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The Internet Shouldn’t Run on Dirty Energy

Harvard Business Review

The good news is that an internet powered entirely by renewable energy is closer than many people realize. Leading companies are learning that sourcing renewable energy for data centers is a low-cost way to demonstrate commitment to global climate goals while adding reliability and predictability to energy consumption.

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How to Compete When IT Is Abundant

Harvard Business Review

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise. Why is this?

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Bridging the Gap Between IT and Your Business

Harvard Business Review

For the past several years we have watched with increasing dismay at the increasing chasm between information technology (IT) groups and their business counterparts. And half-hearted efforts are akin to putting in just enough energy to jump halfway across the stream. Companies must invest in these parts of IT for the long term.

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Your Company’s Energy Data Is an Untapped Resource

Harvard Business Review

Most companies are unprepared for the emerging revolution in predictive energy analytics. In fact, many readers’ eyes will have already glazed over at the preceding sentence, with the natural initial reaction that energy-related data isn’t relevant to their jobs. Cost Savings. alone, according to the US.

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Your Company’s Energy Data Is an Untapped Resource

Harvard Business Review

Most companies are unprepared for the emerging revolution in predictive energy analytics. In fact, many readers’ eyes will have already glazed over at the preceding sentence, with the natural initial reaction that energy-related data isn’t relevant to their jobs. Cost Savings. alone, according to the US.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

Many countries also committed serious funds to build a clean economy: Saudi Arabia pledged $109 billion for solar , Japan declared that a $628 billion green energy industry would be central to its 2020 strategy, and China targeted $372 billion to cut energy use and pollution. It wasn't just energy. In the U.S.,