» The Latest News on Green IT Strategies
» Featured News: The Top Ten Predictions for Green IT in 2009
» Expert Insight from Our Blogs
» GreenBiz Radio: Starting With the End: Designing Products for Reuse
A Note from the Editor
By Preston Gralla
The end of the year is always a time to look back and forward, and that’s what we do in this special edition of the GreenerComputing newsletter. First, our managing editor Matthew Wheeland takes a look back at the top stories of the year in Green IT. It was a wild year: It started off as usual for green goals and went to a sense of increased foreboding and gloom-and-doom predictions for the coming months.
However, as he explains, Green IT has been somewhat immune to the gloom and doom of 2008. We saw green design for electronics and IT equipment, including significant work on Energy Star ratings, and the EPEAT rating system hitting the 1000th product certified. There were also moves to deal with e-waste, and data centers became increasingly greener. Check out his blog for the year’s news in review.
By all indications, the coming year should be a breakout for green IT. The economic meltdown, a big new stimulus package, and advances in technology will all combine to put Green IT directly at the center of how corporations operate.
So what should you expect in the coming year? Find out with my Top Ten Predictions for Green IT in 2009. I expect a big boost for Green IT due to the economic meltdown and upcoming stimulus package, believe that CIOs will start to become CGOs (Chief Green Officers), believe that the Green Cloud will begin to replace the data center, and more. Check out my blog for all ten predictions.
From all of us at GreenerComputing to you, we hope your next year is a good one … and we certainly expect it to be greener.
The Latest News on Green IT Strategies
The Top Green Computing Stories of 2008
By Matthew Wheeland
The past year has brought a sea change in the world of IT, with big changes underway in every aspect of computers’ lifecycles, as well as increasing awareness of the power of the computer age to address larger environmental issues…. Read More
Japan’s Top 8 Emerging Green IT Technologies
Pacific Northwest’s E-Waste ‘Paradigm Shift’ Launches Jan. 1
Microsoft Touts Green IT in Latest Architecture Journal
Fifteen Simple Ways to Green Your Data Center on the Cheap
Japanese City Finds Treasure in Recycling Unwanted Electronics
Starting With the End: Designing Products for Reuse
By Sarah Fister Gale
Milliken and Co. has long subscribed to the belief that waste and pollution cost money. Sustainability Director Bill Gregory speaks to GreenBiz Radio about how the carpet industry is joining together to improve carpet recycling and the ways in which end-of-life thinking has led to new products….
Columns and Blogs
Ariel Schwartz
Green IT New Year’s Resolutions
> Read more… Preston Gralla
Ethernet Inventor: What Green Tech Can Learn from the Internet
> Read more…
Preston Gralla
Green IT Pros: You’re In Demand
> Read more…