This paper describes the critical importance of managing energy and provides an overview of the problems and issues associated with "greening" today's enterprises. It then shares insights and solutions that organizations can use to optimize energy requirements while maintaining service levels. Specifically, it describes how IBM Tivoli® solutions offer an integrated approach for managing energy in the context of risk by providing an end-to-end view of IT resources, services, IT and facilities assets, energy costs and response time.
This white paper discusses the importance of managing energy consumption and how systems management technologies contribute to green management. The paper provides an overview of green data centers and the significant role played by direct and indirect power consumption in today's data centers, as well as technology aspects of green data center management. It then describes the specific ways IBM Tivoli® solutions can help optimize energy use in the data center.
This paper presents the results of a study conducted by Info- Tech Research Group with more than 1,000 IT professionals in midsize businesses, from 12 countries (including Canada) and eight industries. It examines the impact and adoption rates of 11 Green IT initiatives in mid-size organizations around the world. Find out which are the most popular for yielding immediate cost reduction benefits along with a reduced environmental footprint. Discover the success businesses are experiencing in reducing costs and environmental impact through Green IT, and read about featured leading-edge, mid-size organizations that are ahead of the curve
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WHITE PAPER: Why companies are investing in green IT
(26 Jun 2009)
Notes one survey participant, “It’s not that we’re tree-huggers, but we’re interested in saving money.” Register for access to the full white paper from IBM and Info-Tech Research...
Green marketplace showcases environment-friendly techs
(13 May 2009)
Green technology vendors assembled at the Greening Greater Toronto Marketplace, part of the Ontario Centres of Excellence Discovery conference this year. Why Regen Energy’s Enviro-Grid is based on insect swarm logic. WITH VIDEO...
Green was again IT’s favourite colour this year as both vendors and companies continue to tackle the eco-friendly issues of the data centre, server room, and trash-heap....
Print optimization can save businesses a lot of money, but CIOs remain elusive adopters. HP and others give advice on how IT managers might change their minds...
ClimateCHECK is trying to quantify the environmental impact of IT products, including data centres, power and printers. How Ontario’s government is tackling electronic waste...
Outsourcer, storage vendor tout their green strategies
(22 Feb 2008)
An executive from EDS, which employs hardware recycling firms, warns many entry-level servers are underutilized. Meanwhile, EMC says virtualization can cut energy costs....
Hayden Hamilton has created software the can analyze every page of every document sent to a printer looking for unnecessary characteristics -- like that last page with just a URL, banner ad, logo or legal jargon -- eliminate them...
You don't have to drive a Prius, have a worm bin out back, or keep a picture of Al Gore under your pillow to be concerned about saving energy and natural resources. I think everyone can agree that saving money is good. It just so happens that reducing the amount of electricity your computer, monitor, printer, and other electronic devices use is both environmentally friendly and economical. It's also easy when you know how. Here are eight ways to do that and more....
Businesses and public entities today face increasing pressure to develop policies that are both good for the planet and good for business. A framework developed by IBM offers businesses and other organizations a
comprehensive approach to energy and environmental issues. The framework helps identify and prioritize environmental efforts by breaking down problems and opportunities into seven distinct business areas, which can then be segmented into manageable projects.
