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It's Not Easy BEING GREEN

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Computerworld, 40 (12): 36-36 (03/20 2006)M3: Article; Pratt, Mary K. Email Address: marykpratt@verizon.net; Source Information: 3/20/2006, Vol. 40 Issue 12, p36; Subject Term: INFORMATION technology; Subject Term: COMPUTER architecture; Subject Term: SUSTAINABLE development; Subject Term: CORPORATIONS, American; Subject Term: GREEN business; Subject Term: ENERGY conservation; Subject Term: ENERGY consumption; Subject Term: CORPORATE environmentalism; Subject Term: NETWORK computers; Subject Term: ENERGY management; Subject Term: ENERGY expenditure; NAICS/Industry Codes: 926110 Administration of General Economic Programs; Number of Pages: 1p; Document Type: Article.

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This article reports on a trend in which American corporations are adopting green business, energy conservation, and sustainable development practices in information technology and computer architecture. Chief information officer William Hill observed that the strategy to use thin clients led to a drop in energy consumption as an unexpected return on investment. Organizations are balancing their computing requirements with the necessity to reduce energy consumption and associated costs.; This article reports on a trend in which American corporations are adopting green business, energy conservation, and sustainable development practices in information technology and computer architecture. Chief information officer William Hill observed that the strategy to use thin clients led to a drop in energy consumption as an unexpected return on investment. Organizations are balancing their computing requirements with the necessity to reduce energy consumption and associated costs.

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