InfoWorld Selects 15 Green IT Winners

InfoWorld has selected this year’s winners of its Green 15 Awards that show how companies of all sizes are using information technology as part of their daily operations to meet both their environmental and business goals.

Here are this year’s winners in alphabetical order:

— Aflac pushes for paperless practices, yields productivity gains

— Andhra Pradesh overcomes resource limitations with virtual desktops

— CLUMEQ transforms rundown particle accelerator into high-efficiency cooling enclosure

— Dell spurs efficiency by pulling the plug on unnecessary apps

— EPA’s Energy Star for servers and data centers illuminates sustainable paths

— Ericsson drives a greener supply chain

— Intel pinpoints thousands of unproductive servers

— Iron Mountain finds limestone a natural fit for data center efficiency

— KPMG scores sky-high savings with telepresence

— Palo Alto takes a unified approach to shattering carbon-cutting goals

— Provider Enterprises steers fleet toward fuel savings

— Raytheon’s companywide green efforts reach Antarctica

— Standard Bank enlists thin clients to avoid costly AC upgrade

— State Street banks on sustainability

— Syracuse University turns to DC power in constructing its Green Data Center

Click here for last year’s award winners.