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ColdWatt: Making Servers Mean and Green Replacing your existing power supplies with more efficient alternatives from ColdWatt could save $50,000 a year for a 400-server datacenter. Got your attention? (InfoWorld) Read more... Does IT Need a Chief Energy Officer? A new survey of 420 IT purchasers from large enterprises in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and China found that 82% are now monitoring the issue of climate change closely, but almost two-thirds have no defined energy strategy to help limit their carbon emissions and enhance their energy efficiency. (BusinessGreen) Read more... Vendors Push Green IT, But Are You Ready to Buy? While 85% of IT professionals surveyed in a new Forrester report said environmental factors are important in planning IT operations, only one-quarter said they have written green criteria into their company’s purchasing processes. (Environmental Leader) Read more... IT Companies Surge at California Energy-Efficiency Awards Winners of this year's Flex Your Power awards included Adobe, Cisco, HP, Qualcomm, and Sun, while AMD was a runner-up. (InfoWorld) Read more... IBM Shifts $1 Billion into Effort to Green Data Centers In a sign that environmental sensibilities are informing business strategies, IBM Corp. is spending $1 billion to spread technologies and services that could make corporate computing centers more energy efficient. (Associated Press via San Jose Mercury News) Read more... Green IT Conversations Where is IT headed and what does that mean for your business? Join the discussion! IT Innovators Speak! AUDIO: Sun's Dave Douglas Sees the Light Dave Douglas, VP of "Eco Responsibility" at Sun Microsystems, explains why green is good for the electronics business. (Run Time: 13:02 Min.) Listen now... Solution Providers

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