2008 Top Green-IT users and vendors
Computerworld - Green computing promises an enormous win for IT: a chance to save money -- and the environment. Many companies are trying to go greener, but a few truly stand out. Here are the top 12 green user companies, as well as the green dozen IT vendors. For more on the winning users, see the profile stories on each (links below).
The 2008 Top 12 Green-IT Users
1. Highmark Inc.
Harrisburg, Pa.
www.highmark.com
2. Discovery Communications LLC
Silver Spring, Md.
www.discovery.com
3. First National of Nebraska Inc.
Omaha
www.fnni.com
4. Perkins+Will Inc.
Chicago
www.perkinswill.com
5. Snohomish Public Utility District
Everett, Wash.
www.snopud.com
6. World Wildlife Fund
Washington
www.worldwildlife.org
7. Austin Energy
Austin
www.austinenergy.com
8. WellPoint Inc.
Indianapolis
www.wellpoint.com
9. Ryder System Inc.
Miami
www.ryder.com
10. Marriott International Inc.
Bethesda, Md.
www.marriott.com
11. Monsanto Co.
St. Louis
www.monsanto.com
12. Wachovia Corp.
Charlotte, N.C.
www.wachovia.com
The Top 12 Green-IT Vendors
1 . IBM
Armonk, N.Y.
www.ibm.com
2. BT Group PLC
London
www.btplc.com
3. Qualcomm Inc.
San Diego
www.qualcomm.com
4. Aplicor Inc.
Boca Raton, Fla.
www.aplicor.com
5. Fujitsu America Inc.
Sunnyvale, Calif.
www.fujitsu.com/us
6. Microsoft Corp.
Redmond, Wash.
www.microsoft.com
7. Hewlett-Packard Co.
Palo Alto, Calif.
www.hp.com
8. Network Appliance Inc.
Sunnyvale, Calif.
www.netapp.com
9. Other World Computing
Woodstock, Ill.
www.otherworldcomputing.com
10. Verizon Wireless
Basking Ridge, N.J.
www.verizonwireless.com
11. Computer Sciences Corp.
Falls Church, Va.
www.csc.com
12. Sun Microsystems Inc.
Santa Clara, Calif.
www.sun.com
Related Links
Top 12 Green-IT Companies
- Meet our Top 12. Profiles of the Green Dozen.
- How green is your company? Take our quiz and find out how to get greener
- How we picked them. Criteria used to select the top 12 green companies.
- Complete list of honorees. The greenest technology vendors and data center suppliers.
- Data centers take the LEED. How two companies earned their credentials.
- The green maze. Responsible recycling is just one of many tough tasks.
- Opinion: Marketers are undermining the green IT movement, says columnist Don Tennant.
- Opinion: Don't just add data capacity, find the "right" capacity, says columnist Howard Rubin.
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