Comments for ecology.IT http://www.ecologyit.net/blog Green Computing Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:16:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on 100% Solar-Powered Blogging by Richard http://www.ecologyit.net/blog/archives/2007/100-solar-powered-blogging/#comment-18 Richard Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:29:38 +0000 http://www.ecologyit.net/blog/archives/2007/100-solar-powered-blogging/#comment-18 The Business Performance Management (BPM) Forum is undertaking two milestone thought leadership research initiatives called Uptime @ Crunch Time and Lean and Green Leadership. We are conducting a 2 surveys targeted towards IT datacenter professionals relating to green computing and uptime issues. Would it be possible for you to include the link to these surveys on your blog? Survey Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=RtD28luH_2bHTUggP2m5VDbw_3d_3d Uptime @ Crunch Time (http://www.uptimeatcrunchtime.com/): As data storage demands mushroom, all too often concerns over optimized data performance, scalability, and resilience are ignored. To gauge the awareness of the criticality of uninterrupted, high speed data access in high-demand events and industries, the BPM Forum is undertaking a landmark initiative, Uptime @ Crunch Time, to benchmark how leading IT professionals and business executives view, control and maintain continuous data uptime during critical business scenarios. Survey Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dkNecMIQaRmtP_2bX9CJfyJw_3d_3d Lean and Green (http://www.getleanandgreen.org/): In a world of pervasive energy shortfall and rampant computer waste, IT executives, operations influencers and buyers are seeking cost-effective ways to implement green practices across the enterprise. The Lean and Green Leadership initiative seeks to increase and enhance executive discussion and awareness around the ways IT organizations can reduce energy drain and impact business gain by consolidating storage systems, embracing efficient computing practices, and introducing power-saving techniques. The authority leadership program will examine ways to address the accelerating energy demands and rampant waste of the data center, along with methods to increase IT yield and data productivity. I look forward to your response! The Business Performance Management (BPM) Forum is undertaking two milestone thought leadership research initiatives called Uptime @ Crunch Time and Lean and Green Leadership. We are conducting a 2 surveys targeted towards IT datacenter professionals relating to green computing and uptime issues. Would it be possible for you to include the link to these surveys on your blog?

Survey Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=RtD28luH_2bHTUggP2m5VDbw_3d_3d
Uptime @ Crunch Time (http://www.uptimeatcrunchtime.com/):
As data storage demands mushroom, all too often concerns over optimized data performance, scalability, and resilience are ignored. To gauge the awareness of the criticality of uninterrupted, high speed data access in high-demand events and industries, the BPM Forum is undertaking a landmark initiative, Uptime @ Crunch Time, to benchmark how leading IT professionals and business executives view, control and maintain continuous data uptime during critical business scenarios.

Survey Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dkNecMIQaRmtP_2bX9CJfyJw_3d_3d
Lean and Green (http://www.getleanandgreen.org/):
In a world of pervasive energy shortfall and rampant computer waste, IT executives, operations influencers and buyers are seeking cost-effective ways to implement green practices across the enterprise. The Lean and Green Leadership initiative seeks to increase and enhance executive discussion and awareness around the ways IT organizations can reduce energy drain and impact business gain by consolidating storage systems, embracing efficient computing practices, and introducing power-saving techniques. The authority leadership program will examine ways to address the accelerating energy demands and rampant waste of the data center, along with methods to increase IT yield and data productivity.
I look forward to your response!

]]> Comment on Virtualization: A Green Thinker’s Primer by Virtualization: A Green Thinker’s Primer « The Virtualized & Consolidated World - Go Green; Save Green! http://www.ecologyit.net/blog/archives/2007/virtualization-a-green-thinkers-primer/#comment-17 Virtualization: A Green Thinker’s Primer « The Virtualized & Consolidated World - Go Green; Save Green! Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:55:33 +0000 http://www.ecologyit.net/blog/archives/2007/virtualization-a-green-thinkers-primer/#comment-17 [...] read more | digg story [...] […] read more | digg story […]

]]> Comment on Virtualization: A Green Thinker’s Primer by angela.miller http://www.ecologyit.net/blog/archives/2007/virtualization-a-green-thinkers-primer/#comment-5 angela.miller Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:37:57 +0000 http://www.ecologyit.net/blog/archives/2007/virtualization-a-green-thinkers-primer/#comment-5 Thanks for the comment Tim. Your perspective I believe is a common one: virtualization tends to be a disaster recovery or computing power decision. But vendors are re-packaging their virtualization offerings into the latest chic green trend for computers. Bottom line- you can save substantial energy and consolidate the number of machines in a data center that optimizes their approach to virtualization. Thanks for reading. ;-) Thanks for the comment Tim. Your perspective I believe is a common one: virtualization tends to be a disaster recovery or computing power decision. But vendors are re-packaging their virtualization offerings into the latest chic green trend for computers. Bottom line- you can save substantial energy and consolidate the number of machines in a data center that optimizes their approach to virtualization. Thanks for reading. ;-)

]]> Comment on Virtualization: A Green Thinker’s Primer by BlueToothKiwi http://www.ecologyit.net/blog/archives/2007/virtualization-a-green-thinkers-primer/#comment-4 BlueToothKiwi Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:32:13 +0000 http://www.ecologyit.net/blog/archives/2007/virtualization-a-green-thinkers-primer/#comment-4 Angela, That is a great piece of writing. I own a data centre here in New Zealand, and recently we standardised on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to provide server consolidation and virtualisation. For me the primary drivers was rapid machine recovery following a disaster / hardware failure (in other words, the virtual server image can be saved as a file, backed up, and then copied to a new physical machine and have your virtual server running just like before. Your blog gave another perspective on it – the Green one. I can now feel that I have reduced my carbon foot print in the process of virtualisation! Tim P.S. thanks again for visiting our blog today. Angela,
That is a great piece of writing. I own a data centre here in New Zealand, and recently we standardised on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to provide server consolidation and virtualisation. For me the primary drivers was rapid machine recovery following a disaster / hardware failure (in other words, the virtual server image can be saved as a file, backed up, and then copied to a new physical machine and have your virtual server running just like before.

Your blog gave another perspective on it – the Green one. I can now feel that I have reduced my carbon foot print in the process of virtualisation!

Tim

P.S. thanks again for visiting our blog today.

]]> Comment on Can Information Technology ever be ‘green’? by Web Strategy by Jeremiah » Does the internet make the planet a better place? How much damage am I causing? http://www.ecologyit.net/blog/archives/2007/can-information-technology-ever-be-green/#comment-2 Web Strategy by Jeremiah » Does the internet make the planet a better place? How much damage am I causing? Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:56:57 +0000 http://www.ecologyit.net/blog/archives/2007/can-information-technology-ever-be-green/#comment-2 [...] check out her blog, as she explores if IT can really be green, or Green Computing hits the big time: Google’s Climate Savers Initiative, or just learning the [...] […] check out her blog, as she explores if IT can really be green, or Green Computing hits the big time: Google’s Climate Savers Initiative, or just learning the […]

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