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Nortel Energy Efficiency Calculator Slams Cisco Products The IT energy wars are getting uglier: Nortel has released an independently verified report demonstrating that its data networking products use significantly less energy than competing Cisco products. Cisco may have lost a $2 million contract as a result, according to Nortel exec Tony Rybczynski. Read more... Also This Week... New Fujitsu Computer Monitor Uses No Energy in Idle Mode Fujitsu Siemens Computers says it has developed the world's first monitor that requires no electricity at all while on standby. Read more... Rackspace Plans Biomass-Powered Datacenter IT hosting provider Rackspace has begun loading equipment into a new datacenter in Berkshire, U.K., that will run on biomass energy from wood chips, wastepaper, and fiber fuel. Read more... IT Managers Consider Pulling the Plug on Idle Servers Nearly two-thirds of IT managers rate their datacenter energy efficiency "average" or worse – and idling servers in their development and test environments are one of the biggest culprits, according to a new survey from Cassatt. Read more... Headhunting Firm Launches Energy-Czar Placement Service Executive search firm A.E. Feldman is helping large corporations hire "energy czars" to mastermind their energy efficiency initiatives for IT operations. Read more... Cisco Debuts TelePresence for Large Meetings, Small Offices Cisco has unveiled two new versions of its TelePresence videoconferencing system spanning both ends of the meeting-size spectrum, from one-on-one conversations to large training sessions. Read more... More Green IT News & Tools... We want to hear from you! Post your comments or questions below any SLM news story and we'll feature the best of them here. (Note: You must be a registered SLM user to post. Not yet signed up? Click here!) Forward to a Friend! Time Is Running Out! Sustainable Brands '08 is about meeting people, digging in to just-out-of-the-field market research, and hearing about product product design and brand communication strategies that are already resulting in revenue growth and brand value at leading companies big and small. Have you reserved your seat yet? Register today! Solution Providers BMW's Bennie Vorster on Using Renewable Energy for Green IT BMW is two-thirds of the way through a three-year green IT program to improve the efficiency of its datacenters and desktop IT systems. In this podcast, BMW VP Bennie Vorster talks about the company's Munich datacenter, where using renewable energy resources has reduced cooling costs. (Computer Weekly) Listen now... Find Peers and Partners If you haven’t already joined the fastest growing online sustainable business community, create a profile now and start connecting.

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