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• IT networking gear goes green

  Servers get most of the glory when it comes to energy management, but networking gear is about to catch up.

• Green IT: Train staff to think about sustainability

  Frederic Chanfrau, senior vice president of IT for governance, quality and vendor management with Schneider Electric, wants everyone in the company's IT organization to understand three points about going green. First, that energy demands are increasing at the same time as the company must decrease its greenhouse gas emissions; next, that each employee is responsible for helping address this challenge; and finally, that running a sustainable technology shop doesn't necessarily cost more. "They can put their own stone in the building of a greener IT organization," Chanfrau says. But they have to know how.

• Top 12 Green-IT vendors 2010

  Technology vendors and data center suppliers were also invited to participate in Computerworld's search for the Top Green-IT Organizations. These companies completed the same survey as the end-user organizations and were judged on the same criteria -- most notably, on their IT departments' efforts to reduce energy consumption in their IT equipment, and to use technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions. Here are the top 12, in ranked order:

• Greenpeace protests outside Dell offices to continue

  A protest action by Greenpeace in Europe and India against Dell may continue for many days, and be extended to the U.S. in the next stage, a spokeswoman for the environment group said on Monday.

• Environment Waikato moves towards service-sharing

  Regional council Environment Waikato is looking to share services with other councils as part of a major systems redevelopment project it’s undertaking this year.