Microsoft’s data center team blog by Daniel Costello was posted this morning on: Designing Generation 4.0 Data Centers: The Engineers’ Approach to Solving Business Challenges, part 1. A couple of years ago, when our Data Center Services’ Research...

Did you know that Students are environmentally conscious? They are! They care! They drive change into the world. Check out some of their thoughts and perspectives on the new Student Experience website. This is a cool site for students and a great segment...

To celebrate Earth Day and help you create a more energy efficient IT infrastructure, TechNet Magazine is publishing a special online-only edition dedicated to Green IT. Discover new tools for planning a virtual environment, learn how to easily enforce...

I just wrote the following post on Microsoft's On The Issues blog. Cross posting here: Earth Day and every day, we face significant environmental challenges tied to the way we live and use resources. Effectively managing our scarce energy resources...

As I mentioned in a previous blog post , Microsoft is kicking off a Green IT webcast series on TechNet. We now register for the first 5 in the series. Here’s the full list and direct links to find out more and register: · Transforming the Data Center...

A new article just posted about Rob Bernard’s efforts in leading Microsoft’s environmental sustainability efforts, helping customers, partners and its own employees consider software to make a difference. For Rob Bernard, a fork is not just a fork...

As part of its commitment to sharing best practices, the Microsoft Global Foundation Services’ data center team released a new paper, “ Top 10 Best Practices for Environmentally Sustainable Data Centers .” The top 10 list was unveiled this morning to...

As you may have already read on the Microsoft Live Search Blog , we have initiated a Will Code for Green contest! A little while ago, @msngreen tweeted it . It's all true - you have an opportunity to showcase your skills, improve the planet, and possibly...

Today, IDG's Computerworld has selected Microsoft as one of the top Green-IT Organizations for 2009 for the second consecutive year. Microsoft is ranked #4 this year and moved up 2 spots from their 2008 ranking (6th in 2008). This honor is part of the...

Todd Bishop from the Puget Sound Business Journal posted the second installment in his Green Czars series. The story focuses on Microsoft’s work in improving power management at its data centers as well as new approaches to data center design, including...

As some of you know, the Environmental Sustainability team has recently created a Twitter account to enhance the conversation around Sustainability and Microsoft. You can find us on Twitter @microsoft_green . A few weeks ago, Diane Gallagher (@farthestcorners...

I just posted a new blog entry over at Nortel’s newly launched Greenroots blog. The blog entry is titled From Workplace to Anyplace which provides highlights on the WWF study that was recently published. Here are some of the big findings: Increasing...

Last week, Microsoft released an update to the Assessment and Planning toolkit that provides specific reports for energy efficiency savings. Organizations can use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit to quickly obtain comprehensive planning...

I wanted to highlight a story in Healthcare IT News which touches on hardware reduction, cost savings, ‘green’, business agility and disaster recovery themes related to virtualization. The story integrates Microsoft healthcare customers KSF Orthopedics...

Microsoft is kicking off a Green IT webcast series on TechNet. You can register for the first 2 webcasts here: · Transforming the Data Center with Energy Efficiency (Christian Belady) - http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032413055&Culture...

Alison van Diggelen from Fresh Dialogues posted a podcast interview with Rob Bernard, which she characterized as a “lively discussion” that covers: The roots of Rob’s green passion Where Microsoft’s greatest energy reduction opportunities lie...

A new article posted today on Microsoft’s efforts to create more efficient and “greener” data centers. you can read the full article at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/apr09/04-02Greendatacenters.mspx It wasn’t long ago that corporations...