Uptime Issues Green IT Awards

Sun Microsystems, AOL, UPS, NetApp, Bank of Montreal, HP, and Nationwide Mutual Insurance named data center energy efficiency pioneers

May 1, 2008

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Uptime Institute, a leading research-based think-tank and corporate advisory on the business and technology issues related to critical computing environment reliability and energy efficiency, today announced winners of its Green Enterprise IT Awards. The awards, which honor organizations that are pioneering energy-efficiency improvements in their data center operations, were presented today in Orlando at the Uptime Institute Symposium 2008: Green Enterprise Computing.

Co-sponsored by Deloitte Consulting, the 2008 Green Enterprise IT Awards winners are:

  • Sun Microsystems: Energy Efficient IT Hardware Deployment

  • UPS: Facilities Site Physical Infrastructure (power and cooling) Overhead

  • AOL LLC: Facilities Site Physical Infrastructure (power and cooling) Overhead

  • NetApp: IT Hardware Asset Utilization

  • Bank of Montreal: IT Hardware Asset Utilization

  • Nationwide Mutual Insurance: IT Strategy

  • Hewlett Packard: IT Strategy

  • Hewlett Packard: Green IT Beyond the Data Center 2008 Green Enterprise IT Best-in-Class Finalists are:

  • Office Depot: Facilities Site Physical Infrastructure (power and cooling) Overhead

  • Intel: Facilities Site Physical Infrastructure (power and cooling) Overhead

  • Interior Health Authority of British Columbia: IT Hardware Asset Utilization

  • Hannaford Bros: IT Strategy

  • Nationwide Mutual Insurance: Green IT Beyond the Data Center

Realizing that neither business nor the environment can sustain the costs of the increasing energy demands in data centers, the award-winning companies have displayed leadership and innovation in their data center energy efficiency efforts,” said Kenneth G. Brill, Institute founder and executive director. “It is our hope that they will serve as a clear example to the world’s largest operators of critical computing facilities of the realistic impact and feasibility of these types of initiatives.”

Sun Microsystems Inc.

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