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Go green, save green through energy efficiency

Overview Learn how to cut your ever-growing energy costs. This IBM ForwardView webshow describes areas where IBM can help you maximize savings without minimizing your competitive edge. Like selecting machines with a sleep mode, reducing server sprawl with virtualization, investing in more efficient equipment, and IT outsourcing.

This webshow was featured in ForwardView, the premier IBM eMagazine that provides growing businesses with the latest news and trends at the nexus of business and IT. It's full of thought leadership and marketplace insight applied to real business problems.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	IBM	File Format	HTML
Date Published	January 2008	Downloads	6
Format	Presentations
Topics	Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., Strategic Planning, High Performance Computing, Server Consolidation, Virtualization

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