Environmental Sustainability and Microsoft Dynamics
White Papers Increasing importance is being placed on each company's approach to Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") and Environmental Sustainability in particular. Financial results are no longer the only defining measure of a company's strength.
[March 2, 2007, 0:00]
A Service-Oriented Framework for Sustainability Appraisal and Knowledge Management
White Papers This paper proposes a service-oriented framework and architecture for integrated sustainability knowledge management in construction. The objective was to identify problem areas in infrastructure design and construction management practice as they...
[March 21, 2007, 0:00]
Common Sense About Green IT and Sustainability
White Papers IT has always helped enterprises reduce costs through more efficient processes, but when efficiency is viewed through a sustainability lens, the results can be startling. This is just one example in the Computerworld technology briefing that...
[March 31, 2009, 1:21]
A Multi-Dimensional View of the "Sustainability" of Free & Open Source Software Development
White Papers Questions of "Sustainability" are at the core of much of the speculative discussion about the long-term significance of the open source software movement, and particularly the characteristic community-based mode of developing FLOSS (Free/Libre and...
[April 18, 2007, 1:00]
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft Does IT: Improving the Sustainability and Use of SQL Server at Microsoft (Level 300)
White Papers The SQL Platform Engineering team has designed and deployed a virtualized SQL Server environment that allows MSIT to optimize computing resources and drive operating and capital expenses down while improving manageability, quality of service and...
[May 28, 2009, 0:00]
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and an Adobe PDF Workflow Contribute to Environmentally Progressive Print Service Provider's Sustainability Efforts
White Papers This dedication led to the establishment of a Sustainability Committee, which focuses on improving the company's environmental performance and contributing to the introduction of sustainable business practices.
[May 31, 2009, 22:11]
IT Sustainability Insights and Imperatives
White Papers Terms like carbon footprint, sustainability, environmentally friendly, and renewables are becoming common vernacular. Going green is golden. From emerging government mandates and regulation to increased consumer and press attention, the...
[May 17, 2009, 1:48]
Think Ecological: IT Sustainability Insights and Imperatives
White Papers The Think Eco-Logical - IT Sustainability Insights and Imperatives report provides comprehensive data and insights into best practices, progress, issues, obstacles, and opportunities as IT professionals strive for reduced carbon footprint...
[May 22, 2009, 1:19]
Building a Long-Term Strategy for IT Sustainability
White Papers Intel IT is engaged in developing a broad, ongoing sustainability strategy to help Intel consume fewer resources and emit less waste. In analyzing the business case for IT sustainability, identified the bottom-line benefits and defined the metrics...
[July 14, 2009, 1:19]
Common Sense About Green IT and Sustainability: Harnessing the Power of Data to Optimize Results
White Papers Consider this wakeup call: If one is in executive-level IT, one should be involved in company's sustainability initiatives. Because sustainability offers a watershed opportunity for better business performance through innovation, while also...
[September 2, 2009, 1:22]
Emerging Green Intelligence: Business Analytics and Corporate Sustainability
White Papers This white paper, Emerging Green Intelligence: Business Analytics and Corporate Sustainability, reviews a portion of the research and provides analysis and insights on the topic of business analytics.
[September 2, 2009, 1:22]
Data Center Sustainability
White Papers The internet is everywhere. It's not only on the computers, but the mobile phones, televisions and portable music players. Very few users of digital content consider how data arrives on these devices.
[April 26, 2008, 1:02]
Unified Communications: Use Virtual Collaboration to Improve Environmental Sustainability
White Papers Cisco believes there are several ways in which IT can help organizations improve their environmental performance. These include improvements in energy efficiency that can be achieved from the products and systems deployed internally; using the...
[June 12, 2008, 1:01]
IT Analysis - Attempting to Measure Sustainability
White Papers According to the common wisdom, measurement is the means by which one guides the execution of a strategy. Without measurement, one cannot gauge progress nor begin to accurately predict the outcome of various possible paths as a plan is tested...
[March 1, 2009, 0:24]
Improving Sustainability and Use of SQL Server at Microsoft
White Papers Microsoft IT identified the opportunity to reduce operating and capital expenses by implementing a SQL Utility service. The SQL Utility service relies on the Compute Utility and Storage Utility and provides a layer of abstraction for SQL Server...
[September 16, 2009, 1:22]
CA moves into eco software market
News Computer Associates will unveil an integrated sustainability suite next week, designed to track carbon emissions, environmental assessments, metering and compliance to policies in one dashboard. The suite, called ecoSoftware, will launch on 26...
[October 22, 2009, 15:06]
IT's Role in Reducing Corporate Environmental Impact
White Papers Environmental sustainability is climbing up the strategic agenda for most corporations. To assist in gauging the demand for future products and services aimed at helping companies monitor and manage their sustainability initiatives, and in...
[February 24, 2009, 9:51]
The Green Data Center: Steps for the Journey
White Papers The journey to a green data center has cost and sustainability rewards. As organizations strive to thrive in a constantly changing world, adapting for sustainability is a business imperative. Energy consumption and environmental concerns are...
[March 24, 2009, 0:20]
Green IT may cut costs by 20 percent
News Sustainability should be a key consideration when building IT infrastructure, according to a report by analyst firm Butler Group. Mark Blowers, senior research analyst at Butler Group, pointed to significant cost savings of 10 to 20 percent that...
[January 18, 2008, 7:48]
London 2012's tech backbone to be trimmed
News The IT backbone for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is to be trimmed as part of a drive for "sustainability". Hyron told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com: "We will have a challenge related to providing new ideas to deliver...
[November 27, 2008, 8:38]



