Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI), a non-profit organization founded in 2007 by a group of leading technology companies and the World Wildlife Fund, has a mission to reduce global CO2 emissions from computing by 54 million tons per year by 2010. This short video features Lorie Wigle, president of CSCI and General Manager of Intel’s EcoTechnology Program Office. In the video, she explains how CSCI seeks to promote computing energy efficiency thereby reducing computing CO2 emissions. CSCI uniquely brings together both computer manufacturers and computer users to encourage a market transformation around computer energy efficiency and power management. (more…)
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Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Replacing Micro-Management with Macro-Leadership
Monday, March 30th, 2009
By Niel Nickolaisen provided by the CIO Leadership Network.
Last week, I had a fascinating conversation with the vice president of software development for a large technology company. The focus of our discussion was good and bad leadership styles.
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Simplifying the Provisioning Process
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technology and Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ technology include a core component called Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT). Intel® AMT extends management capabilities for in-band and out-of-band management. As a security measure, these features may not be active when received from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) vendor. Intel AMT must be activated (or provisioned) in order to benefit from these additional management capabilities. This paper focuses on four key aspects of enterprise mode provisioning of Intel AMT systems.
Measuring the Return on IT Security Investments
Friday, February 6th, 2009Intel IT developed a model for measuring return on security investments in our manufacturing environments that produces a much higher level of accuracy than other methods currently available. Our model has enabled us to make business-driven decisions about security programs, resulting in savings in excess of USD 18 million per year in avoided losses. (more…)
Can I Ever Co-Exist With Generation Next? (Part Two)
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008From The Practical CIO by Niel Nickolaisen provided by the CIO Leadership Network.
In my last column, I explained how I put together three focus groups of “Gen Next” employees. My goal was to better understand what they expected from their jobs, as well as what they expected from their leaders. The responses they gave were insightful and, at times, surprising. They also tended to fall into three general categories:
• What I need from my leaders.
• How I expect to interact.
• What I want from my employer. (more…)
Can I Ever Co-Exist With Generation Next? (Part One)
Monday, September 29th, 2008From The Practical CIO by Niel Nickolaisen provided by the CIO Leadership Network.
To be honest, I never pay much attention to the stories about the work of Gen X and Gen Y (collectively referred to as Gen Next) employees. I assumed many of the stories were apocryphal. I am sure you have heard some of the same claims and stories: