February 29, 2008—IDG’s Computerworld has identified the top companies in the IT industry that are working to reduce energy consumption in IT equipment and are using technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions.

The Top 12 Green-IT Users are:

  1. Highmark, Inc.
  2. Discovery Communications LLC
  3. First National of Nebraska, Inc.
  4. Perkins+Will, Inc.
  5. Snohomish Public Utility District
  6. World Wildlife Fund
  7. Austin Energy
  8. WellPoint, Inc.
  9. Ryder System, Inc.
  10. Marriott International, Inc.
  11. Monsanto Co.
  12. Wachovia Corp.

The Top 12 Green-IT Vendors are:

  1. IBM
  2. BT Group PLC
  3. Qualcomm, Inc.
  4. Aplicor, Inc.
  5. Fujitsu America, Inc.
  6. Microsoft Corp.
  7. Hewlett-Packard Co.
  8. Network Appliance, Inc.
  9. Other World Computing
  10. Verizon Wireless
  11. Computer Sciences Corp.
  12. Sun Microsystems, Inc.

The full survey and other related information are available in the first Top Green IT Companies feature, which was published in the February 18 issue and online.

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