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John Phelps was not surprised when the Gartner Data Center Conference roundtable he's hosting -- its subject is the green data center -- was the first to fill up with reservations. He's been speaking about green IT for a few years now, and says the topic has just "gelled" for CIOs this year. In the past, conference audiences were a mix of a few IT managers looking at the green data center for its environmental benefits, and more people looking to the concept to save money, said Phelps, a research vice president at Gartner Inc. in Stamford, Conn. "Now we have both: the first group looking to save money, and the others realizing that with the possibility of regulations, 'I might bypass problems if I pay attention to the green issue too,'" he said. (Read Full Article)

Is server virtualization part of your green IT strategy? Are you taking credit for it? Michael Swetz sure is. He's vice president for global infrastructure services at State Street Corp. in Boston, running the financial services provider's energy efficiency and sustainability program across all technology groups. Virtualizing the thousands of servers used at State Street represents "$3.5 million in cost avoidance per year," he said. (Read Full Article)