How to Go Green without Seeing Red, Part II

by Bill Blausey, SVP and CIO of Eaton Corp. In Part II of this two part series, Eaton’s SVP and CIO Bill Blausey reviews eight technologies, services, and department-level changes you can employ today to green your IT department. 1. Implementing virtualization Though many organizations use virtualization primarily to simplify hardware management, enhance business continuity…

How to Go Green without Seeing Red, Part II

7. Outsourcing Cloud computing or collocation data center providers offer a new way to help reduce your carbon footprint. These types of facilities are typically well underway to becoming some of the most efficient spaces in the industry, as they have stiff competition that forces them to continually reduce operating costs. If your current data…

How to Go Green without Seeing Red, Part I

by Bill Blausey, SVP and CIO of Eaton Corp. Green IT is without question one of the one of the most sweeping trends in IT today. The industry enthusiasm isn’t hard to explain. The recent recession and its after effects, along with rising energy costs, have made reducing capital and operating expenditures a higher priority…