Being environmentally conscious is good for the earth and your budget. A recent ChannelWeb article discusses the impact that mid-size companies can make, both to the enviroment as well as the bottom line, by adopting a green IT strategy.

Learn more about what DSS partners are doing to help customers go green:

Microsoft
Discover how Microsoft uses innovative technologies and responsible business practices to address environmental challenges worldwide.

IBM
Project Big Green is a $1 billion investment to dramatically increase the efficiency of IBM products. New IBM products and services, announced as part of Project Big Green, include a five step approach to energy efficiency in the data center that, if followed, will sharply reduce data center energy consumption and transform clients' technology infrastructure into “green” data centers, with energy savings of approximately 42 percent for an average data center.

Cisco
On June 25th, Cisco announced that it has set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its worldwide operations by 25 percent over the next four years, reaching its goal in absolute terms by 2012. The company will deploy a unique multiprong approach focused on the power of technology to meet its objectives and to demonstrate how customers can do the same.

EMC
Going green does not mean going broke. Users of EMC report increasing storage capacity without increasing operation cost. EMC’s efforts to deliver increased storage density while achieving energy savings and maintaining required performance have resulted in measurable benefits for their customers.

Data Domain
“Customers everywhere are heavily impacted by the growth of data,” said Beth White, Vice President of Product Marketing for Data Domain. “In certain regions and cities, data center power requirements are outstripping power grid capabilities to the point where some data centers are even being forced to move. Storage represents a significant portion of a data center’s overall power drain, so data deduplication’s “green-effect” is pivotal. Data Domain technology is exceptionally green because redundant data is eliminated before it is ever stored to disk. Fewer disks means less cooling, less power consumption and less footprint. We’re really pleased to be part of The Green Grid effort and look forward to collaborating with both industry peers and The Green Grid to help guide end users toward more power efficient application of storage technologies.”

VMware
VMware is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. Customers of all sizes rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green.