Green IT could significantly impact enterprises during the next three years, Gartner Inc. predicts. Potential regulations could complicate the plans of businesses that want to expand their data centers.
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If you are hoping to optimize the efficiency of your data center and cut power and cooling costs, don't remodel your data center or build a whole new one just yet. This step-by-step guide to assessing and analyzing data center costs can help IT managers strategize to maximize efficiency in their current data centers.
by Joe Bottazzi
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The Business Performance Management Forum and BlueArc Corp. partnered this week to launch a thought leadership program geared toward energy efficiencies in the IT sector.
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There is no shortage of ideas for how to reduce the energy used by data centers, but software solutions -- used in tandem with other strategies or as stand-alone fixes -- are often overlooked by companies feeling the pinch of power and storage demands.
by Bruce Naegel
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Dell Computer yesterday announced a new online product recovery and recycling service aimed at the small business market. The service starts at $25 per computer, and is intended to streamline the buying, set-up and disposal of IT hardware.
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Together with the Global Digital Solidarity Fund, HP will contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars to a new project that will assess how five African nations deal with e-waste, and then develop methods to improve recycling and reuse tailored to each country's needs.
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Lenovo's new PC, officially known as the ThinkCentre A61e, is the company's first EPEAT Gold-rated product, and surpasses the EPA's Energy Star 4.0 criteria for computer systems with its 85 percent efficient power supply.
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The relatively simple but eye-opening act of testing the energy used in various computer configurations at your company is one way to overcome an IT manager's biggest frustration: not knowing how much energy is used by each new piece of hardware.
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U.S. consumers view Dell, HP, Microsoft and Apple as the greenest tech companies of the land at a time when green factors are emerging as a 'critical-mass' consideration, according to a new survey released by Ipsos Insight.
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The expanded service will now offer free recycling for HP products to small businesses as well as to individuals, the company announced this week.
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IT asset disposal is an industry with compelling drivers: security, regulatory compliance and eco-responsibility. What should companies large and small look for in the company that disposes of your end-of-life IT assets?
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One of the lowest cost options for significantly cutting the cooling bill for your data center is an airside economizer, which in many cases can reduce annual cooling energy consumption by more than 60 percent.
by Peter Rumsey