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Sustainable IT - by Microsoft IT
Description (note: MSIT=Microsoft Internal IT) MSIT shares its approach to Environmental Sustainability. This presentation will walk through how MSIT has organized for Environmental Sustainability and share MSIT current work in place to reduce its environmental Read More...
New Local TechNet Site for Environmental and Sustainability Resources
We've just launched this new site - it's a gateway to the main links and resources you need to understand how Microsoft technology (and of course partner solutions based on it !) can help customers improve their environmental footprint. We've be continuing Read More...
Inside The MS Quincy Data Center
Saw this today - a fascinating peak with the BBC into the Microsoft Quincy data center in Washington - expect Windows Azure an MS Online to be running in those racks. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7694471.stm It's fully powered by hydro-electricity Read More...
VE on a BIG screen
Really amazing to see this - a research project from a Canadian University with large screen projection of Virtual Earth. Multi-Channel Virtual Earth Viewer Read More...
Free Download To Help You and Your Customers Save Energy and Carbon Emissions
I installed the Edison PC Power Management application today. It's a great piece of software we are officially endorsing and it provides a consumer-friendly interface to help the users decide how much power saving they want to do - but it also tells you Read More...
10 Vistas = 1 car ??
For those partners that attended the second day keynote at APC (Australian Partner Conference) you will have heard me, in my section on environmental sustainability, talk about the power saving feature built into Vista helping default power usage (versus Read More...
Environmental & Sustainability Updates
Well I was delighted with the award process, quality and quantity of entries for the Environmental Solution Award last week and as pleased with the press coverage we had from CRN. The worldwide environmental team has also made some big announcements and Read More...
Imagine Cup - Ozzie, Ozzie, Ozzie !
To quote the director of our developer and evangelism team yesterday on stage in front of all our Microsoft Australian staff, 'ozzie, ozzie, ozzie', with respect to the brilliant news to come out of the Imagine Cup . Team SOAK, from Australia, were the Read More...
Imagine Cup - go the Aussies !
The Imagine Cup final is on . Team SOAK from Australia is representing us all. Good luck ! Find out more here: http://imaginecup.com/Default.aspx and here: http://imaginecup.com/About/WhatIs.aspx Read More...
Microsoft Technology - how to use it to help reduce environmental impact
The Environmental team in our HQ has recently launched a great new section on their website outlining a number of technical resources for customers and partners to leverage - examples include white papers, guidelines, tools & utilities etc. Take a Read More...
Learn About Our Local Environmental IT initiatives
Bianca has posted an interesting interview with Jonathan Lewis who runs our local IT operation - on the topic of environmental improvements and policy in the IT space: http://blogs.technet.com/lmeg/archive/2008/06/27/green-it-video-interview-with-microsoft-it-manager-australia.aspx Read More...
Windows Server 2008 Power Savings Whitepaper published
Via Bianca's great blog: "Microsoft has published a new whitepaper on Windows Server 2008 power savings, and the results and methodologies of the tests run to develop the paper. This is an excellent document, which outlines the test results (downloadable Read More...
Hyper-V RC1 now available
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7edaa89f-9f64-488d-93c0-858d2d8799df&DisplayLang=en http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization Read More...
Hyper-V RC1 now available for download
http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/05/20/hyper-v-rc1-release-available-on-microsoft-download-center.aspx Read More...
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