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The UK government's top CIO blasts the industry at an important Green IT event. Good read.

We all need to support teh use of Open Source thin-client solutions in an educational context. Its worth stating, again, what is really the blindingly obvious - thin-client work stations use one twentieth of the power of a typical PC (10-20 watts versus 200-400 watts), require no maintenance or technical per-machine support.

Utility companies are increasingly concerned about the power crisis facing large organisations and in the US this week they have met to discuss the actions and incetnives needed to get IT organisations to take the issue seriously.

CeBIT, the world's largest IT trade show, is going green this year, with the Climate Savers Computing Initiative playing a central role.

Top retailer Marks and Spencer and leading charity Oxfam are incentivising recycling. Major IT suppliers have recycling schemes for their old kit, but we haven't seen them offer substantial rebates for doing so. Its about time they did.

Virtualisation is simply the ability to pool computing resources so that can be accessed by many devices and services. Using virtualisation you can drive up computer utilisation from 15% or capacity to nearer 90%. The green benefits are obvious.

Bit of a dig here about Apple's trendy new laptop and why Apple might not be as good for the environment as hety would like us ot believe they are now.

"Apple is not a leader on a greener market, it's just catching up, making small careful steps where giant ones are needed and projecting the small ones on a big screen to make them look bigger than they really are..."

IBM is getting its developers to create "green code" - that means building software products that focus on efficiency. Another sign that green is not just good for the environment but encourages good design that we can all benefit from.

What is claimed to be the first public document to look at the energy demands of IT products and services and set out a plan to cut IT’s carbon footprint has been published by Intellect, the UK tech industry’s trade association.

Sun saves 11,000 trees a year with paperless annual reports. Other Fortune 500 companies please take note...

Data centres use more power per square foot than any other part of the IT estate but, as a percentage of total power consumption, office equipment is the place where the most gains can be made. This is how ot do it.

The IT industry's biggest trade show is going green and being fully supporting the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. But wouldn't everyone be bettter off staying at home and if you must, using the Internet to get the info you need?

Microsoft, with 70,000 employees spread out across the world, is deep into a corporate-wide evaluation of how it can become a more environmentally friendly corporation.

The effort encompasses hardware, software, datacentres and Microsoft's role as a corporate citizen. The hope is to initiate Microsoft's people, products and programmes into the green revolution.

IBM has announced the Green Retail Store portfolio, a range of more energy-efficient IT products that handle all aspects of retailing, from the shop floor to the back office.

IBM, Nokia, Sony and bulk-mailing equipment manufacturer Pitney-Bowes have together donated patents to the Eco-patent Commons, an organisation set up to share the patents for technology with environmental benefits.