Sustainable IT: Interconnected Systems
Presenter: Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft CorporationWednesday, May 19
9:25-9:55 am, Sutton Complex
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IT can have a major impact on the environment by reducing energy consumption and increasing utilization of existing infrastructure. However, designing a sustainable IT infrastructure is more than a nod to corporate social responsibility or meeting government regulatory requirements. The deployment of green technology solutions has been proven to dramatically improve IT's ability to drive down operating costs, an imperative in today's economic climate.
In this presentation, Rob Bernard will focus on how IT can reduce the environmental impact of computing and will discuss tools that can simplify and accelerate deployment efforts and how IT can play a significant role in rethinking existing business practices to dramatically lower the net carbon contribution of a company's products and services across the entire supply chain.