Right now, businesses are struggling with the consumerization of IT, or BYOD (bring your own device) as many have taken to calling it. Basically, it’s the introduction of consumer gadgets like the iPad and Android smartphones into a company’s technology mix. It can cause problems like corporate data residing on a personally-owned phone that your […]
Poll: Tablets will replace laptops say 46% of Americans
Are the PC’s days numbered? Personally, they’ll have to pry the keyboard from my cold, dead hands. But not for 46 percent of Americans that believe tablets will replace laptops according to a recent study by Poll Position. The survey, conducted earlier this month, reveals that for a huge chunk of the population, tablets may fulfill their mobile […]
69 percent of American businesses had green programs in 2010
Buck Consultants, a subsidiary of Xerox, has released some data on the state of green programs among U.S. businesses. In its third annual “Greening of the American Workplace” survey for 2010, the firm reports that 69 percent of American businesses have instituted energy-saving and waste- and carbon-reducing programs, up from 53 percent in the prior […]
Microsoft: The cloud’s greener
Can the cloud help businesses green their IT? Yes, says Microsoft. A study commissioned by the software giant, and conducted by Accenture and WSP Environment and Energy, finds that cloud computing can cut emissions and reduce power consumption by up to 30 percent. The reductions are more pronounced for small businesses, which lack the expertise […]
IBM Study: Green IT on Midsized Businesses' Radar
IBM’s survey of midsized businesses, “Inside the Midmarket: A 2009 Perspective” (PDF), reveals that a large majority of organizations in the 100 – 1000 employee bracket have Green IT squarely in their radar: This year’s survey also illustrates the…
Green IT News Roundup – Wednesday, June 24
Platform leaps from grids to clouds – Channel Register There are some big differences in the software stack and hardware used by HPC grids and compute clouds, but both types of clusters have one thing in common: They need some…
Security Risks of 'Hyper-extended Enterprises'
As businesses adopt cloud-based services, there’s a danger that security may not be getting the attention it deserves, according to a study conducted by IDG Research for RSA Security. Sixteen percent of those polled are planning to start migrating some…
UK CIOs Not Keen on Clouds
Cloud computing is getting a chilly reception among CIOs and CFOs in the U.K. according to a study conducted by Vanson Bourne for managed services provider NTT Europe. Of the 200 CIOs and CFOs at large businesses polled for the…
