by Shane Henson — November 16, 2011—IDG’s Computerworld, a leading information technology (IT) media brand dedicated to providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results, recently released its 2011 Top Green-IT Users and Vendors lists, which identifies organizations that are implementing smart, efficient strategies to achieve green IT.
For the listing, Computerworld applied a set of criteria to identify the organizations that are working to reduce energy consumption in IT equipment and are using technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions. Based on the weighting scheme developed, the top 12 Green-IT Users and top 12 Green-IT Vendors lists were chosen from 70 applicants.
Those working in and outside the IT industry can benefit from learning how the companies that made the list have made themselves greener. Links to information on each company’s green initiatives are offered on Computerworld‘s Web site.
2011 Top Green-IT Users
- Kaiser Permanente
- KPMG
- State Street
- Allstate Insurance
- NBC Universal
- Baker Hughes
- Northrop Grumman
- Citigroup
- Nixon Peabody
- Raytheon
- Prudential Financial
- JM Family Enterprises
2011 Top Green-IT Vendors
- Fujitsu
- Hewlett-Packard
- Accenture
- Microsoft
- Qualcomm
- IBM
- Intel
- BT Group
- SAP
- Internap Network Services
- Dell
- Avnet
