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Government IT: Open Source, Virtualization and Clouds on the Rise

May 17, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

The U.S. Government, despite its massive appetite for IT, doesn’t conjure images of a forward thinking or nimble entity when it comes to adopting technology – cutting-edge research arms notwithstanding. But things are changing. Kim Hart of The Washington Post…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures, Virtualization Tagged With: Cloud Computing, government, Green IT, open source, spending, Virtualization

Virtuals Machines to Outnumber Physical Servers in EU

May 17, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Virtualization is poised to help crowd out physical servers in Europe in 2009 according to IDC. iTWire reports: According to IDC the number of server systems shipped with a virtualization platform reached 358,000 units in 2008 and, it says, “the…

Filed Under: Stats & Figures, Virtualization Tagged With: server, server virtualization, statistics, virtual server, Virtualization

Green IT – Did You Know?

May 14, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Enjoy this short and sweet Green IT-themed slideshow by Henrico Dolfing, a Sharepoint and all-around enterprise collaboration expert. In it, he discusses several of my favorite topics including virtualization, telecommuting and power management. Check it out! Green ITView more presentations…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures Tagged With: Green IT, Power Management, presentation, server virtualization, slideshow, statistics, telecommuting

SAP Releases 2008 Sustainability Report

May 12, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

I’m always curious to see if companies that push Green IT indeed practice what they preach. SAP, which recently made a curious move into environmental impact reporting software, just published its 2008 sustainability report, complete with its own URL. Unlike…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures Tagged With: carbon footprint, Data Center, datacenter, SAP, sustainability, thin client, Virtualization

Virtualization Pays Off

May 8, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

…or at least IT managers that have implemented the technology in their datacenters seem to think so. This TechRepublic blog post offers us these encouraging words: Even in these fragile economic times, CIOs are investing in virtualization. A 2008…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures, Virtualization Tagged With: CIO, Data Center, datacenter, IT Manager, management, server, virtual server, Virtualization

Federal Agencies Meeting 95 Percent EPEAT Goal

April 18, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

As of last year, agencies within the federal government were required to make 95 percent of their IT purchases Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) certified. How are they doing so far? According to Government Computer News, surprisingly well. “Thirteen…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures Tagged With: Dell, desktop, Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, EPEAT, government, Green IT, monitor

McAfee Assesses Spam's Environmental Damage

April 15, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Spam. We all hate it for obvious reasons, but here’s a new one that really draws an eco-geek’s ire. According to research conducted by McAfee and ICF, every year 33 terawatt hours (TWh) are wasted transmitting, smiting and otherwise dealing…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures Tagged With: carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, CO2, CO2 emissions, e-mail, emissions, GHG, greenhouse gas, McAfee, McColo, security, software, spam, terawatt

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