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September 26, 2007

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70% of IT Execs See Energy Savings in Smarter Data Storage
IT departments want storage vendors to cut the amount of power their products require, but admit that better management and alternative storage methods could produce significant energy savings, according to a new survey. Read more...



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IBM Urged to Lead Green-Technology Charge
IBM's Big Green initiative has taken home the first-ever Green IT Initiative of the Year award at this year's CNET Networks U.K. Business Technology Awards. The judges awarded IBM the prize in hopes the company will use its position to promote green technology in the IT industry. Read more...

Intel Launches Linux Energy Efficiency Project
Intel has launched an open-source community project designed to "meet the growing demands for increased energy efficiency across the computing spectrum." Read more...

Dell Simplifies Recycling for Small Business
Dell has unveiled a new online product recovery and recycling service enabling business customers with fewer than ten pieces of computer equipment to easily manage, return, and track unwanted products. Read more...

Tools & Frameworks

Five Strategies for Cutting Data Center Energy Costs Through Enhanced Cooling Efficiency
Cooling accounts for 35% of data center energy consumption. Discover strategies that can reduce cooling energy costs by as much as 40%, including simple steps you can take to get more from your existing cooling system and emerging technologies that can increase cooling capacity and data center density. (free registration required) Download now...

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Tesco CIO Colin Cobain on Greening IT and Retail Technology

In this interview with silicon.com, Tesco's group IT director Colin Cobain talks about the supermarket giant's move to standard global systems and processes, reveals plans to cut IT energy consumption, and gives an update on trials of radio frequency ID tags to track goods through the supply chain. (Run Time: 9:52 Min.) Watch now...

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