May 1, 2008

Sun, UPS, Nationwide, HP Among Uptime Green IT Award Winners

The Uptime Institute, a research-based think-tank and advisor on business and technology issues related to computing and energy efficiency, announced winners of its Green Enterprise IT Awards, StreetInsider reports. The awards honor pioneering organizations in energy-efficiency in their data center operations.

Award recipients and their award categories, are:

* Sun Microsystems: Energy Efficient IT Hardware Deployment
* UPS: Facilities Site Physical Infrastructure (power and cooling) Overhead
* AOL LLC: Facilities Site Physical Infrastructure (power and cooling) Overhead
* NetApp: IT Hardware Asset Utilization
* Bank of Montreal: IT Hardware Asset Utilization
* Nationwide Mutual Insurance: IT Strategy
* Hewlett Packard: IT Strategy
* Hewlett Packard: Green IT Beyond the Data Center

Uptime’s 2008 Green Enterprise IT Best-in-Class Finalists are:

• Office Depot: Facilities Site Physical Infrastructure (power and cooling) Overhead
• Intel: Facilities Site Physical Infrastructure (power and cooling) Overhead
• Interior Health Authority of British Columbia: IT Hardware Asset Utilization
• Hannaford Bros: IT Strategy
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance: Green IT Beyond the Data Center

Winners’ case studies will be featured in podcasts and white papers at www.uptimeinstitute.org.

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