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CIO's should start with the IM roadmap

For the past five years, kneejerk reactions to information risk have led to technology implementations that are built on fragile or non-existent IRM roadmaps. The result has been flawed technology implementations that don't adequately address fundamental risks. In order to reduce wasteful spend, lower organizational risk and develop systems that scale, CIO's must initiate the development of clear IRM strategies as the starting point. This effort will provide a credible means of guiding subsequent technology investments and improve overall business value

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Financial giant goes green

The corporate IT group of a very large, worldwide financial organization with 100,000 employees, has initiated an ongoing “greening” process. This is focused largely on reducing energy use both to decrease the corporation's carbon footprint while creating a net savings in operational costs over the lifetime of new, more energy-efficient equipment, including new storage systems.

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Planning a Green Storage Initiative

Fluctuating energy prices have heightened electricity and energy consumption as a major issue within the technology community. IT is a significant consumer of energy and IT energy costs have been rising disproportionately because of continued investment in denser IT equipment. Estimates from the EPA and others indicate that IT will account for 3% of energy consumption by 2012.

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