April 22, 2008
Savoring the fruits of the Green 15's seeds
There are plenty of valuable lessons in sustainability to be gleaned from InfoWorld's 2008 Green 15 winners
19 RecommendationsSpurred by business needs as well as environmental concerns, green IT projects blossomed in datacenters and on desktops throughout the world in 2007.
To encourage environmentally sound practices in a world where the serious repercussions of climate change are becoming all too clear, we at InfoWorld are proud to present our first annual Green 15 award recipients to those organizations that have made significant energy-saving, waste-reducing initiatives.
[ Stay up to date on green tech with InfoWorld's Sustainable IT blog, with our Green Tech Topic Center, and with the Green Tech newsletter. ]
This year's winners are, in alphabetical order:
• BT Group retrofits to reduce carbon footprint
• Bryant University's datacenter built to scale efficiently
• Digital Realty Trust mines energy savings from LEED Gold
• EMC gets greener with IT-facilities partnership
• Fujitsu taps hydrogen power to fuel energy savings
• Hewlett-Packard manages power efficiency from afar
• IBM tackles IT energy efficiency on a Big Blue scale
• GM2 Logistics marries SANs and sustainability
• The Green Grid's metrics sow the seeds for IT sustainability
• Juniper Networks sheds nearly 1.3B watts
• Miami-Dade County Public Schools pinches PC power consumption
• NetApp manages to keep its cool
• One Laptop Per Child's low-power laptop empowers and inspires
• Sun Microsystems plants pods for sustainability and savings
• Verizon Wireless rings in desktop power savings
White Paper
D2D Virtual Tape Library Replication Primer
This whitepaper explains the terminology and concepts behind Data Replication technologies and establishes some sizing rules through worked examples. Learn the new paradigm in disaster tolerance—protect data anywhere.
Download now »
White Paper
An Alternative to Virtualization for Datacenter Cost Savings
Server virtualization is a popular option for dealing with mounting datacenter costs. Another equally promising approach is the use of an Application Delivery Controller. Citrix NetScaler provides a low-cost way for organizations to reduce their server count and accrue cost savings from a reduction in space, cooling, power and personnel.
Download now »
White Paper
Why Your Firewall, VPN, and IEEE 802.11i Aren't Enough to Protect Your Network
The emergence of WLANs has created a new breed of security threats to enterprise networks.
Included in HP ProCurve WLAN solutions is security technology that alleviates threats from WLANs through:
* Monitoring wireless activity inside and out of the enterprise
* Classifying WLAN transmissions into harmful and harmless
* Preventing transmissions that pose a security threat to the enterprise network
* Locating participating devices for physical remediation
White Paper
Bringing the Edge to the Data Center
Effectively address data protection challenges, implementing solutions that help store and protect business–critical data while cutting costs and improving efficiency and reliability.
Download now »
Sign up to receive InfoWorld Resource Alerts
See how AT&T can help protect your network. Make IT Work As One at novell.comHP ProLiant G6 Servers. Perform like a superstar, Save like an accountant.HP ProLiant G6 Servers. Perform like a superstar, Save like an accountant.Unified Communications: Thoughts, Strategies and Predictions. Join the discussionOptimize Linux* for high performance and energy efficiency on Intel® architectureSee how Intel is working across the Open Source ecosystem to help drive rapid technological innovationKeep your IT expertise up to date. Join the Intel Premier IT Professionals. Increase UPS efficiency without sacrificing protectionIn less than 45 minutes, Palisade Systems protects your data
Today’s IT means business. New eBook shows you how to align your IT investments.A new level of interoperability. Make IT Work As One at novell.comLimited-time offer: Save up to $100 on Polycom phones. 64-page prescriptive guide to security, compliance, and IT operations.Drive innovation with Intel and Open Source softwareLinux Contributions and Support from IntelLearn about Foundations of Green IT, from CTO Marty PoniatowskiTDWI checklist helps define data readiness for analytics. Download report.<802.11n Drives an Architectural EvolutionSee IBM CloudBurst's self-service user interface in action
