How UPS Brings Green IT to the World

greenercomputing.com (Mar 24 2010)

1. If you thought UPS was just trucks and planes and boxes, you'd be way off base (although the company does manage the world's ninth-largest airline). At an event convened by the company in New York yesterday, UPS highlighted just how deeply IT is incorporated into its daily operations, and how UPS uses that information to move itself and its customers toward greener pastures. Unsurprisingly, UPS works on a massive scale, and Dave Barnes, UPS's Senior Vice President and CIO, told attendees at its event yesterday that it spends $1 billion a year on technology. Green tech figures into UPS's practices in a number of ways, primarily in waste reduction and improved efficiency. (Read Full Article)

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