Strategies for SaaS, Cloud Computing, Governance and Sustainability

In response to President’s call to identify atleast $100Million in cost savings in unnecessary expenditure from their administrative budgets  the government agencies have come up with a list of 77 cost savings measures. You can find the document that enumerates the list of savings opportunities in this document published on the The Office of Management [...]

Finally it seems like some common sense has dawned on the mobile phone manufacturers. European Commission just announced that the telephone companies have agreed to back a standard charger in Europe. Bravo European Commission!! Back in Aug 2007 I had written an open letter on what I thought about this craziness that seem to define [...]

I ran into this article on FastCompany website about how Google is renting goats to replace their lawn movers and fertilizers. Apparently this is becoming a trend. First it was Bayer and now it is Google. Soon the days of job boards for contract labor for goats and cows might be the norm. Reading this [...]

Recycling is one of the best ways to preserve the environment and world we live in. We can all do our bit to safeguard the environment. If you are a Recycling freak like me this free recycling magazine is for you – http://clickslink.tradepub.com/free/recy/

I ran into a interesting concept of spam control and the consequent reduction of waste. . For a nominal 30 dollars you get control over mass mailed catalogs shipped to your address and if that in itself is not sufficient incentive you get 5 trees planted in your name for the first five opt out [...]

If you are anything like me you are probably stuck with a bunch of old cellphone chargers, old CDs, computer spares, those large monitors. If you were wondering how to recycle them look no further than the nearest costco. Check out the details at Now you know why your family is waiting in the queue [...]

As I was writing about things we could do at home to help environment in my last post – Going Green @ home, I started thinking about things we could do at work For starters, switch off your computers, printers, monitors when you leave after work. While you are at it switch the room/cube light [...]

While the automobile and computer manufacturers do their part to help the environment, we homeowners, who are one of the primary consumers of energy, water can also do our part to help the cause. While I am sure some of the things I am listing here are already well known, I will still reiterate them [...]