Emailing "Monday News Roundup"
It’s Monday, and that means it’s time for the Monday News Roundup! Here’s what’s happening in the world of green tech.
- According to a survey by IDC, 68 percent of IT executives rated energy efficiency as “top of mind” when thinking about green IT, while 51 percent said their organization’s approach to green was directly tied to cost savings. The bad news? 78 percent said that their organizations have no budgets in place for Green IT.
- Blogger James Governor thinks that outrage at companies for failing to meet corporate sustainability goals will lead to companies managing expectations rather than tackling environmental problems.
- Victoria University (that’s in Australia for the geographically-challenged) expects to save A$300,000 over the next 10 years by consolidating all its servers into two green data centers. That’s about $218,000 USD for the foreign exchange-challenged.
- In an interview with Investors Business Daily Dell exec Albert Esser claims virtualization is the key to greener data centers, and its own internal efforts have saved $52 million in costs the last three years.
- What to do with old computer and server equipment? Dian Schaffhauser explores this in the educational setting.
- Phase One of Silicon Border has been completed. The science park, located on the U.S.-Mexico border in Mexicali, hopes to attract green tech companies involved in the specialized needs of solar cell and semiconductor process technology.
- The Uptime Institute IT Symposium: Lean, Clean & Green kicks off today in the New York Hilton. Are you there?
- The Green Grid announced a free online tool and maps designed to help North American data center and facilities managers easily determine how much outside air is available for individual data centers. The tool is free, and the cooling to your servers is free too!
- The BICSI Winter 2009 meeting, held in January, attracted more than 4,800 attendees, including IT professionals examining Green IT initiatives.
- • IBM will help businesses and government agencies develop guidelines for their suppliers to ensure those suppliers are green and ethical.