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The Green IT Perspective

By Matthew Wheeland

We're just two weeks into the new year and the new decade, and it's already been a booming year for green IT. Witness as Exhibit A the latest stimulus funds directed at green IT projects. While still a trickle compared to the billions in bank bailouts -- and even billions in other stimulus projects -- it still marks progress in wider recognition and adoption of green IT as an environmental imperative.

Exhibit B runs parallel to Exhibit A, with industry and research groups jumping head-first into a project to make ICT 1000 times more efficient. The Green Touch initiative, spearheaded by Bell Labs and its parent, Alcatel-Lucent, aims to drive the amount of energy your gadgets, computers and data centers need way, way down.

These two exhibits are just a drop in the bucket, and in my latest blog post I argue that they're the first trickles of a flood that mean 2010 may well be the year green IT 2.0 breaks out -- when green innovations go beyond data centers and computer energy efficiency and begins to transform every aspect of our daily lives. Check out the post for more details.



   The Latest Green IT News
Green Touch Initiative Aims to Make ICT 1,000 Times Greener
By GreenerComputing Staff

A new coalition spearheaded by Bell Labs has set a goal to make communications networks 1,000 times more energy efficient in just five years.... Read More



EPEAT Tightens Up Green IT Certification Requirements

IT Energy Efficiency Projects to Receive $115 Million

CES Roundup: Fuel Cells at Home, Casio's Mercury-Free Projector, Controllable Outlets

CES Roundup: Smarter Thermostats, LED Bulbs, Efficient Monitors

Nokia, Sony Ericsson Retain Top Spots in Green Electronics Guide


   Featured News
Will 2010 Be the Year Green IT 2.0 Breaks Out?
By Matthew Wheeland

The first two weeks of the new decade have found widespread government, industry and academic support for applying IT's power to the greening business operations -- while also cutting the power needed to run the plugged-in world.... Read More


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The Presidio and the Evolution of the Green MBA
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