Archive for the ‘green IT’ Category

Making the Most of a Dizzying Amount of Data

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Gartner calls it Data Deluge. McKinsey calls it Big Data. No matter the name, the flood of incoming data to an organization, and data captured from the Web, is doubling every 18 months says McKinsey in its August 2010 Quarterly Report. Web communities, and technologies for capturing and analyzing information, give organizations access to customer data as never before.       

How can the enterprise capitalize on all this captured data and knowledge within its organization? (more…)

How Green is My UC?

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Let’s add one more entry to the list of really good reasons to embrace Unified Communications. It’s a great way to help make your company greener, helping the environment and saving money at the same time. (more…)

Earth Day 2010: Resources and a Hat Tip to Sen. Nelson

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Forty years ago the world celebrated the first Earth Day as a grassroots movement and event spearheaded by Senator Gaylord Nelson. After percolating several years, the idea for Earth Day finally came to life in September 1969,   when Sen. Nelson announced he was going to stage a nationwide “teach-in” demonstration for the environment the following spring. (more…)

Helping Universities Go Green with Wireless and Unified Communications Technology

Friday, March 12th, 2010

As you might expect, colleges and universities are among the leaders in the adoption and implementation of green technologies. They have always been more inclined to experimentation than their enterprise counterparts. So when it comes to reducing their environmental impact, through commitments such as the climate-neutral campus, Leeds building construction, and renewable energy, they are leading the way through research, development, and implementation. (more…)

Where Do We Go from Here with Unified Communications?

Monday, February 8th, 2010

This is the last segment in a six part series highlighting Sprint’s deployment of unified communications. To read the previous segments click on the appropriate links: How We Got Started, Planning the Move, Successful First Phase, Where We Are Today, and Lessons Learned. (more…)