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Report:TechRadar™ For I&O Professionals: Green IT 1.0 Technologies, Q2 2009

Helping IT Ops Professionals Understand And Prioritize Green IT Hardware, Software, And Service Investments

Green IT is on the rise. Even in the face of a weak economy, twice as many organizations expect to accelerate their green IT plans as expect to slow them down. Why is this? Green IT initiatives are...

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Report:Inquiry Spotlight: Infrastructure & Operations Organizational Structures, Q1 2009

Infrastructure and operations (I&O) departments are currently in a state of flux. Beyond increasing centralization, I&O departments are reorganizing to become service-oriented or are at least...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Helping CIOs Understand "Smart City" Initiatives

Defining The Smart City, Its Drivers, And The Role Of The CIO

Cities are becoming "smarter," as governments, businesses, and communities increasingly rely on technology to overcome the challenges from rapid urbanization. What makes a "smart city" smart is the...

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Report:Executive Spotlight: Top Priorities For IT Infrastructure & Operations Leaders, 2H 2011

Insights From The Forrester IT Infrastructure & Operations Council

Every six months, Forrester fields a survey to members of its IT Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) Council to ascertain their top priorities for the following six months. Forrester's I&O Council...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Q&A: The Economics Of Green IT

What Are The Financial Benefits Of Green IT?

Don't be fooled: Green IT is as much about the greenbacks as it is about reducing the environmental impact of operating IT and the business. In fact, financial motivation — not environmental...

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Report:Is Green IT Your Emperor With No Clothes?

Measure Your Green IT Baseline Or Risk Being Caught With Your Pants Down

Awareness for green IT is increasing, driven by corporatewide greening efforts as well as practical IT concerns like running out of space, power, or budget. As a result, IT ops executives are tasked...

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Report:How Much Money Are Your Idle PCs Wasting?

PC Power Management Best Practices And Software Can Save Millions

Enterprise PCs are wasting money. Far too many organizations leave economic and environmental value on the table by not reducing PC-related energy costs. Unfortunately, common misconceptions —...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:The Value Of A Green IT Maturity Assessment

Introducing Forrester's Green IT Maturity Assessment Methodology

CIOs recognize the importance of environmental considerations in planning IT operations, but they are often unsure about how to put that recognition into action. With sustainability rising on the...

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Report:No Capex, No Problem: Eight "Guerrilla" Tactics To Reduce Facilities Costs Without Capital Investment

Reducing facilities costs — such as energy, paper, and real estate — is a top priority in 2009 for IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals as organizations look to cut...

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Report:Inquiry Spotlight: Rebooting Your IT Infrastructure And Operations In 2011

Empower Users With Desktop Transformation, Achieve Cloud Economics In The Data Center, And Improve Productivity With Industrialized Operations

In 2011, your business views IT as a source of productivity and competitiveness more than ever. At the same time, however, it's becoming much easier for empowered employees to act on their technology...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:The Rise Of The Green Enterprise: A Primer For IT Leadership's Involvement

IT Leadership Should Position IT As An Enabler Of The Green Enterprise

Information technology can be a critical enabler to what Forrester calls the "green enterprise" — an organization that actively reduces the environmental impact across its value chain...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Smart Grid Q&A: Unveiling The New Grid

Understanding The Smart Grid Ecosystem And Its Risks

Smart grid is the counterpart of the "cloud" in the utility world — everyone is talking about it. You can define smart grid in many ways, but simply put, it is the digitization of the power...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:The Green Data Center Starts With A Rationalized Application Portfolio: A Sprint Case Study

How One IT Ops Group Generated Eco(nomic) Value By Removing Underutilized Apps And The Infrastructure Tied To Them

Sprint's end goal was to cut costs, increase capacity, and reduce the carbon footprint of IT infrastructure in the data center — but that's not where they started. Recognizing that the data...

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Report:Forrester's Green IT Baseline Calculator

This calculator identifies and quantifies your green IT baseline -- an annual estimate of the energy consumption (kilowatt hour), CO2 emissions, and dollar costs of operating your current IT...

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Report:Inquiry Spotlight: Green IT, Q1 2009

Green IT awareness and action are on the rise. In 2008, Forrester received 130 inquiries from IT end user professionals on green IT, the majority of which focused on benchmark data — such as...

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Report:Maximize Your Energy Savings From Server Virtualization With Three Process Improvements

Virtualize More, Virtualize More Efficiently, Virtualize On More-Efficient Servers

Server virtualization is already saving you money, so why not save some more? Reducing energy costs is among the many reasons to virtualize servers. It's increasingly attractive, since the costs to...

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Report:Calculating The Value Of PC Power Management

This calculator quantifies the energy, CO2 emissions, and cost savings of PC Power Management.

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Report:Cloud Computing Helps Accelerate Green IT

Take Advantage Of Public And Private Cloud To Deliver Energy, Carbon, And E-Waste Efficiencies

Cloud-based server, storage, and network infrastructure — also called infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) — will inherently deliver green IT benefits: lower energy costs, carbon emissions,...

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Report:Case Study: How PerkettPR — An All-Virtual Organization — Is Powered By Remote Workers

How A Virtual Firm's IT Can Be Greener, More Accessible, And More Redundant Than Traditional Office Environments

PerkettPR made its strategic, and definitive, decision to focus investment on quality staff — not office space. Since its inception in 1998, the company has been a virtual organization with no...

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Report:A KPMG Case Study: The Case, Responsibilities, And Success Metrics Of A Green IT Manager

In 2008, KPMG set a number of corporatewide environmental goals, including a 25% reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2010. And like many firms in the service industry, the operation of IT...

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Report:Green IT Plans And Activities Persist In 2010 Despite Lack Of Formal Budgets And Priorities

Position Green IT As An Enabler Of Broader Business And Technology Priorities

Although only 26% of organizations have budget directly allocated to green IT, Forrester finds that adoption of green IT is much higher, approaching 70% in areas of the data center and distributed...

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Report:UK Organizations Focus On IT Infrastructure In The Drive To Go Green

Findings From The UK Green IT 08 Conference & Exhibition, May 2008

IT professionals and line-of-business managers across a range of industries met at the UK Green IT 08 Conference & Exhibition in May to discuss the implications of operating in a business environment...

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Report:Updated Q1 2011: Is Green IT Your Emperor With No Clothes?

Measure Your Green IT Baseline Or Risk Being Caught With Your Pants Down

Is green IT your emperor with no clothes? It is if you've invested in green IT with the promise of reducing energy costs but haven't measured your energy baseline. Without a baseline, IT leaders...

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Report:More Energy Is Consumed Outside Of The Data Center, 2008

New data shows that most enterprises consume more electrical outside the data center than in. This data chart shows breakdown by region, industry, and company size.

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Report:Role Job Description: The Green IT Manager

To Maximize Value, I&O Leaders Must Hire Green IT Managers Now

Most firms lack a comprehensive green IT strategy to deliver the consistent, repeatable, and measurable results that infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders expect. To turn this situation around,...

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