Little Miss Enviro Geek : Training

Some personal news...

biwirth — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:24:00 GMT

Hello Dear Blog Readers,

(hmmm....that kinda sounds like the beginning of one of those SPAM emails)

I wanted to let you all know I am moving on from Microsoft and shall no longer be blogging here. I'll be moving an archive of these posts to my website http://www.greenitstrategy.com and shall continue blogging there on Green IT.

So what will I be doing now?

Well, I have decided to take some time off, write a book and maybe look into starting my own business. Regardless, you can always catch me through my website and please do feel free to visit me there.

Thank you to everyone who contacted me with their Green IT questions over the past two years and gave me feedback. I really appreciate your support and good luck with your own Green IT initiatives.

Kind Regards,

Bianca AKA Little Miss Enviro Geek

Excom launches Australian Green IT courses

biwirth — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:10:00 GMT

On Monday I met with the CEO & one of the Regional Managers of Excom in Australia and talked about their recent launch of a set of Green IT courses in Australia. So far they have developed three Green IT courses:

Green IT Fundamentals
Green IT: Design and Implementation
Green IT: Choosing and implementing the right carbon emission management software

For companies that need to meet NGER legislation requirements, the most interesting course will be the third one - Choosing and implementing the right carbon emission management software. With over 60 separate software packages for carbon emissions management in Australia this course will help introduce the concepts, measurement tools and software packages available or that could be custom built. Great for analysts, IT pros, or environment managers.

Hey if anyone does enrol in these courses, it would be great to hear your thoughts and comments - did you find it worthwhile or did it send you to sleep? Did you learn a number of new things? Did it help support your green IT business case?

cheers,

LMEG

MCP Certification goes "green"

biwirth — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:36:22 GMT

I received the latest MCP Newsletter today and thought it might be of interest to anyone who didn't get it - the usually paper-based MCP welcome kits will now be completely online, reducing paper waste (I know when I received mine many years ago I threw most of the paper in the recycling bin!)

Here is the official notice:

"Going Green: Announcing MCP Digital Certificates for Download

In accordance with the Microsoft Environmental Initiative, Microsoft Learning's goals are to reduce the environmental impact of our operations and products and to be a leader in environmental responsibility. To reduce the company's carbon footprint, we are transitioning from traditional paper to digital Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certificates. Orders for MCP Certification Welcome Kits will discontinue on June 30, 2009. After that, if you require a paper certificate, you may order one beginning July 7, 2009, through the MCP member Web site. There will be a shipping and handling fee associated with your order. Give us your feedback on the Born to Learn blog--a great place for up-to-date information!"

* Green IT Webcasts in April & May *

biwirth — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:35:24 GMT

Check out these Green IT Webcasts happening over April and May with some of Microsoft's best Green IT speakers including Christian Belady, Daniel Costello, Dan Reed, Jim Larus, Isaac Roybal, Adam Bogobowicz, and Stephen Berard.

Title	Date	Time	URL
Manager Webcast Series - Green IT	4/29/2009	4:00 PM GMT	http://bit.ly/8bX4N
Transforming the Data Center with Energy Efficiency (Level 200)	5/1/2009	11:00 AM PST	http://bit.ly/12CFzf
Hyper-Green Virtualization: Scaling Enterprise IT for Energy Efficiency (Level 200)	5/5/2009	10:00 AM PST	http://bit.ly/TFwxV
Cloud Computing Futures: Creating Greener Clouds with Microsoft Research (Level 200)	5/6/2009	9:00 AM PST	http://bit.ly/18hsgU
Improving Energy Efficiency w/ Windows 7 Power Management (Level 200)	5/8/2009	10:00 AM PST	http://bit.ly/fplU

Also, one webcast from Microsoft IT already been hosted & the live recording can be found here:

Title	Date	Time	URL
How Microsoft Does IT: Improving the Sustainability and Use of SQL Server at Microsoft (Level 300)	4/21/2009	Completed	http://bit.ly/2Mp0MS

Little Miss Enviro Geek : Training

Some personal news...

Excom launches Australian Green IT courses

MCP Certification goes "green"

*** Green IT Webcasts in April & May ***

* Green IT Webcasts in April & May *