Google Tops Greenpeace's Cool IT Rankings

Explore EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet (Feb 8 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Fuel Cell , Wind

...m, but Google has another reason today to gloat. It was just ranked as the greenest tech company by Greenpeace in its latest edition of its Cool IT Leaderboard. This time, Google "wrested control" of the top sp......December 2010's list and placed second this time around. Ericsson and Fujitsu tied for third place. IBM and HP round out the top 10 at ninth and tenth place, respectively. Key ... (Read Full Article)

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Greenpeace Puts Google, Cisco, Fujitsu at Top of Green IT Rankings

Explore GreenBiz.com (Feb 7 2012) Construction , Solar , Cloud Computing

...rease in the quantity and strength of energy solutions offerings from many companies such as Cisco, IBM, Ericsson and Fujitsu," Greenpeace writes in the intro to the report, "we also see a significant reduction in policy advocacy to chan... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook and Greenpeace Make Peace on Renewable Energy

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Dec 15 2011) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

...itment to renewable energy raises the bar for other IT and cloud computing companies such as Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and Twitter," Casey Harrell, senior IT analyst for Greenpeace International said in a statement. ''The Facebook campaign proved that people all over the world wa... (Read Full Article)

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Greenpeace, Facebook Announce Truce

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Dec 15 2011) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

...nt to renewable energy raises the bar for other IT and cloud computing (8) companies such as Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and Twitter,” said Casey Harrell, Senior IT Analyst for Greenpeace International. ”The Facebook campaign proved that people all over the world want their social netwo... (Read Full Article)

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Academia, industry team up for better green data centers - By Doug Mohney

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Nov 9 2011)

...presenting the entire supply chain for data centers" have signed up as members including Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, Commscope, Bloomberg, General Electric, Corning Inc., Endicott Interconnect Technologies......and Steel Orca; it's very cool that Facebook (much berated by coal-and-nuclear-powered-server using Greenpeace) keep bubbling up on its own when it comes to greener data centers and energy efficiency. Everyon... (Read Full Article)

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Green Q&A: What impact does online time have on the environment?

Explore Home - San Jose Mercury News (Oct 29 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...our life on Google is zero." In an April 2011 report titled "How Dirty Is Your Data?" the nonprofit Greenpeace examined energy sources for the 10 largest IT companies involved in cloud computing, finding Apple,......gy sources for the 10 largest IT companies involved in cloud computing, finding Apple, Facebook and IBM especially guilty of getting significant amounts of power from coal-fired power plants. (Facebook h... (Read Full Article)

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What's behind Iceland's first major data center

Explore ITworld (Oct 14 2011)

... continues to grow, so will the amount of energy required to power data centers. Organizations like Greenpeace (see their “Dirty Data Campaign”) have already been active in trying to mobilize consumer and inves......How to manage a mess of cables Will Tomas has just joined ITworld Darius Damalakas commented on Has IBM kicked OpenOffice.org to the curb? kburns asks Should I opt my brand and other trademarks out of ... (Read Full Article)

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Google keeps its Googlers going via green buildings

Explore siliconrepublic.com (Aug 19 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Solar

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Adopt 'right balance' for green clouds

Explore zdnetasia.com (May 23 2011) Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Solar , Wind , Cloud Computing

...f service delivered to internal or external users, Carter said. The analyst's comments come after a Greenpeace report revealed that servers in date canters are predominantly running on "dirty", non-renewable en......t's developers? http://t.co/qtCBEzd Sony subsidiary So-net reports data breach http://bit.ly/lfhKmd IBM launches Hadoop-based analytics software - ZDNet Asia http://bit.ly/lt5wFN Thai Blytes blog by Jon ... (Read Full Article)

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Facts and Figures Behind Greenpeace’s Green Data Center Report

Explore GigaOM (Apr 26 2011) Monitoring

What are the facts and figures behind Greenpeace’s big data center report card last week? While much of the coverage of the report focused on the A-......erage of the report focused on the A-to-F grades ranking Apple, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, IBM and others, the report also laid out some broad categories where IT giants can be lauded for doing ... (Read Full Article)

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greenpeace shifts its sights to apple - by Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Apr 25 2011)

...s carry on much as before, But the day saw a shift in the ongoing PR war over data center energy. Greenpeace’s report, How Dirty is your Data ranked ten leading cloud IT companies according to how “dirty” ele......the data centers of ten companies altogether - the full roster is Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, IBM, Microsoft, HP, Akamai and Amazon. I think there are three interesting side issues thrown ... (Read Full Article)

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Greenpeace Study Targets "Dirty Power" in Cloud Computing

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Apr 21 2011) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

...top criterion for locating new infrastructure and is not transparent in disclosing its energy use." Greenpeace Study Targets "Dirty Power" in Cloud Computing * By Justin Lee, April 21, 2011 * + Tweet + + A scre......class recognition for transparency, Yahoo! had the strongest infrastructure siting policy, and IBM and Google demonstrated the best overall approach to reduce their current footprints. Cook argues t... (Read Full Article)

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GreenWise poll: will 2011 be significant for green business?

Explore Green Wise (Jan 12 2011) Construction , Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind

...t and potentially devastating brand assassination campaigns – only in the past weeks in response to Greenpeace's investigation into its tinned tuna, Tesco announced a complete U-turn to achieve 100 per cent 'po...... no doubt rise considerably. Energy efficiency & smart technology Jon Bentley, Smarter Energy lead, IBM Global Business Services UK&I: I'm optimistic and believe this year will be significant for the fut... (Read Full Article)

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Nov. 19: What We're Reading About the Cloud

Explore GigaOM (Nov 19 2010) Servers

...e real shifts in architectures, even for relatively cutting-edge technologies. Today, for instance, IBM Research announced a Hadoop Distributed File System alternative, ZT has an ARM-based server on the ......rom Ecotrope) The reality is that it doesn’t matter which data center is greener — what matters to Greenpeace is that neither is really green. There’s something to the argument that energy efficiency is a red ... (Read Full Article)

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Who's the leader of the pack? The power of green awards. By Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Nov 1 2010)

It must be the time of year for lists of green tech companies. No sooner does Greenpeace publish its Guide to Greener Electronics, than WWF publishes a report on Low Carbon Leadership in t......vited 28 big ICT players and persuaded 19 to actually take part. It’s not much of a surprise to see IBM at the top of the list - given the company’s very public support for ... (Read Full Article)

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Green:Net 2010

Explore TreeHugger (Apr 30 2010) Carbon Footprint

Greenpeace is all about making companies who talk the talk actually walk the walk, especially when it comes to......t just isn't living up to its potential. Following up behind Cisco was Ericsson with a score of 53, IBM with 42, and HP with 41. Google and Microsoft - who had a panel at Green:Net discussing how they're... (Read Full Article)

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Cisco, Ericsson Top Greenpeace IT leaders ranking

Explore environmentalleader.com (Apr 30 2010) Carbon Footprint

Cisco and Ericsson top the latest update to Greenpeace’s Cool IT Leaderboard list, while Panasonic, Sony and Sharp rank at the bottom. Findings indicate t......otprint and political policy and advocacy. The top IT leaders are Cisco (62 points), Ericsson (53), IBM (42), HP (41), Fujitsu (36), Google (33) and Microsoft (31). Cisco doubled its score from the prev... (Read Full Article)

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Earth Day warning for green IT

Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Apr 22 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...s. However, it appears that its ethos is still to be fully implemented in the IT industry. A recent Greenpeace report, Make IT Green argued that companies providing cloud services need to phase out the use of "......ers and facilities managers. Large corporations have also taken steps to improve energy efficiency. IBM announced new management system requirements yesterday designed to improve sustainability across it... (Read Full Article)

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Greenpeace's latest data center drive-by shooting - by doug mohney

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Apr 7 2010)

Comment "Nice post Doug. I still think there's a place for Greenpeace's whistleblowing, and as an SEO-chasing journalist, I have some ..." - judgecorp

Not content to clean up its own usage of coal-based energy, Greenpeace decided to leverage the onslaught of iPad hype to take another hypocritical swipe at the IT sector ......current usage in 2020.  It goes on to suggest that Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, Google and IBM go influence policies to "decouple" economic growth from rising greenhouse gas emissions, and once ... (Read Full Article)

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Energy Efficiency Requires More than Just Lip Service

Explore itbusinessedge.com (Apr 5 2010) Emissions

...define their green status, others will do it for them. A case in point is a recent report issued by Greenpeace arguing that despite housing some of the greenest technologies on Earth, massive new data centers b......icity to Slash IT Energy Spending, Frees Up Wasted Capacity White Paper: A Greener Data Center with IBM Tivoli Software Related Topics This video takes a look at the impact pen-based computing with ... (Read Full Article)

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Hey Greenpeace, the cloud (and tech giants behind it ...

Explore ZDNet Technology News (Mar 31 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

... Amazon, Apple, Cloud computing, Datacenter, Facebook, Google, Green Tech, Hardware Infrastructure, IBM, Microsoft, Yahoo, virtualization Tags: Greenpeace, Data Center, Coal, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan Greenpeace is telling us that cloud computing will lead to a big jump in greenhouse emissions. Your Apple iPad... (Read Full Article)

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IBM Hopes To Trigger UK Nuclear Renaissance

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Feb 9 2010) Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Nuclear

IBM says smart information systems could help improve the image of nuclear energy, but green groups cla......eving both security of supply and reduction in carbon emissions." Environmental campaigners such as Greenpeace, however, believe that investment in developing nuclear technology is a distraction from innovation... (Read Full Article)

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