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A Greener Planet Starts with Smarter IT

January 20, 2010 by lmarchie
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Discover how smarter IT can improve operations and protect the planet.

Get the complimentary whitepaper here! According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the energy consumption of data centers has doubled in the past five years and is expected to nearly double again in the next five. If left unchecked, data centers, PCs, computing and telecommunications networks could be among the biggest greenhouse gas emitters by 2020, according to a new report by McKinsey & Company.

Global leaders, IBM® and Cisco, are working together to prevent this from happening by helping organizations reduce their environmental impact. The two companies envision a world where everything is instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent. Interested? Read this paper to learn the big plans both companies have for an energy-efficient future.

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