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Forrestor Rolls Out Green Calculator For Green IT

Forrestor Research, Inc. has introduced green IT baseline calculator , online tool to help IT professionals calculate their green IT baseline.
Doug Washburn explains how this baseline calculator can help in quantifying Green IT implementation practice:

* Guide your greening efforts with solid data. Avoid guessing about what to green first by […]

Five trends for business technology in 2009. Green Computing see you in 2010?

One of the big unknowns we have in 2009 is the fate of green IT budget. Is it there as part of the budget? If yes, then is it going to survive the worst recession since World War II?. We don’t know all this. We are in cut-to-the-bone phase now. I won’t be surprised […]

Power Saving Tips for Windows 7

After it’s much criticized “Vista” version ,Microsoft is coming up with “Windows 7” which claims to reduce  electricity bills as compared to its older versions.

(Follow complete Windows 7 analysis on engineering team blog)
It’s main focus will be on reducing idle power consumption and supporting new device power modes. Windows 7 starts up, shuts down, resumes […]

Study Claims Google Search Queries Adding to Global Warming

Now this is interesting. Harvard University physicist, Alex Wissner-Gross, has calculated environmental impact of a typical Google search query and results are not something Al Gore, famous Google fan, will appreciate. TimesOnline reports:

While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2 Boiling a kettle generates […]

CIO Briefing: Being Green and Being Efficient are Two Sides of the Same Coin

If you are looking for ‘Going Green’ related words of wisdom then Gartner’s Executive Summary page has good content for CIOs

“There’s no conflict about being a green airline and being happy because of the value of fuel savings. Environmentalists and business have the same objectives for a change.”
— Henrik Ambak, former CIO and now head […]