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The OneLab Initiative: Building Environmentally Sustainable Development Labs | TechNet Edge The Onelab initiative is a partnership between Microsoft IT and other groups within Microsoft to create a better paradigm for Research and Development Labs for product groups. The first, major milestone of this cross- team initiative is creation of a state-of-the-art, green facility to support the r... More...

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Implementing Virtualization for Green IT and Cost Savings | TechNet Edge IT leaders are looking for ways to preserve our natural resouces, save money and provide uninterrupted, high-performing services to end users. In this video from Microsoft Israel, Regional Manager Ofer Daliot introduces the Deputy Manager for Architecture at Tel Aviv Municipality. Itaiel Maayan desc... More...

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Implementing Virtualization -- Cost Savings and Green IT | TechNet Edge IT leaders are looking for ways to preserve our natural resouces, save money and provide uninterrupted, high-performing services to end users. In this video from Microsoft Israel, Regional Manager Ofer Daliot introduces the Deputy Manager for Architecture at Tel Aviv Municipality. Itaiel Maayan desc... More...

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Leveraging Software to Reduce Energy Consumption | TechNet Edge Faced with data center capacity limitations, soaring server use and increased energy consumption, Microsoft IT (MS IT) organized for and developed an Environmental Sustainability (ES) plan. Aimed at reducing the environmental impact of Microsoft, the ES plan inlcudes the strategy of using software t... More...

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Streamlined PC Procurement Improves Productivity While Controlling Costs | TechNet Edge Do you manage a PC procurement system? Learn how Microsoft IT closely manages the PC configurations available to its employees. Specific computer procurement guidelines allow Microsoft employees to easily purchase supported PCs. In turn, providing a limited set of supported PC configurations enables... More...

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Realizing the ROI of Microsoft Virtualization Solutions and How to Start  | TechNet Edge Ref: Microsoft virtualization cost saving whitepaper, the ROI tool and training The referenced whitepaper presents case studies of Microsoft customers including:                                     Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center               Costco Wholesale Corp                                ... More...

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TechNet Radio:  Green IT (Part 2 of 2): Virtualization  | TechNet Edge We continue our conversation on green IT with Microsoft environmental technologist Mark Aggar.  In this episode, we focus on virtualization. Find out how you can use virtualization in your IT environment to cut costs and save energy.  We also cover the December 2008 Microsoft Security Bulletins. More...

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datacenter 4.0 | TechNet Edge By now, hopefully most people have seen Mike Manos' blog post on our next generation of datacenters, and seen the concept video of what the new datacenters will look like. After I saw the video, I had a lot of questions about how this all works - I mean, what if it snows?  How do I know my data is s... More...

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Evironmental Sustainability at Microsoft with Francois Ajenstat | TechNet Edge Last month at the Connections conference, I was able to grab a few minutes with Francois Ajenstat after he finished delivering a keynote on some of the initiatives that companies should be working on:  reducing the energy consumed by technology, managing your environmental footprint, and managing bu... More...

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TechNet Radio:  Green IT Part 1 of 2  | TechNet Edge Green IT has been a popular buzzword lately, but what does it really mean?  What does it take to get your organization to ‘Go Green’?  We talk with Microsoft Environmental Technologist Mark Aggar to find out. More...

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