How much power your data center used has not historically been a major concern for IT managers; but with costs and environmental savings as a top of mind concern, there are some simple steps so you can measure -- and manage -- your facility's performance.

Smart use of green IT strategies by CIOs can potentially push a business further ahead of its competitors; here are some simple strategies to help develop an IT-enabled business strategy that weaves sustainability throughout the company.

Whether you're a global IT solutions firm or a company with relatively simple IT needs, there are some simple steps that can be undertaken to streamline your computing infrastructure and save costs and emissions at the same time.

So your company certifies that its e-waste is responsibly recycled; what happens next to ensure the toxic components don't end up polluting the environment and your private data doesn't end up polluting your company's brand?

Part two of a two-part series addressing some of the challenges and benefits of switching to a virtualized computing platform.

With the business benefits as easily justifiable as the environmental benefits, green data centers have recently become a hot topic in almost every company. But in order to green your IT in the smartest and most efficient manner, here are some steps you should consider.

Information technology has been both a hindrance and help to the environment -- on the one hand, dematerializing commerce and increasing efficiencies; on the other, becoming a voracious consumer of energy. But green IT is on the rise in many companies, largely due to its huge cost-saving potential and quick payback times.

In my previous column, I discussed some of the initial challenges you're likely to face in piloting an early virtualization project. In this column, I want to discuss the longer-term issues you'll be confronting as you accord virtualization a great presence in the data center.

For years, IT organizations have been charged with ensuring the performance, availability, and security of their environments. Now, as more and more data centers are nearing their power and cooling capacities, a new SLA (service level agreement) has emerged. Today's IT managers must now also manage energy efficiency -- not as a one-time event, but as an ongoing business imperative.

Looking to green your data center, but don't have a big budget for doing it? The good news is that with a few simple techniques that are kind to budgets and easy to implement, you don't have to spend big money to reap big energy savings.

Virtualization is one of the most important eco-friendly moves a data center can make and, undeniably, one of the smartest from the pure IT-technology perspective. In this feature, Andrew Binstock explains simple solutions to some of the stumbling blocks in going virtual.

Companies can do much more than reducing data center energy costs to reduce IT's environmental footprint while significantly reducing costs. David Daoud, research manager with IDC, looks at sustainable computing practices, the next stage in the evolution of Green IT.

High energy costs have made energy-savings a top concern in data centers, but green electronics advocates are making the environmental pedigree and lifecycle of electronic devices important concerns for businesses as well. Here's how they've done it, and how IT has responded.