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IBM's "Mainframe Gas Gauge" Pegs Machines' Watts per Hour
IBM has launched a program that shows mainframe customers precisely how much energy their machines consume for work actually performed.
The new metering system calculates a machine's watts per hour — similar to automobile miles per gallon estimates or appliance kilowatt per year ratings. These power statistics, which can either be observed in real-time or summarized to establish long-term trends, enable customers determine their exact cost savings from energy efficiency programs.
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Office Depot Offers New Tech Recycling Service
Office Depot has launched a nationwide in-store recycling program for unwanted electronics equipment. Read more...
Green IT Expert Says Donate, Don't Recycle
Businesses should treat electronics recycling as a last resort, opting instead to purchase machines with reusable, easily replaceable parts, according to Simon Dury of Envirowise, a U.K. government program that advises businesses on green issues. Read more...
Sun Launches Servers Based on New Energy-Efficient Chip
Sun has unveiled the first servers based on its UltraSparc T2 chip, introduced in August as a high-performance, energy-efficient microprocessor geared toward business applications such as hosting websites and running corporate networks. Read more...
Green IT Tops Gartner's Ten Strategic Technologies for 2008
Research firm Gartner Inc. has put green IT at the top of its list of ten strategic technologies for next year, saying that if businesses don't improve data center energy efficiency, the government may force them to do so. Read more...
Report: To Minimize Risk, Businesses Should Outsource Green IT
With stricter environmental regulation on the horizon, businesses should consider outsourcing their IT operations to companies with a well-defined environmental strategy, according to a new report from hosting provider Rackspace. Read more...
For a look at Rackspace's own green initiatives, click here.
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Why Business Shouldn't Confuse "Lean" with "Green"
"Sustainable IT" blogger Ted Samson got ahold of an interesting report from the Gartner research firm that makes a clear distinction between "lean IT" and "green IT." What's the difference? Green means to environmentally sustainable whereas lean means operationally cost-efficient and, as the report suggests, it can be dangerous for businesses to conflate the two. Read more...
Rackspace Embraces Environmental Responsibility
The web hosting firm's Greenspace Initiative, rolled out in June, promotes eco responsibility throughout the company — not only in the technology it uses in its data centers but also among employees. The program addresses everything from recycling to carbon emission offsets and feeds an eco-friendly corporate culture that starts at the top and works its way down, says company CTO John Engates. (eWeek) Read more...
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