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PORTLAND, Ore. -- By expanding the sales network for the energy efficient and low-toxic computer products to channel resellers, the group behind the green IT rating label aims to help support existing environmental computing goals and make it easier for new companies to board the bandwagon.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Three months after launching energy management software to help U.S. consumers cut their PC energy use, Verdiem introduced the free software to the United Kingdom market.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- ICT could also save the country up to $240 billion from gross energy and fuel savings, according to research from The Boston Consulting Group and The Climate Group released Tuesday. The groups unveiled the U.S. addendum to a previously released report called "SMART 2020: enabling the low carbon economy in the information age," which used a global scope.
The Uptime Institute's True TCO Calculator
This updated calculator from the Uptime Institute characterizes the costs to build and operate a new data center for a high-density, high-performance computing financial services application. It includes estimates of key cost components including site infrastructure capital costs, computer equipment costs, energy bills, and other operating expenses.
Developed in conjunction with the True TCO Calculator, the white paper, A Simple Model for Determining True Total Cost of Ownership for Data Centers, presents a simple approach to enable C-suite managers to assess the true total costs of building, owning, and operating their data center physical facilities.
The calculator allows high-level financial decision makers to evaluate the tradeoffs that are often embedded in spending decisions. For example, the calculator can clarify how buying more energy efficient computing equipment poses a tradeoff with infrastructure capital costs. The Institute welcomes comments and suggestions to improve the calculator. Future plans call for the development of versions of this calculator model that apply to other general categories and Tier Classifications of data centers.
The True TCO Calculator is available in Excel Spreadsheet format here: http://uptimeinstitute.org/content/view/21/55/
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