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March 2007

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The CIO Perspective


Energy-Efficient Datacenters

Dear Colleague,

Rising energy costs have put datacenter power consumption on IT's front burner. Take a look at how you can transition to eco-responsible computing — and reduce your energy costs. » More

Bob Worrall
CIO, Sun Microsystems
Write me at cio@sun.com
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Upgrading from Linux to the Solaris OS

When "good enough" is no longer good enough

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A Power Shift — Less Is More
With surveys showing that datacenter energy efficiency is increasingly an IT priority, organizations are looking for new ways to improve datacenter performance while reducing power consumption, space, and costs. » More
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