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“No good excuses not to power down PCs”
By Ted Samson
InfoWorld: APRIL 16, 2009
Link: http://www.infoworld.com/d/green-it/no-good-excuses-not-power-down-pcs-705
“But there's one green tech initiative that I firmly believe every organization out there should embrace now: PC power management. Computers and monitors all over the world are left powered during non-working hours, wasting electricity. That directly affects the bottom line, as it means higher energy bills; it also means your organization has a larger carbon footprint”.
“When PCs don't snooze, you lose”
By Ted Samson
InfoWorld: JUNE 14, 2007
Link: http://www.infoworld.com/d/green-it/when-pcs-dont-snooze-you-lose-634
“PC and monitor power management falls under that easy-to-measure, cost-saving, carbon- reducing, CFO-self-masochism-inducing category. The bottom line is, lots of organizations leave their PCs and monitors humming nights and weekends when no one is around to use them. Powering down those systems can result in as much as $45 in energy savings per PC and $30 per monitor, per year, according to Energy Star”.
“Free money boosts green tech's appeal”
By Ted Samson
InfoWorld: JULY 29, 2009
Link: http://www.infoworld.com/d/green-it/free-money-boosts-green-techs-appeal-059
“Better yet, you may find that you can secure partial or even full funding for energy-saving technology projects from an unexpected source: your friendly neighborhood utility. An ever-increasing number of energy providers across the country, from Hawaii to New York, have rolled out incentive programs for organizations to deploy various green-technology products, from PC power management to server virtualization and beyond. These programs are certainly enticing; it's effectively free money, after all.”
“25 facts you should know about green IT”
By Ted Samson
InfoWorld: Created 2009-02-12 04:00AM
Link: http://www.infoworld.com/d/green-it/25-facts-you-should-know-about-green-it-909
“What's the biggest power hog in the datacenter? Who urged the president to support green federal datacenters? Find out these answers and 23 more facts below”.
Tech's looming battle against rising energy costs
By Betsy Harter
InfoWorld: SEPTEMBER 09, 2008
Link: http://www.infoworld.com/d/green-it/techs-looming-battle-against-rising-energy-costs-591
“Commercial data centers are rapidly multiplying in number and size to meet modern computing demands. The EPA has estimated that data centers' and servers' energy consumption represented 1.5 percent of US electricity consumption in 2006, having doubled from consumption in 2000 and expected to double again by 2012.1 The energy demands of servers and the data centers that house them, particularly the required cooling equipment, represents a significant cost to the companies operating these centers and equipment”.
“Green IT numbers don't lie”
By Ted Samson
InfoWorld: MAY 15, 2008
Link: http://www.infoworld.com/d/green-it/green-it-numbers-dont-lie-809
“Stark statistics shed light on the needs driving green computing: If a picture's worth a thousand words, how many are statistics worth, I wonder? I have some numbers this week that speak volumes as to why so many companies have green IT on the brain -- or why they should. These figures come from management consultancy McKinsey and Company, part of a report titled "Revolutionizing Data Center Efficiency," issued at the recent Uptime Institute's Green Computing Symposium. If someone at your company is pooh-poohing the notion of even investigating sustainable IT opportunities, some of these numbers might give them pause to reconsider”.
“10 power-saving myths debunked”
By Logan G. Harbaugh
InfoWorld: Created 2008-10-06
Link: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/10-power-saving-myths-debunked-240#talkback
“Companies are finding themselves embroiled in a power crisis as they struggle to find ways to rein in soaring energy costs -- as well as do their part to address global climate change. However, how can you be certain that the power-saving strategies your company has adopted are, in fact, the best ones? After all, there are plenty of myths out there about saving energy that are patently false. In this report, we examine 10 such myths and bring the truth to light”.
- “Power cycling doesn't just save energy. It's a zero-cost aid to maximizing server availability”.
- “Build power management into your services architecture and make it part of the message that you send to users and customers”.
“HP wants you to turn off your PC”
By Mikael Ricknäs
InfoWorld: JUNE 03, 2009
Link: http://www.infoworld.com/t/desktop-computers/hp-wants-you-turn-your-pc-931
“According to a study by the Berkeley National Labs, 64 percent of business desktop users and 24 percent of laptop users don't switch of their computers at the end of the day or when they don't need it anymore... HP estimates that 100,000 users shutting down their work computers at the end of each day would be the equivalent of eliminating about 105 cars from the road each day”.
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