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Sustainable IT: A crisis needing leadership and change

CIO

My first step in that process is sharing some of the great insights I learned with all of you. The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT), fueled by generative AI, is putting increasing pressure on data centers worldwide. This is where IT leadership needs to step up. Green IT, IT Leadership It starts with us.

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Dimension Data: Dedicated to Making the Greatest Impact on the Planet, the Economy and the Communities it Serves

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Whether it is using the Internet of Things (IoT) to help prevent poaching with its Connected Conversation initiative or using excess heat from its data center in Berlin to help heat the surrounding community, Dimension Data is well-known for innovation. Our approach, guided by the U.N.’s

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Defining a new era of exponential companies

CIO

Do it right—now In 1995, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates sent an internal company memo calling the internet a “tidal wave” that would be crucial to every part of the company’s business. Like the internet, AI was born in a digital-first world, using data as its food for artificial thought.

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The CTO’s newest hat is green

CIO

The CEOs surveyed said that sustainability would be their top growth driver between now and 2030. Participants also predicted that their organizations’ computing power would increase by an average of 9% by 2030. IT Leadership They collected their findings in a report titled The Sustainable CTO. Read the research report.

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Dawn of a new day for Africa: building a modern digital economy

CIO

The World Bank has been coordinating a “ Digital Economy Initiative for Africa ” which aims to ensure that every individual, business, and government in Africa is digitally enabled by 2030. Africa’s digital economy, already valued at $115 billion, is still in a nascent phase, with only 33% of the population using the internet.

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The space industry is starting a green revolution

TechCrunch

That image is burned into the consciousness of nearly everyone on planet Earth with access to TV or internet. There is positive momentum, too, from the European Space Agency, through their leadership in tackling the issue of space debris or space junk. ” That is changing, and rightly so.

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Teraco and VMware are Taking a New Approach to Support the Efforts of South Africa’s Cloud Innovators in Their Quest to Achieve Zero Carbon Emissions

CIO

“The barriers confronting organizations in South Africa that want to achieve carbon neutral status by 2030 are significant. Specifically, partners would be required to commit that their data centers achieve zero carbon emissions by 2030, an effort that would require the use of 100% renewable energy.

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