Author Archives: Todd Rawlings

Todd Rawlings, PMP and Six Sigma Certified, is a Principal Consultant and Executive coach in the Green Technology, Sustainable Business, Innovation, and Internet E-commerce fields. With more than 22 years of IT, Project Management, User Experience (UX) and Process Improvement experience in his career, Mr. Rawlings strives to share innovative knowledge with people around the world who want to pursue positive change. Explore further information at http://www.toddrawlings.com.

European Year of Creativity and Innovation

February 17, 2009 – 9:03 am

In November, 2008, the European Parliament proclaimed the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 (EYCI) to “promote creativity through lifelong learning.” The (EYCI website) provides more details about this venture. The site proclaims, “Creativity is a driver for Innovation and a key factor for the development of personal, occupational, entrepreneurial and social competences and [...]

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Green IT Innovation – Data Center Efficiencies to Reduce Carbon Footprint – Part 3 of 3

January 16, 2009 – 8:12 pm

Greening Up your Data Center from the Inside Out. Every DC is different, so we’ll focus on general things that should work no matter how your DC is configured. One of the best places to start is getting a LEED assessment of your building(s). The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating [...]

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Green IT Innovation: Data Center Efficiencies to Reduce Carbon Footprint – Part 2

January 9, 2009 – 11:40 am

Electricity is the most important energy resource your Data Center will need for operations. Renewably-generated hydroelectricity is one of the world’s best current options for our growing energy needs. This articles explores why access to green electricity should be high on your criteria list.

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Green IT Innovation – Data Center Efficiencies to Reduce Carbon Footprint – Part 1.

December 19, 2008 – 4:13 pm

Part 1 of 3  – Consolidating Data Centers and Servers. When most IT managers think of DC efficiency, they jump right to the topics making the most headlines, “Strategic hot and cold server rows, high efficiency power supplies, LEED certification analysis and building retrofits, etc.”  Yes, I’ll cover those things in some detail in Part [...]

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Nine Keys to a Successful Green Ideas Program – Inside Your Company

December 4, 2008 – 11:13 am

Back in 2007, before the great mortgage crisis, bank failures, acquisitions and the like, I worked for a leading U.S. bank with more than 50,000 employees, “Fair, Caring, Human, Dynamic and Driven” as their core values in an award-winning IT division with more than 2000 technology professionals nationwide. During my tenure at the bank we [...]

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