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$75 Billion goes to Green projects

U Mass economist Robert Pollin suggests that three times as many jobs are created when funding is spent on green energy as opposed to traditional fossil fuel technology. The Solar Energy Industries Association says 119,000 jobs will be created in the solar industry alone as a result of President Obama's planned $75m stimulus package aimed at green technology. Do these numbers seem right to you? I am concerned that we are creating an industry for which there will be little ongoing demand (due to… Continue

Added by fritz schrichte on August 5, 2009 at 10:36am — No Comments

Tripp Kuehnis turns IT green

GreenTech Member Tripp Kuehnis is a busy man. When he’s not managing his family of eight, he runs business development for GNT Solutions. Tripp targets companies who not only need help with their IT infrastructure, but want to use their IT revamp as a way to cut energy costs and help their bottom line. GNT focuses on outsourcing to help clients reach this goal. Enter virtualization and cloud computing. For most GNT clients implementing a Green IT plan i… Continue

Added by fritz schrichte on March 2, 2009 at 11:02am — No Comments

Flexible display screens promise huge power savings

The Economist recently published an article about advances in paper-like display screens which show promise and should hit the market soon. Already available in black and white, these screens should be available in color soon- making them an intriguing option for computer and cell ph… Continue

Added by fritz schrichte on February 11, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

IT companies soften marketing of green technologies

How can you convince someone that an electronic machine is good for the environment? Over the last two years every IT vendor has made claims of efficiency and touted green initiatives that will end global warming. The undeniable fact is that power consumption will increase as we build more datacenters and bring millions more online every day. So how do you market efficiency without looking like you are jumping on the bandwagon? Though many IT comanies are no longer filling their home pages with… Continue

Added by fritz schrichte on September 30, 2008 at 11:42am — No Comments

Is Buying a Hybrid Worse for Environment than Keeping Your Old Car?

I have heard personal finance experts (and my mother) tell me many times that buying a new car is often a bad financial decision. Now here's some evidence to show that it may also be a bad ecological decision. Before you rush out and buy a Prius, you may want to check the market for an old Geo Metro instead, says EcoGeek.org: -Given that producing a car is an extremely energy and resource intensive endeavor, is it better for the environment to keep driving an old car, or to buy a new, more effi… Continue

Added by fritz schrichte on June 3, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Planet Green Network will Entertain, not Scold says CNBC

Looks like Discovery will be focusing more on how to be green and less on how to change a toilet. I am excited to see how this network does. The concept seems sound, attract a broad audience with some stars and entertainment and capitalize on the hottest topic today. From CNBC- Viewers who tune in the new Planet Green network expecting a sober documentary on the plight of the yellow-breasted whooping finch will be in for a surprise. Instead, they'll see celebrities such as Tommy Lee, Ludacris,… Continue

Added by fritz schrichte on June 3, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

Chambers/Gore "meet" at Voicecon

If you have not seen Telepresence in action, it is worth a trip to San Jose. This system was recently used to bring together some heavy hitters at Voicecon's event in Orlando: Sue Bostrom, Exec. VP, CMO, and John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco, with Al Gore, Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore joins John Chambers for a discussion of the critical role innovation can play in mitigating climate change. The virtual discussion simultaneously addresses live audiences in London, UK and… Continue

Added by fritz schrichte on March 31, 2008 at 8:47am — No Comments

Cisco's Paul Marcoux rethinks power in always on world

Interview with Cisco's VP of Green Engineering appears on ZDNet- Over the past few weeks, I’ve been updating my knowledge of green tech perspectives by talking to the executives running sustainability efforts at some of the biggest companies. A couple of days ago, I updated you about Xerox. Now, it’s Cisco’s turn. Paul Marcoux, vice president of green engineering at Cisco, was hired last fall to help coalesce the various green strategies at the networking giant. I do some consulting work for o… Continue

Added by fritz schrichte on March 31, 2008 at 8:37am — No Comments

Avaya and Aruba partnership helps teleworkers go GREEN

Aruba Networks And Avaya collaborate On GREEN Teleworker Voice And Data Access SolutionS Aruba Remote Access Points and Avaya IP Phones Simply and Securely Bring the Enterprise Experience to Remote Users SUNNYVALE, California, March 18, 2007 Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, today announced it is working with Avaya, Inc., a global leader in business communications applications, software and services, to provide a voice… Continue

Added by fritz schrichte on March 18, 2008 at 9:04am — No Comments

Cars and trucks have long been the most visible symbol of America's insatiable thirst for energy. Bu…

Cars and trucks have long been the most visible symbol of America's insatiable thirst for energy. But data centers—those sprawling computing centers that cram thousands of energy-hungry servers into air-conditioned rooms—though less visible, are starting to take their toll as well. As most CIOs know, data centers are wildly expensive and require gobs of electricity to maintain. And more than a few vendors are starting to feel the CIOs' pain, marketing their servers and processors as energy ef

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Added by fritz schrichte on November 26, 2007 at 8:42am — No Comments

Green Technology the Wikipedia way

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Added by fritz schrichte on November 26, 2007 at 8:37am — No Comments

Some great webcasts and content on Green Computing

IT power consumption is responsible for a huge amount of the world's energy usage. Here are a few informative resources I have foung covering how companies can manage their IT power usage and help reduce their carbon footprint.

A great webcast from Forbes:

http://itresearch.forbes.com/detail/RES/1190385270_858.html

dan Kuznetzky is the Virtualization guru over at ZD Net and principle of his own Anal

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Added by fritz schrichte on November 1, 2007 at 10:33am — No Comments