The Green IT Perspective
By Preston Gralla
Every time you send or receive an email, you’re contributing ever so slightly to the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere. In fact, just storing mail on a server contributes emissions. A single email doesn’t add up to much, but put all the emails in the world together, and you’ve got a big problem. So if we could figure out a way to green email, we’d be doing a lot for the environment.
As I explain in my blog post, “Is Gmail the World’s Greenest Email?” there’s evidence that one of the best things you can do to green your email is to use Gmail. As I explain, developer Bob Gourley says that because Google’s data centers are so green, that means that Gmail is the greenest email you can use. He also touts Microsoft’s Hotmail as well. It’s in intriguing argument; to learn more check out “Is Gmail the World’s Greenest Email?”
We’ve all been subjected to this question at job interviews: What do you see yourself doing in five years? Likely, you’ve drawn a blank. But as I write in my latest blog post “Why IT Pros Will Become Chief Green Officers,” you now have a good answer: To be a Chief Green Officer (CGO). As I explain in my blog, IT staff are ideally suited for becoming CGOs because they know how to gather, manage, and analyze data, and greening the enterprise will be all about data. So check out my blog, then start planning your new career.
The Latest Green IT News
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By GreenerComputing Staff
Cosmetics giant Mary Kay cut its storage capacity and related energy requirements in half with the help of utility storage firm 3PAR. Meanwhile, nonprofit Martin’s Point Health Care trimmed server and storage administration time by 75 percent, while capacity purchases have dropped by 25 percent…. Read More
Dell Cuts Emissions, Boosts E-Waste Takeback, Green Power Use
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Extreme Energy Efficiency Nets Fortune Data Centers $900K Rebate
GreenBiz Radio
Making Progress on the E-Waste Problem
By Matthew Wheeland
The issue of what companies and manufacturers should do with toxic — but still valuable — electronic waste has made lots of headlines recently, and in this interview with GreenBiz Radio Barbara Kyle, the national coordinator of the Electronics Takeback Coalition, explains how companies can get out ahead of their looming e-waste problem…. Listen
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