How do you change the world with pond scum? The answer is simple: there is no more efficient source of sustainably produced food, feed, chemical, and energy products available on the Earth today.

(6-May-11) A tight economy affects us in a lot of ways: less travel, fewer new cars, less discretionary income in general. But it also tends to put the brakes on IT spending aimed at improving data center efficiency. At the same time, when the...

This week's letter takes many of the clean-energy issues so dear to investors and technologists today square-on, and brings the matter down to spending the same brain cells getting things done: getting them installed and used.

Having taken an annual surplus, in the midst of this country's greatest economic expansion, and spent it into a mountain of unnecessary war and economic destruction, the Republican Party has reversed course 180 degrees in just two years, and...

The current triple crisis has put Japan under stresses far beyond what any planner had imagined. In doing so, it has provided an opportunity to see the real Japanese global economic model laid bare.

Today, we face a greater challenge: preventing past and current human activities from bringing so much climate change upon our species that we suffer beyond imagination. While fools spend money to make sure no action is taken, so they can make a...

Last week's Special Letter by Randy Foutch led to requests by many members to see the actual solution set, put forward by the CTO Advisory Board, regarding how to avoid catastrophic climate change. You said you wanted the answers, so, this week,...

Be kind to the environment and your company's bank account. Learn ways to save while going green.

London, ON - June 17th , 2010 – After a four month coast to coast search, The Quest for Canada’s Smartest IT announced the winners of Smartest and Greenest IT departments in Canada at a gala event in Toronto last night. Info-Tech Research...

Sentilla, one of several vendors in a growing category of off-the-shelf data center energy measurement solutions, recently announced the release of Sentilla Energy Manager 3.0. This release introduces several features and enables energy...

(18-Mar-10) The explosion of communication and Internet traffic has made energy hogs of IT networks. Collectively, the information and communications technology industry emits 300 million tons of greenhouse gases annually -- the same amount as...

Despite the opportunity to reduce total printing costs by up to 65%, organizations often shy away from printer consolidation initiatives. Executives must understand what printer consolidation is, what the barriers to implementation are, and why...

How will cloud computing impact enterprise IT? In answering this question, references to water wheels and modern electric utilities will sometimes come up. This is a useful, though deeply flawed, historical analogy. Don't think hydro turbines....

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This tool assesses the probability that an organization will be successful when implementing green IT initiatives. Measure the organization's likelihood of successfully realizing the environmental and business benefits of green IT, and consider...

The recent hype surrounding green IT has left some smaller organizations wondering what steps they can take to ensure initiatives yield successful results. Green IT not only benefits the environment, but can also help the bottom line by cutting...

Flywheel technology is emerging in the market as a strong alternative to UPS battery-based ride-through systems in the data center. Active Power presents a leading product in the flywheel UPS system market that can decrease downtime, operating...

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Some organizations want to green their IT departments but are unaware of what options are available and what factors ensure successful implementation. Info-Tech identifies nine green IT initiatives that organizations should consider not only to...

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Based on data from a recent Info-Tech study, this tool assesses an organization's chances of success when implementing green IT initiatives. Understand the organization's current probability of success and consider recommendations to improve...

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Info-Tech sees increased interest in energy measurement solutions for data centers and end-user infrastructure. However, such solutions are unlikely to make attractive projects unless IT can roughly quantify the true cost of electricity as...

Vendors will promote the energy efficiency and associated cost savings of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). However, Info-Tech finds that energy savings are substantial only in large scale VDI plus thin client deployments. Use this note to...

Collecting data on end-user device energy use can be relatively painless, especially if IT already has built-in tools at its disposal. Learn why an understanding of the true operational costs of energy is now important to many businesses, and...

In the data center, options for energy monitoring and measurement are beginning to proliferate. Understand why IT shops are benchmarking energy use now, which components need to be measured in data centers, and three options for getting started...

Businesses have been placing emphasis on being more environmentally responsible, both in and outside of the IT department. However, in tough economic times, limited budgets and staff constraints seem to push green initiatives down on the...

Few IT shops fully understand their true energy costs, but as electricity prices continue to rise and environmental concerns mount, energy measurement will be critical in developing an accurate picture. Understand why energy expenses have IT...

Greening the data center, through initiatives such as server consolidation and virtualization, yields significant cost savings due to reduced energy use. However, there are more financial benefits to be realized beyond those cost savings....

As the cost of energy rises, controlling and reducing energy consumption in the IT department, particularly in the server room, has become an urgent issue for IT managers. Look beyond the initiatives that increase energy efficiency in the server...

As the cost of energy rises, controlling and reducing energy consumption in the IT department, particularly in the server room, has become an urgent issue for IT managers. All server rooms present the opportunity to increase energy efficiency,...

As the cost of energy rises, controlling and reducing energy consumption in the IT department ? particularly in the server room ? has become an urgent issue for IT managers. All server rooms present the opportunity to increase energy efficiency,...

Learn to build a Green IT Action Plan by setting realistic goals and choosing projects that IT can perform autonomously. The resulting environmental benefits and cost savings help prove that more extensive projects are both feasible and...

Developments in thin client and virtualization have renewed interest in thin client as a replacement for PCs. Those looking into the technology should not make acquisition cost savings their reason for investing in thin client. Long-term...