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Monday News Roundup
- Don Tennant, Senior Editor-at-Large at Computer World argues that it’s going to take regulation in the form of cap-and-trade to make meaningful changes in the power consumption of data centers. By the time regulation arrives, data center managers may be caught unaware.
- Frank Hayes, his colleague and senior news columnist, argues that measures like turning off the PC at night is a band-aid approach to Green IT. Real changes need to come from hardware and software developers. Some interesting points here.
- Google ( has posted videos of its much-vaunted container-based data center on YouTube, along with three seminars from a data center energy efficiency conference.
- According to a new report from Forrester Research (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Interest-in-Green-PC-Software-Rising-Study-Says-652687/), interest in PC power management software is growing thanks to the recession.
- Gartner reports that 60 percent of European firms are planning green initiatives, and one third will dedicate over 15 percent of their IT capital budgets to green programs.
- Congresswoman Doris Matsui concluded a week-long tour of Sacramento-area clean energy and green technology businesses and announced the creation of the Green Jobs Caucus in Congress.
- Applying lean methods such as reducing inventory and overproduction can reduce the toxic waste stream produced by IT equipment ().
- Here are ten steps that any IT department can take, today, without any cost, to begin greening the department. While you’re over there, check out the other features in the Green IT Special Section, including a list of top Green IT vendors and success stories (with cash savings) of Green IT efforts.
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