Archive for January, 2009

You against the green IT world. Do your practices stand up against the best? (ZDNet)

For those of you whose favorite “F” word these days is “free,” asset disposition company Redemtech is touting a new online tool that will let your team run a Sustainable Computing Assessment for your company. OK, in this case, the term “free” is relative. The tool in question is sponsored by a green media company, so the intention probably is to collect as much information as possible The …

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Devon IT Announces Thin Client and Virtual Desktop Webinar Series for CIOs (Centre Daily Times)

Devon IT, an alternative desktop computing leader, today announced it will host “The Desktop Nightmare,” a series of free online seminars for CIOs of enterprise companies.

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QSC-Microsoft Green PC initiative all set to take off (Gulf Times)

THE first batch of refurbished computers is ready for distribution to the underprivileged under a joint initiative launched by Microsoft and Qatar Scientific Club.

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Unisys’s Scott Sanchez to Present at Cloud Computing Conference in NYC (Linux World)

Scott Sanchez, Chief Architect of the open source business for Unisys, will be presenting at SYS-CON’s 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo in New York City this coming March 30-April 1, 2009. Sanchez will provide a solid overview and reference architecture of the open source cloud computing landscape, focusing on Enterprise-scale implementations. Speaker Bio: Scott C. Sanchez, …

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Redemtech’s Sustainable Computing Assessment Helps Companies Evaluate, Improve Green IT Strategies (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

As Companies Look to Green IT as Cost-Cutting Strategy in Economic Downturn, Free Online Tool Enables IT Executives to Measure Programs Against Industry Best Practices –

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