I just posted the following entry on Microsoft’s On The Issues blog . Reposting here: Two weeks ago, I laid out some of the reasons I and a team of technology and issue experts from Microsoft were traveling to Copenhagen to support the UN Climate Change...

Microsoft’s Data Center team just published a new white paper on rightsizing servers. The paper offers best practices on how GFS is lowering its total cost of ownership (of its servers) and achieving power savings for the company’s production datacenters...

Atlas is a multi-channel Microsoft Surface and Silverlight Web application that allows users to see environmental impact information around the world.  This content includes relevant stories, photos, videos and satellite images.  Users can interact...

Bend The Trend is a multi-platform solution to showcase positive impacts we can all make to reduce global carbon emissions. The EEA envisioned the ‘Bend the Trend’ as a web application where users worldwide can pledge to make lifestyle changes which will...

At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the European Environmental Agency unveiled two new Microsoft-powered applications designed to help people manage their environmental footprint. This is reposted from Microsoft Presspass at...

Microsoft and other industry leaders participated in a Green IT Panel on December 11th, 2009. Below is the statement resulting from this debate. ---- The Danish IT Industry Association hosted a Green IT Debate where seven of the world’s leading IT companies...

I wanted to highlight a new case study on how the Bella Center in Copenhagen is using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to plan the climate conference in December 2009. The solution has included making it easier to share technical drawings with...

Microsoft Europe has just released the latest edition of its FUTURES magazine with a special focus on Environmental Sustainability to coincide with COP15. The FUTURES magazine was created in 2007 to showcase best practices and case studies in Innovation...

Christian Belady from our Global Foundation Services team (aka. the Data Center team) has just posted a fascinating blog on the trends in the data center industry. The blog discusses a recent report from Gartner that stated that only about 50 percent...

If you are coming to COP15, Microsoft and the Climate Consortium has the pleasure to invite you to a 90-minute panel discussion at the Bella Center on December 11th 15:00-16:30. High representatives from the European Environment Agency, World Wildlife...

Microsoft’s SEAN NICHOLSON wrote an article in the UNIDO magazine “Making It: Industry for Development” that you can read here - http://www.makingitmagazine.net/nicholson.html I have posted the article here with permission from UNIDO. It is estimated...

I’m reposting this new article that i wrote on the powerful role IT can play in reducing energy consumption and driving a better understanding of our impact on the planet. ------- COPENHAGEN – Dec. 6, 2009 – For the next 12 days, world leaders are meeting...

Microsoft is providing a delegation of issue and technology experts accredited to support the UN's Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15). We are participating in a series of briefings, events, and partnerships to showcase for policymakers and...

Rob Bernard just posted a new blog entry on our On The Issues blog about Microsoft’s participation at the UN’s Climate Change Conference (COP15). Here is a repost of that particular blog entry. Next week, I and a dozen of my Microsoft colleagues will...

On December 11, 2009, seven of the largest companies within the IT industry will meet in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Summit to discuss how IT holds one of the the biggest promises to provide global solutions for reducing carbon emissions. Senior...